With more than 60 events, from SF to LA to Zoom, since our founding in 2013, TechFire has been featured in Techmeme's editorial list of nationally- and internationally significant tech conferences, and our programs have a reputation for attracting titans of tech to take the stage.
Our speakers include prominent tech leaders from Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, and beyond, including partners from leading VC firms like Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, SV Angel, CRV, Lightspeed, True Ventures, and Upfront Ventures, and founders of hot startups like Dollar Shave Club, Aurora, BlackLine, and many more.
Our sponsors include industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies, including DLA Piper, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Deloitte, Fenwick & West, Baker McKenzie, EY, CBRE, Cresa, Aon, BlackLine, Accenture, J2 Global, and more. We also work in a consulting capacity leveraging our speaker relationships to help organize outside events on behalf of consulting clients such as the City of Burbank, Fairfax County, and WSGR – Wharton | San Francisco.
Across our 60+ events, we've attracted many thousands of attendees registrants from across the nation and as far away as Europe. We’ve been featured in Recode, the LA Times community news, the Los Angeles Business Journal, and broadcast nationally on C-SPAN.
TechFire's Founder & CEO is David C. Murphy -- read more about David on our Who We Are page.
PAST SPEAKERS
The following is a sampling of just some of our past speakers (there are far too many amazing past speakers to list — for example Congressman Adam Schiff and Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire aren’t even on here!
WHO ATTENDS OUR EVENTS
What They're Saying
Policy Report: Strengthening LA's Tech Ecosystem
In addition to our events, we produced the L.A. Tech Agenda, a 2014 report on the future of the Los Angeles region's startup ecosystem, with lessons from SF, NYC, and more. Special thanks to our report sponsors, Cresa, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, OASIS: The Montgomery Summit, Aon, and j2 Global.
We also produced the Guide to LA Tech, a 2015 overview of some of the Los Angeles region's tech ecosystem.
Engaging with Global Tech Policy Leaders at the World Economic Forum
TechFire staff also participate in fora such as the World Economic Forum's Future of the Internet working group to help promote entrepreneurs' perspectives on the global policy stage.