Big IDEAS @ Big SNOW - 2026 #NYTechWeek
Hosted by Sidecut Ventures
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ᵔ◡ᵔLast year was a huge success, so we’re running it back. Big Deals at Big Snow returns for year two during New York Tech Week. Expect more turns, more friends, and a whole lot more stoke.
We’ll kick things off with buses leaving Manhattan at 9am sharp (~100 spots available, or you can drive yourself), landing us at Big Snow for two solid hours of skiing and riding from 10 to 12. Then we’ll shift into après lunch at noon, with two return buses heading back to the city at 12:30 and 1:30.
Whether you’re here to connect with other VCs and founders or just want to shred a few laps on North America’s only indoor snow dome, this one’s about community, conversation, and carving it up.
I’m Mike Ma, GP at Sidecut Ventures and former PSIA-AASI National Team Member. Snowboarding’s been a lifelong passion, and I’ll be out there riding with you—offering tips while listening to pitches, and soaking up the good vibes. Whether you're raising a round, looking to network (not at a bar!), jonesing for hot park laps, or just learning to link your first turns, you're in good company.
****It's all-inclusive—ski or snowboard, poles, boots, pants, jacket, and helmet are all provided, so no need to bring gear unless you want to. The only thing they don’t include are gloves, so feel free to bring your own or grab a cheap pair there. So this isn't one of the NYTW events you can ghost. Hope you understand.
Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors—Mercury, Reitler, Vector, Impressit, and Backblaze—for making this possible!
Mercury is a radically different banking* product — engineered from the ground up to hold, move, and help you truly understand your money like never before. Everything you need is built in: cards, invoicing, bill pay, spend management, real-time insights, intelligent categorization. And because it all lives in one place, it gets smarter the more you use it — surfacing what you need, when you need it, in ways a patchwork of tools never could. To join the more than 300K entrepreneurs that trust Mercury, visit www.mercury.com.
Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP is a national law firm with offices in New York, Princeton and Los Angeles. With a strong focus on providing sophisticated legal services across a range of practice areas, including venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, fund formation, taxation, intellectual property, privacy law, real estate, hospitality, entertainment & IP litigation and general commercial litigation, Reitler has established a reputation for excellence.
Consistently ranked Top 10 in venture capital deal activity per Pitchbook, Reitler's dedicated attorneys employ an innovative approach and ability to close transactions quickly and efficiently at every stage of an organization’s lifespan, from seed funding through a liquidity event, IPO, or other exit.
https://www.reitlerlaw.com/
https://www.vectorais.com/
Impressit is an Anthropic Services Partner shipping AI-native products with Seed+ founders in weeks, not months. Example – we shipped a SaaS platform quoted at $120K and four months in under four weeks at half the budget. Anthropic-certified architects on every engagement. Your stack. Your IP. No vendor lock-in. Find Roman at the event.
https://impressit.io/
Backblaze is a leading cloud storage platform built for simplicity, scalability, and predictable pricing. Through Flamethrower, its founder-first startup program, Backblaze helps startups building AI, media, and other data-heavy products scale without getting crushed by infrastructure costs by offering credits, support from people who have built and scaled companies, and a simpler path to growth. Find James at the event.
https://www.backblaze.com/flamethrower
This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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