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January 7, LA Female Founders Lunch — ​​​This is a casual lunch for women attendees only, come in order your food, sit down and join us.

January 7, Startup Cafe: FounderLine with Josh Resnick ($860M exit) — ​Our special guest is Josh Resnick, co-founder of Pandemic Studios ($860M exit to EA), Sugarfina (named one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies”), and Managing Partner at Pure Imagination Brands. From building iconic gaming and consumer brands to investing in over 50 companies across tech, food, and retail, Josh’s journey reflects bold creativity, operational excellence, and a passion for founder-led innovation.

January 7, Startup Pitch & Networking in Los Angeles — ​​​​Meet and get acquainted with Startup Founders, Business Professionals and Investors. Pitch to the audience with your project and seize your chance to dive into the world of business, technology, and venture capital.

January 8, Los Angeles Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Mixer — ​​​We are facing the greatest generational wealth transfer in this country’s history. In the next decade, tens of thousands of businesses will change ownership in California. Join New Majority Capital, Ballmer Group, & JPMorganChase to learn more about Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition and the bETA accelerator, launching in Los Angeles later this spring.

January 11, Low Key Leopard.FYI LA Hang — ​Join the Leopard.FYI community for a Low Key Leopard Brunch at the Tu Madré in West Hollywood! Brunch food and drinks covered by Leopard.

January 12, Fireside Chat with Pejman Nozad — Join Beverly Hills Mayor Sharona Nazarian as she welcomes legendary investor Pejman Nozad (Founding Managing Partner, Pear VC) for an exclusive, intimate Fireside Chat.

January 13, Founder's Dinner | Hosted by: T Palmer Agency & InsurtechNY — Our Founder's Dinner invites Series A, B, and C Founders, Venture Capitalists, industry leaders, innovators, and key influencers in the Insurtech, Fintech, Healthtech, and AI industries to gather for a night of inspiration, collaboration, and networking.

January 14, Founders and Fractionals, January Meetup — ​This gathering is designed to connect early-stage founders with exceptional senior fractional talent — the kind of operators who’ve built, scaled, and exited, and now work flexibly with high-potential startups.

January 7, JPM kickoff: deeptech x neurotech pregame — ​This happy hour is for biotech investors hunting the next big thing, medtech founders grinding on hardware, Big Pharma BD crews scouting deals, deep tech VCs, hardware engineers, neuroscientists, researchers, operators, and anybody hyped about turning wild ideas into reality

January 12, Migrant Founders Fireside Chat: How to Scale Biotech and HealthTech in the US — ​​​​Join us in San Francisco for Migrant Founders in Biotech and HealthTech: Scaling to the US, a practical and interactive fireside chat 🔥 created for scientists, clinicians, and entrepreneurs who are already building innovations that save lives and now want to expand their impact in the US market with a smart immigration strategy.

January 13, -1 to DoorDash with Tony Xu — ​​​South Park Commons is delighted to host Tony Xu, CEO & co-founder of DoorDash. Born in China, Tony came to America with his parents and grew up working in a restaurant alongside his mom. He and his co-founders started DoorDash to help local businesses succeed.

January 15, MongoDB.local SF: For Founders Building What’s Next — ​Join hundreds of founders, builders, and leaders from across the Bay Area startup ecosystem to learn how high-growth startups are moving from prototype to production, shipping faster with MongoDB, and unlocking new opportunities for growth.

January 7, Women with Saas: Female Founder Coworking Day — ​If your startup is in market with paying customers, or has raised venture capital, we'd love to have you join us.​This is a rare opportunity to work alongside other amazing founders to brainstorm, and build a more powerful network.

January 8, Code as Witness: Marina Zurkow on Software, Ecology, and the Future of Art — ​In collaboration with the National Arts Club and its Art and Technology Committee, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from an artist whose work sits at the intersection of environmental urgency, computational beauty, and speculative futures — and from the curator who shapes how institutions understand and present art made with code, data, and systems thinking.

January 8, HSR Angels | New York City Meetup — HSR Angels are opening the year in New York with drinks, bites, and real conversation - ambition, honesty, laughs, and the things you don’t post on the internet.

January 14, UGLY TALK: 2025 LEARNINGS & 2026 PRIORITIES IN D2C & CPG — ​E-commerce won big in 2025 and it also got louder. More channels, more “best practices,” and messier signals. This session cuts through the noise: candid 2025 post-mortems (missed bets, near-misses, pivots) paired with the most useful 2026 predictions. Trends, tactics, and tech you should actually track. It’s the straight-line intro: what really happened, what really matters next.

January 6, The Health Hustlers: An Exclusive Networking Event for Health/Wellness Professionals — ​Join us for an evening of meaningful connection and collaboration for anyone who works in the health, wellness, or fitness space here in Austin.

January 13, AI and the Future of Internal Productivity — ​How AI tools, automation, and internal systems are changing how work gets done and what CEOs, founders, and COOs need to rethink to drive adoption, efficiency, and real productivity gains.

January 16, Austin Female Founders & Friends — ​The Artemis Fund believes technology can create prosperity for all. We lead seed rounds for companies creating resilient families, individuals, and businesses across the US. ​​​Join us for our quarterly meet-up to connect with female founders and investors as we cultivate a thriving founder community in Austin.