SoCal Community Events

Connect with the innovation community in Southern California by checking out these regional events.

Upcoming Community Events

The events listed are not hosted or organized by the Alliance unless specified

December 4
EV Happy Hour & Networking
Hosted by: Supercharged San Diego, Women of EV’s, and Cleantech San Diego
Location: San Diego
Supercharged San Diego is a community of SoCal EV industry professionals. Women of EVs is a space to coalesce women globally towards the urgent need to rapidly shift to electric transportation. Cleantech San Diego is a business organization that positions the San Diego region as a leader in the cleantech economy. This event will include time for networking and brief presentations by local EV startups.

December 4th & 5th
Techstars San Diego: 2024 Demo Day
Hosted by: SDSU and Techstars
Location: San Diego
This 2024 Demo Day will give the San Diego community an invite-only look at the 12 companies and their progress over the past three months in the accelerator program. We’re proud of our founders and the great businesses they’ve built. We look forward to you meeting them as well.

December 5
Techstars LA & Space Fall 2024 Investor Showcase and Expo
Hosted by: Techstars Los Angeles & JP Morgan Chase
Location: Los Angeles
Join us on December 5th to hear live pitches from the 25 companies in the Techstars Los Angeles and Techstars Space cohort! There will also be an opportunity for you to meet the founders and mingle with each other amongst light food & drinks! On the registration page, please add all events you plan to attend.

December 10
MAPLE Southern California Hybrid Winter Reception
Hosted by: MAPLE Business Council
Location: Irvine
Join members, partners and guests in Irvine at the Knobbe Martens conference center for our hybrid winter reception. Our morning reception will start with cross-sector networking before our update on MAPLE and presentations from our featured member organizations Toronto Stock Exchange and the Riverside County Office of Economic Development.

December 12
L.A. Tech Holiday Party
Hosted by: Techstars Los Angeles & JP Morgan Chase
Location: Los Angeles
Join us on December 5th to hear live pitches from the 25 companies in the Techstars Los Angeles and Techstars Space cohort! There will also be an opportunity for you to meet the founders and mingle with each other amongst light food & drinks! On the registration page, please add all events you plan to attend.

December 12
ArtCenter’s Fall 2024 Graduation Showcase
Hosted by: ArtCenter
Location: Pasadena
Be the first to engage with the next generation of ArtCenter College of Design talent! Meet the Fall 2024 graduates and experience their inspiring work both in person and online at Grad Show Preview. Whether you are actively recruiting, scouting for the future, or celebrating our graduates, we hope you’ll join us!

December 13
Startupstarter Holiday Party
Hosted by: The KINN & Startupstarter
Location: Los Angeles
Join us on December 5th to hear live pitches from the 25 companies in the Techstars Los Angeles and Techstars Space cohort! There will also be an opportunity for you to meet the founders and mingle with each other amongst light food & drinks! On the registration page, please add all events you plan to attend.

December 18
PledgeLA Catalyst Awards w/Mayor Karen Bass
Hosted by: PledgeLA
Location: Los Angeles
We’ll be joined in-person by the Honorable Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, to honor outstanding entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders, and investors who are helping increase access to capital and build a new economy that benefits us all.

January 9-10
Aesthetics Tech Forum
Hosted by: Octane
Location: Newport Beach
Octane’s Aesthetics Tech Forum is the premier event for physicians, industry professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs in the aesthetics technology space. Aesthetics is going through rapid change and growth. Aesthetics executives, leading physicians, and entrepreneurs are driving some of this through their innovations. Join us for insights, networking, and innovation.

January 17-18
TechCon SoCal 2025
Hosted by: TechCon
Location: San Diego
TechCon SoCal 2025 is an annual innovation and investment conference in Southern California. It is one of the largest gatherings of industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, CXOs, and technology enthusiasts (over 1,000 attendees). The event focuses on the latest trends, advancements, and challenges in technology and offers diverse sessions, including keynotes, panel discussions, fireside chats, and networking events. The conference will have four themes: Innovation, Investments, Inspiration, and Influence. It will feature dedicated tracks focusing on cutting-edge technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Life Sciences, Digital Health, Robotics, Consumer Technologies, Data, Software, the Future of Transportation, and Semiconductors, all of which will contribute to the exponential growth anticipated in the next decade.

SoCal Venture Pipeline Program
Deadline: Ongoing
SoCal Venture Pipeline Program powered by Banc of California
Startups receive targeted introductions to investors through our unique no-cost program (no fees, no equity, totally free). SoCal entrepreneurs raising institutional funding are carefully selected and directly introduced to capital providers from our deep nationwide relationship network. To see info about each company and the newest accepted startups in the SVP program, visit our website.

Community Deadlines

Application Deadline: December 12, 2024
LACI Incubation for Cleantech Startups
The LACI Incubation program offers hands-on incubation services for cleantech startups to grow in Los Angeles. The first four months of the program are dedicated to intensive curriculum workshops, one-on-one coaching sessions, and roundtables on go-to-market, investor readiness, and pilots. After the initial curriculum, the program is focused on achieving objectives outlined in a custom business roadmap of fundraising, product development, market access, team growth, pilot deployment, and partnerships.

Application Deadline: January 15, 2025
AngelCon 2025
We are seeking a diverse set of companies to be considered for funding. Innovators, risk takers and disruptors alike are encouraged to compete for $100,000+ in equity-backed funding. Previous winners have collectively won $875,000 and received approximately $2-20M in follow-up investments.

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025
San Diego Connect’s Cool Companies Applications Now Open
Cool Companies is Connect’s annual capital program designed to match San Diego’s top-performing technology and life sciences startups, ready to raise Series A, with quality venture capital.

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