Venture Trailblazers connects world-leading investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders from across the globe to discuss the latest trends in startups and venture capital.
The last five years in the startup and venture capital industry have been a rollercoaster. The pandemic bubble, the end of the ZIRP era, and now the emergence of AI have demanded a level of speed and adaptability in venture that we have never seen before.
In preparation for what we expect to be a fascinating few years in technology, we are excited to announce the Venture Trailblazers Series. This series of free events features top investors who will help us all better understand the fundamental shifts underway in the industry.
The next event part of this series will take place on August 14, 2025, and feature a Fireside Chat with Elizabeth Yin, Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund.
It will also include a long structured networking session with investors, entrepreneurs, and executives from across the globe.
Venture Trailblazers is an exclusive, invite-only event series hosted by the Founder Institute and VC Lab.
* Venture Trailblazers is strictly invite-only, and reserved for the Founder Institute and VC Lab Networks; including Alumni, Mentors, Investors, Partners, Local Leaders, and Enrolled Founders/ Fund Managers.
If you fit these criteria and have not received an invite, please complete this form.
About the Keynote Speaker
Elizabeth Yin
Elizabeth Yin is Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund backing software entrepreneurs. Previously, she was a partner at 500 Startups, where she led seed investments and ran the Mountain View accelerator. Earlier in her career, she co-founded and exited the adtech startup LaunchBit. Elizabeth holds a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Elizabeth has reviewed over 20K startup pitches from around the world in the last few years and has helped numerous portfolio founders raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Her work and writing on startup fundraising have been featured in numerous publications, including TechCrunch, Forbes, Huffington Post, BetaKit, and more.
Presented by FI and VC Lab
The goal of Venture Trailblazers is to educate and connect the founders, leaders, mentors, and investors across the global Founder Institute, VC Lab, and FI Venture Networks.
The Founder Institute (FI.co) is the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,800 entrepreneurs raise over $1.85BN in funding.
VC Lab (GoVCLab.com) is the leading venture capital accelerator for emerging managers worldwide. The Accelerator is an intensive online program that helps talented and motivated venture capitalists to launch Venture Studios, Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A funds worldwide.