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TechCrunch Disrupt Week VIP Closing Party with Synexis & Funding Breakthrough Lab (90 VCs + Fireside w/ Jeremiah Owyang - Blitzscaling VC)

Hosted by Synexis.io + Dr Pavel Vinitsky + Synexis + Natalie Pan + Funding Breakthrough Lab + Natalia Bielczyk, PhD + Kevin Mei

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TechCrunch Disrupt Week VIP Closing Party with Synexis & Funding Breakthrough Lab (90 VCs + Fireside w/ Jeremiah Owyang - Blitzscaling VC) event artwork
The gathering

What to look forward to

The Afterglow will bring founders, creators, and investors together for networking, showcase pitches, and a VC reverse-pitch panel featuring five fund managers. Highlights will include a fundraising insights session with Dr. Pavel Vinitsky and a fireside chat with Jeremiah Owyang, General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures and an early-stage AI investor.

Inside the event

🔥 WE ARE 500 REGISTERED GREAT PEOPLE! 🔥🔥🔥 90 INVESTORS RSVPd 🎙 Fireside chat with Jeremiah Owyang (GP of Blitzscaling Ventures) 🎤 and reversed pitch with 5 investors! WOW! What a celebration of connection, creation, and collaboration beyond TechCrunch! Where the conversations end, but the connections begin. After a three days of panels, pitches, and big ideas, it’s time to unplug, unwind, and unite. The Afterglow is not just a party. It is the heartbeat of what TechCrunch represents : innovation, courage, and collaboration carried into the night. This is where founders meet future cofounders, investors discover their next big bet, and creators connect with people who truly understand their vision.

It is where possibility meets presence because the best ideas do not happen on stage, they happen when we are real, relaxed, and in the same room.

With over 700 registrants last year. This is where you will end the night. Get discounted Tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt Discount Code: side25for26 Discount Link: TechCrunch Disrupt Discount Link

Agenda: 6:00 - Doors open. Welcome networking. 6:45 - Welcome from Funding Breakthrough Lab, Synexis and community partners 6:55 - "The New Fundraising Bar" - private market insights from Dr Pavel Vinitsky 7:10 - Fireside Chat with Jeremiah Owyang (General Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures), hosted by Dr Pavel Vinitsky 7:55 - 1-min Showcase Pitches 8:05 - VC Reverse Pitches Panel (5 fund managers), moderated by Natalie Pan 8:30 to 10:00 - Food, drinks, networking, happy hours.

Jeremiah is a venture capitalist at Blitzscaling Ventures and is investing an early stage AI startups, who are most likely to win their markets. He is also the organizer of the popular AI startup event, Llama Lounge.

To provide you more value and insights we decided to add a fun and exciting VC reversed pitch panel! 🔥

Fabulous Space

Venue:

Take stairs upstairs from Clay or Washington Street

Hosts: SYNEXIS

Raising now? Deploying capital? Cut through the noise with Synexis Premium Want highly curated investor access? Apply to the exclusive Synexis Premium sprint program, pitch, and get direct access to decision makers - funds partners, angels, corporate VCs, and family offices who deploy today: Apply here: https://synexis.io/premiumone An investor? Join to meet vetted startups and fellow partners and family offices. https://synexis.io/premiumone#investors AI decision infra for private markets. Synexis is an AI-native decision infrastructure that turns months-long private-market deal funnels into minutes.

Private-market deals still rely on fragmented tools, static databases, and manual analyst workflows that take months. Every player: founders, GPs, investors, enterprises, private equity, play the guess game. Synexis replaces this with an AI-native infrastructure for real-time investment decisions. Cut through the noise. Check today to know more: https://synexis.io/ FUNDING BREAKTHROUGH LAB

Funding Breakthrough Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pre-accelerator with a mission of creating a supportive community (25,000+ subscribers) to build a better tomorrow. We support founder success not just startup success by ensuring founders have access to education, networks, and resources to unlock their potential. Apply for the next cohort here https://fundingbreakthroughlab.org. Subscribe to our events here https://luma.com/fbl Donate to support decentralization of innovation here.

Community Partners: Ontology of Value Ontology of Value® by Natalia Bielczyk, PhD is a high-end career incubator and talent intelligence platform for managing careers and teams in the AI-first economy. We build lighthouses and telescopes for the leaders of the future. Watch Natalia’s recent TEDx to learn more.

Kevin Mei Kevin's event photos: https://kevinmei.pixieset.com/ Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjmei/

FBL and Synexis event is independently organized and operated solely by Diligence Systems Inc and Funding Breakthrough Lab 501(c)(3) non-profit. TechCrunch Media, LLC is not responsible for the event's content, programming, speakers, venue, attendee conduct, or any incidents, injuries, or claims arising from the event. Diligence Systems Inc and Funding Breakthrough Lab 501(c)(3) nonprofit agrees to indemnify and hold harmless TechCrunch Media, LLC from any liability related to the event.

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Last checked: Oct 14, 2026. Confirm current availability before making plans.

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