Find Your Co-Founder: Tech x Business Shuffle - #SFTechWeek

Thursday, Oct 8

6:00pm

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300 total spots

Calling all founders — Tech, Business, Product, and Design backgrounds welcome! This is a peer-to-peer, founder-only night designed to help you meet people you wouldn’t normally cross paths with. No investors, no formal panels — just founders, ideas, and real conversations. What to expect 🏷️ Find your people At check-in, grab a sticker that represents what you bring to the table: ⚙️ Technical — I can build it 💼 Business — I can grow & sell it 🎨 Product / Design — I know what to build 📱 Attendee List Want to know who's in the room? Scan the QR code at check-in to download the full attendee list — LinkedIn, personal edge, all in one place. 🎤 Founder Open Mic Have an idea you’re exploring? Looking for a co-founder or someone with a specific skill set? We’ll open the floor for a short, casual pitch session. Introduce yourself, share what you’re working on or thinking about, and tell the room who you’d like to meet. 💬 Industry Stations Throughout the space, we’ll have dedicated conversation areas around different industries and functions — think Finance, Robotics, GTM, and more. Join a station that interests you, move between conversations, or ignore the stations entirely and network however you’d like. They’re simply there to make it easier to find people thinking about similar problems. 🤝 Open Networking Most of the evening is intentionally left open. Follow up with someone you heard during the open mic, dive deeper at an industry station, or meet someone completely unexpected. 🕕 Flow 6:00–6:20 PM — Arrival + Open Networking 6:20–6:30 PM — Welcome & How It Works 6:30-7:00 PM — Open Networking 7:00–7:30 PM — Founder Open Mic 🎤 7:30–8:30 PM — Open Networking + Industry Conversations Come with an idea, a problem you’re obsessed with, or simply curiosity about what other founders are building. You might leave with a new perspective, collaborator — or even better, your next co-founder. --- 🤝 Hosted by Mainly hosted by Hanwha AI Center, DG Incubation, the same team behind: 🚀 Zero Day: Physical AI + Security on 10/5 at DG717 — https://partiful.com/e/V3dzumUhXBJNj8b9rAdS 🚀Free Workspace for Seed Founders on 10/6 at DG717 — https://partiful.com/e/TZRQ9mQTwPqyygU1K2ea --- Hanwha AI Center Hanwha AI Center (HAC) is a private membership for all those dedicated to AI. As a hub for innovation, HAC brings together passionate entrepreneurs, researchers, and visionaries to explore the societal and technological impacts of AI on human life. Learn more about us: https://hac.ai/ --- DG Incubation DG Incubation is a Tokyo-based seed-stage VC, working closely with Open Network Lab (Onlab) — Japan's original, longest-running seed accelerator. 🙋 You're still in time for the 32nd batch application — come talk to us! https://onlab.jp/en/programs/onlab/ https://dgincubation.com/en/ --- Elev X powered by NEC X is an early-stage startup accelerator program run by NEC X, a corporate venture studio backed by NEC, the Japanese IT and electronics conglomerate, based in Palo Alto. --- ⚠️ Important: The information you provide at registration will be shared with all hosts and their affiliated companies (domestic and international) for the purposes of sourcing, information exchange, and recruiting-related networking. A list of registered attendees will also be shared with those who attend on the day. Use of this information for any purpose other than stated above is strictly prohibited, and selling, transferring, or disclosing it to any third party — including on social media — is strictly forbidden. Registrants who do not agree to these terms may be declined registration. --- 🔒 Privacy & Registration Notice This registration form contains personal information. Information submitted through this form, including personal information provided to the co-hosts, will be used for the operation of this event, registrant screening and evaluation, communication with registrants, provision of benefits, public relations activities, and the promotion of related events organized by Hanwha and DG Incubation. Before registering, please review and agree to the following privacy policy: Digital Garage Privacy Policy: https://www.garage.co.jp/policy/ ElevX Privacy Policy: https://elev-x.com/privacy-policy/ Registrants may have certain rights under applicable laws, including the right to access, correct, delete, restrict processing of, or object to the use of their personal information, as well as the right to withdraw consent. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. Contact information: https://www.garage.co.jp/en/policy/#toc2 If you are registering from the EU, EEA, the United Kingdom, or any other jurisdiction where the GDPR or similar data protection laws apply, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be collected, used, stored, and shared for the purposes described above, and may be transferred to countries or regions outside your country of residence, including Japan and the United States. For registrations submitted from the EU, EEA, the United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions where the GDPR or similar data protection laws apply, all or part of the registration information may be shared with hosts and other event-related personnel in a form that excludes the registrant's name, email address, and other personal information that could directly identify the registrant, to the extent necessary for compliance with applicable laws. --- This event is a part of #SFTechWeek — a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.