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Startup directory

Companies we met in person.

Every company here came to an evening, showed what it was building and answered questions in the room. Search it, filter it, read it — it is open.

companies listed
190companies listed
met at an evening
65met at an evening
cities
24cities
industries
32industries

How a company gets here

A directory is only worth the door it was let in through.

Checked at the door, met in person and approved on application are records of what happened. None of them is a rating.

  1. 01

    An evening

    A room in your city: founders, investors and operators, five running formats.

  2. 02

    Checked in at the door

    Every guest is checked against a real profile on the way in.

  3. 03

    An application

    One form, read by a person. Not a scoring script.

  4. 04

    A profile here

    Published with the evening it was met at, the date and the city.

  5. 05

    The weekly digest

    Investors approved on application read it, matched to their thesis.

  6. 06

    An introduction

    Made by us when both sides want it. Never a list handed over, never cold.

Showing 5 of 5 · 190 in the directory

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Wizium

Pre-seed

The agentic operating system for multichannel commerce

Met in person at Networking Event San Jose: Startup Founders, Investors & Talent Mixer · San Jose · Nov 4, 2026

Andrew B., CEOAndrew B.CEO
AISan Jose
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API Now

Pre-seed

Semantic execution engine for founders and SMBs to build consistent APIs in minutes.

Met in person at Startup Pitch Events San Francisco: 5 Founders on Stage · San Francisco · Oct 7, 2026

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AISan Jose

A full-stack death-care platform supporting families before, during, and after the loss — from on-demand grave care to a trusted vendor marketplace and an AI funeral planner.

Met in person at Investor Connect: Pitch & Deal Flow Night · San Jose · Aug 26, 2026

20k+25 paying customers
MarketplaceSan Jose

Tech & Business educational pathways

Met in person at Investor Connect: Pitch & Deal Flow Night · San Jose · Jul 29, 2026

AISan Jose

Topaas.AI

Pre-seed

Codebase intelligence layer for AI agents — turns legacy systems into agent-ready specs using spectral graph theory.

AI / Developer ToolsSan Jose

That is the whole directory.

Reading it is open to everyone. What an investor application adds is the part a list cannot do: a weekly digest matched to your thesis, and an introduction made by us when both sides want one.

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