Featured in Techmeme’s List of Nationally-Significant Tech Conferences
With more than 60 events since 2013, TechFire has been recognized in Techmeme’s list of nationally significant tech conferences. Our events feature high-profile founders, leading VCs, and senior executives from blue-chip giants.
Featured in Techmeme's list of nationally & internationally significant tech events, TechFire has hosted more than 60 events featuring titans of tech, from high-profile founders to leading VCs and senior executives from blue chip giants.
From talks by leading VCs and founders from Silicon Valley and San Francisco, to intimate fireside chats hosted by companies like Google, our events provide a great chance to network with tech leaders and to hear from some of the biggest names in the startup world. We partner with Fortune 500 companies and leading brands who sponsor our events, and TechFire also consults for governments, helping them build thriving startup ecosystems.
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Past Highlights:
2022: web3 Summit in Santa Monica
TechFire hosted a two day web3 summit in Santa Monica, called NFT Next Fest, plus experts on DeFi and DAOs.
2021 & 2020 Online Events
During the pandemic, we’ve seen tremendous engagement with our online events, featuring speakers like Congressman Adam Schiff and Felicis Ventures Partner Victoria Treyger. Special thanks to the City of Burbank, DLA Piper, CMBG Advisors, and Lewis Brisbois for making these online events possible.
2019 LA Tech Awards,
at SoFi Stadium Premiere Center
In late 2019 we presented the LA Tech Awards, featuring a keynote by Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire, and winners like Honey (fresh off their acquisition by PayPal for $4 billion, MuckerLab’s Erik Rannala, and more. Special thanks to Baker McKenzie for sponsoring, and SoFi Stadium Premiere Center for hosting.
Fall 2019 Conference in San Francisco:
What’s Next for Tech, the Economy, and Mobility
In partnership with Presenting Sponsor Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, we presented our Fall 2019 summit in San Francisco, hosted by Accenture Labs in Salesforce Tower. For more information, visit techfire.co/fall2019.
Spring 2019 Conference in LA:
What’s Next for Tech, the Economy, and Mobility
In partnership with our sponsors Accenture, Fenwick, Spin (Ford), and SCAG, our Spring 2019 summit, at USC’s Institute for Creative Technology in Playa Vista, featured a jam packed agenda looking at the forces shaping tech, the economic outlook, and the future of mobility. For more information, visit techfire.co/2019.
The Micromobility Revolution (2018 in LA)
In partnership with our sponsor Lyft, we convened a “scooter summit” hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's Office atop L.A. City Hall keynoted by Obama’s US Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx (now Chief Public Policy Officer at Lyft). For more information, visit micromobilityrevolution.eventbrite.com.
Summit on the Self-Driving Car Revolution (2017 in LA + Broadcast Nationally on C-SPAN)
Thanks to everyone who attended our standing-room only summit on the Self-Driving Car Revolution, and to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's office for generously hosting the event atop Los Angeles City Hall. The event was broadcast on national TV, on C-SPAN -- view the video here. For more information about the summit, see selfdrivingrevolution.eventbrite.com.
DLA Piper & TechFire Present:
In 2020, we’re partnering with DLA Piper on a series of three events via Zoom Webinar, and in in 2019, we partnered with DLA Piper for an event with CAA’s Michael Yanover, moderated by DLA Piper’s Patrick Anding. Details.
L.A. Fireside Chat & Event Series Sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Since 2014 we have been honored to partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as presenting sponsor for more than twenty events in Los Angeles.
Recent Highlights:
May 1, 2019: Fireside Chat with Index Ventures’ Nina Achadjian
June 27, 2018: The Future of Mobility. Featuring executives from Bird, and other companies shaping the future of transportation.
And more than 20 events with WSGR in total
Starting in 2014 and for several years, we hosted fireside chats with leading venture capitalists and founders, then in 2017 we evolved the fireside chat series into a new series of thematic events, called the Road to Series A, designed to help founders prepare build and grow their startups, from scratch, to Series A funding. Each 2017 event focused around a different topic: In December, we focused on Building a Team. Before that, on September 13, we talked growth strategies, featuring Greylock Partners' Casey Winters, an advisor to Airbnb, Reddit, Tinder, Eventbrite and other leading companies, and the former Growth Lead for Pinterest. On July 26, we focused on seed funding, and on April 19 at Google LA we looked at product/market fit.
We have a long history of events, going back to 2014. For just some of these events, visit our profile on Eventbrite.
Pitch Fests, Tech Summits, and Tech Talks in Burbank
Since 2015, we have proudly partnered with The City of Burbank, to present tech summits, pitch fests, and tech talks:
Spring 2020: Five COVID-19 Business Strategy Sessions, featuring speakers such as Congressman Adam Schiff, and reps from the SBA, and Shopify | read coverage in the LA Times’ Community News
Sept. 2019: Startup.Burbank 2019 Pitch Festival
July 2019: The Future of Gaming & Entertainment: AR, VR & Beyond, with Brent Bushnell, CEO of Two Bit Circus
June 2019: Fireside Chat with VC Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures)
May 2019: Women in Entrepreneurship
Dec. 2018: Startup.Burbank Pitch Festival | Read the press release
June 2018: A Fireside Chat with VC Saar Gur, Partner at CRV.
May 2018: a hands-on look at VR and the HTC VIVE.
April 2018: the future of internet privacy. Details.
March 2018: Burbank Tech Summit (400+ registrants!)
Dec. 2017: The Future of Tech featuring CAA's Michael Yanover
Nov. 2017: The Future of Work with an all-star panel from PwC, WeWork and Uber
Oct. 2017: celebrating a local Burbank tech success story. Details.
Sept. 2017: legal issues for startups
July 2017: A fireside chat with Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, for Warner Bros. Entertainment
And many many more events in 2017, 2016, and 2015.
Events in Partnership with the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority:
TechFire and the Fairfax County [Virginia] Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) have partnered together to present events in 2018 and 2019 in Los Angeles. Thanks to Microsoft for hosting our events at Microsoft Technology Center Los Angeles (in Playa Vista)!
June 19, 2019: The Future of AR/VR/MR
May 2, 2018: Cybersecurity & Big Data
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Learn how you can join our past sponsors like DLA Piper, Fenwick & West, Accenture, Baker McKenzie, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Deloitte, EY, and CBRE -- for sponsorship inquiries, email david@techfire.co.