Alliance Events

​The Alliance Series, Ask Me Anything, continues with the opportunity to ask Abhi Mukherjee (Operating Partner at CerraCap Ventures) and Shrina Kurani (Managing Partner @ SNØCAP), questions about funding your startup. ​This event series is for founders looking to level up their fundraising game and gain insights from investors and experts who can help SoCal...

Our annual regional planning workshop is focused on uniting and catalyzing the leadership of Southern California’s diverse and compelling innovation nodes which define the SoCal innovation network. To accomplish this, we will convene a diverse cross section of leaders from across the region for a professionally facilitated one-day intensive workshop to learn, share best practices,...

The Alliance for SoCal Innovation has arranged for Marina Salinas to moderate a discussion between Steve Westly and Dee Dee Myers on “Keeping California Golden.” We will be discussing several key issues that are impeding business growth in California, including high taxes, high cost of living, regulatory burdens, and infrastructure challenges. The discussion will explore...

This timely topic is sure to elicit a lively conversation and therefore we’ve arranged for cocktails and small bites afterwards to provide a relaxed networking opportunity before heading out for the remainder of our evening.

​Are you looking for guidance on raising capital for your venture? We invite you to our upcoming in-person Founder’s event in Culver City, “Fundraising in Today’s Startup Market. ​Join us for this exclusive event to get your questions answered by an expert panel of VCs from Zhenni Liu (MaC Ventures); Jeff Bocan (Okapi Venture Capital);...

A very special version of our Leadership Engagement and Discussion (LEAD) series of events. We will be embarking on a San Diego Bay cruise aboard the magnificent 62 foot catamaran "Chim Chim." While enjoying views of the beautiful downtown of San Diego, the Midway, and the Coronado bridge, you will have the chance to engage...

Agenda12:15Andy intro by sharing a conversation had w/ Gary Michelson after First Look.12:20Gary set up luncheon conversation before the group orders lunch12:30Order lunch12:40Alex grounds Gary's thesis with research1:00Lunch arrives1:10Open up to what other people are doing

A roundtable discussion and networking happy hour at Clocktower Technology Ventures in Santa Monica.This event is an invitation-only, intimate gathering of SoCal leaders and is the first of a three-part discussion series engaging and leveraging the collective wisdom of SoCal’s most innovative and forward-looking leaders sponsored by City National Bank. Erick Herring will moderate the...

The First Look SoCal Innovation Showcase is an annual conference celebrating the best very early-stage startups commercializing deep tech and life science breakthroughs from SoCal’s top research institutions.  The primary goal is to connect founders with investors, mentors, and executives with invaluable subject matter expertise to provide credible guidance and pre-seed/seed stage funding crucial to...