FaB San Francisco: preparing for 2025!
Oct 1st we hosted a meeting with fabulous founders and investors.
A recent article published by TechCrunch claims that the city is back to the place to be for founders in tech:
What do you think?
We had an insightful conversation with decision-makers in the ecosystem.
Today, we hosted the second SF 2024 FaB meeting. On the hottest morning in San Francisco, with 90 degrees Fahrenheit, we welcomed new members of the community in Bernal Heights, fortunately with some fresh air on the deck.
We were happy to have 10+ nationalities in the same room, multicultural leaders from Canada, China, France, Brazil, Italian, Madagascar, …
Aaron Schwartz co-founder of @ orita AI in machine learning and e commerce, the company uses machine learning to identify optimal times for customer engagement
Marta @ Terra Innovation studio has an track record with luxury brands, but now is consulting for companies and brands leveraging the power of GenAI.
Marta is the Founder of TERRA Innovation Studio, based between Paris and San Francisco. TERRA democratizes AI, GenAI, and emerging technologies in beauty, helping brands anticipate future trends and collaborate with innovative startups. Marta is also advising Beauty Tech Startups, both DTC and B2B, on AI Product Management. https://www.terrainnovation.studio/
Oliane Piana @ Amazon leading the community of AI and hosting events at their venue. Keep her posted if you have ideas of meetings and audiences in the target.
Jo Lawson @ Luum, who has just raised a new round, building a company powered by computer vision of Eye Lashes.
She wore them, and the result was astonishing!
“As a first-time participant and new member, it’s inspiring to meet other entrepreneurs and share ideas, celebrate wins, and lift each other up. Our conversations had me thinking of ways I could support others on their startup journey, as so many have been helpful to me. Jo Lawson, CEO, LUUM Precision Lash, delivering stunning lash extensions exceptionally fast.” Jo Lawson
Elsa Jungman @ hellobiome is building the data hub for the microbiome, now used by global brands and emerging ones for their customers personalized routines, She updated all founders about her new round under way with conversations with tech investors, and bioscience ones.
“Always excited to explore the future of AI, beauty, and longevity, I’m constantly inspired by connecting with founders and funders who share a passion for health and community, especially as I scale HelloBiome and develop the next generation of consumer health solutions through microbiome data.” Elsa Jungman
Anastasia Berzukova @ Minori minimalist beauty mentioned that she’s still bootstrapping before having more points of sale, including the 400 they have secured.
Angela Chau is now expanding to supplements her natural. products inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine wisdom.
We were all excited to try the new Lumidrops supplements boosting collagen production.
Alessandra Zonari @ OneSkinTech in the skincare and longevity space, has just raised a Series A. Congrats to you, Alessandra and Carolina, both our first chapter leaders in Brazil, living in SF.
We would also like to thank the investors with us: Vincent Diallo Interlace Ventures, excited by the space of computer vision to accelerate in e-commerce.
Lisa Sugar, who came with fab products we were happy to try, to stay young and healthy. Odile would agree!
And of course, hosting us at the fabulous new house of her son Théo and his wife Minji (both working with companies in GenAI): Odile Roujol, the founder of Fab Community, and Founding partner Fab Ventures seed stage.
We are excited to have Mialy, one of our founding members (2018!), participating in the meeting.
and if you missed the precedent meeting in SF:
As a reminder, First meeting 2024, with the founders of Minori, OneSkinTech, HelloBiome, Agustina Sartori (Glamst, now anUlta Beauty company)…Chloe Takahashi, leaders working with Faire platform.
Feb 19th San Francisco: data and new retail. the founders and VCs’ conversation. 2024 perspective: https://medium.com/@info-beautytechsf/fab-san-francisco-lets-talk-about-data-and-new-retail-ad712797c576
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