Coming up at Tech Weekend June 2026:
VC Panel: Fundraising Basics & Best Practices for First-Time Founders
Everything first-time founders need to understand before signing anything β the mechanics of fundraising, decoded in plain language.
This session covers:
β’ SAFEs and valuation caps
β’ Dilution and cap table math
β’ Term sheets β what to negotiate and what to ignore
β’ Board seats and option pools
β’ What due diligence actually involves
Meet the Speakers
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@floah_leshan β Investor,
@join_ef
Investment Focus: Generalist, pre-seed
Noah works with founders at the earliest stage at Entrepreneurs First. Previously Chief of Staff at PlayAI β a speech-AI company acquired by Meta, where he went on to work on Special Projects at Meta Superintelligence Labs β he earlier invested with Touchdown Ventures and Pegasus Tech Ventures and ran Startup World Cup, one of the world's largest startup competitions.
π€ Aaditya Sethi β General Partner,
@AtlandVentures & Venture Scout at Underdog Labs
Investment Focus: Pre-seed & seed, across industries
Aaditya is General Partner at Atland Ventures, a student-run, student-owned fund backing startups solving problems felt by the digitally native generation. He's also a Venture Scout at Underdog Labs sourcing pre-seed and seed startups across industries, and studies Computer Science and Finance at the University of Minnesota.
Moderator
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@MujahedAghbar β Founder, Nomad Intelligence | Senior Venture Scout,
@Lvlupvc
Mujahed is a founder and investor whose background spans finance, fintech, and venture. He founded Nomad Intelligence, a consulting firm providing financial strategy to early-stage startups across AI, fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS; serves as a Senior Venture Scout at LvlUp Ventures; and was previously a Senior Financial Analyst at Apple.
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Date & Time: Friday, June 19, 2026 | 10:00 AM β 11:00 AM
π Location: 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park, CA
Who should attend? If you're a first-time founder preparing to raise β or in the middle of your first round β and want to walk into the room understanding SAFEs, dilution, term sheets, and your cap table before you sign anything, this session is for you.
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