Fundraise Event for Founders Only


Reality Check (rsvp)

A (virtual) reality check for AR/VR founders from the top tier of VC investors

It's my honor to invite you to RSVP now to the most helpful AR/VR funding convo of 2024. We've arranged for the top investor from Lightspeed Venture Partners to share his investing perspective on AR/VR. The audience will be full of founders. Conversation will be curated by myself, it's going to be super helpful for AR/VR startups.

Venture Guest…

Lightspeed Ventures

The investor of all investors, Moritz Baier-Lentz! Lightspeed Ventures manages $29 Billion, has benefited from 200+ exits, and he's the one who runs everything Gaming, AR/VR, 3D.

10/10 Resume

Former Global Head of Gaming Practice at Goldman Sachs, sits on the judging panel for Forbes 30 Under 30, and is a Delegate for the World Economic Forum. This guys incredible!

Emcee & Host

Don Stein raised $10M over the decade for two VR startups, including launching a venture fund for XR startups. Worked at Meta, and scouted for General Catalyst. RSVP now!

Don't miss out on a chance to learn privately from Moritz. Nobody can give advice like he can, Seed to Series C. RSVP today for our August 7th conversation at 2:30 PM ET on Zoom. So that you don't need to deal with calendar hassle, I've set up the RSVP so you just register on Calendly and it'll add the Zoom link to your calendar.

-Don Stein

The Spatial Collective

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donstein/

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