SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Virtual)
This live, virtual and free event featuring panels and breakout sessions that will bring together top investors, founders, and scientists to discuss climate tech as an emerging category for startups and venture investing. The goal is to deepen venture, academic, corporate, and media understanding of the accomplishments and potential of startups in climate tech.
Tawny Scanlan, Associate, will be attending the event.
SOCAP Global 2025
Join us at SOCAP25 from October 27 to 29, 2025, in the heart of downtown San Francisco for one of the world’s largest convenings of the impact ecosystem. This event will bring together a global audience of funders and founders, plus people from philanthropy, government, education, media, finance, science, faith-based organizations, NGOs, creatives, nonprofits, community leaders, and others to power meaningful impact.
Brian Frank, GP, will be attending the event and available for meetings. Click here to book 30 min meetings with Brian.
From Gut Feelings to Data Points: How Tech is Eating the Nutrition Industry - #LATechWeek
We've gone from counting calories on napkins to AI-powered meal optimization. But between the wellness influencers promising miracle cures and the supplement industry's wild west claims, how do we actually use technology to separate nutritional science from snake oil? This panel brings together the rebels building the infrastructure for evidence-based and hyper-personalized nutrition—from democratizing clinical research to funding the next generation of food tech innovations. This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
MISTA Growth Hack Demo Day on Healthy Nutrition Demo Day
Explore the trends and technologies shaping the next generation of food, and experience integrated solutions to deliver new ways for consumers to manage their health and well-being with a symposium and product concepts tastings.
Tawny Scanlan, Associate, will be attending the event. Please contact ts@ftw.vc if you would like to arrange time to meet.
UC Davis IIFH Discovery Forum: The Science of Metabolic Hormones & Precision Nutrition in the Ozempic Era
GLP-1 drugs and next-generation metabolic hormone combinations are transforming the food and health landscape. This forum is designed specifically for food companies and investors seeking a deeper scientific understanding of how these medications impact the human body—not just the gut, but every system they touch.
Tawny Scanlan, Associate, will be attending the event. Please contact ts@ftw.vc if you would like to arrange time to meet.
SF Tech Week
Tawny Scanlan, Associate, will be attending a number of events during SF Tech Week in San Francisco. Please contact ts@ftw.vc if you would like to arrange time to meet.
Women Founders & Funders in AgriFood Tech Cocktail Party (Singapore)
The Women Founders and Funders pitch event will return to Singapore in November, and applications are now open for Asia-Pacific based founders whose agrifoodtech businesses can demonstrate product innovation, commercial viability, traction, and sustainability.
LA Tech Week (Los Angeles)
Brian Frank, General Partner, will be attending a number of events during LA Tech Week in Los Angeles. Please contact bf@ftw.vc if you’d like to arrange time to meet.
IIFH Partner Summit (Davis, CA)
Brian Frank, General Partner, and Dr. Tawny Scanlan, Associate, will be attending the Innovation Institute for Food & Health Annual Summit at UC Davis. Please contact ts@ftw.vc if you’d like to set up a meeting there.
Ag & Food Tech Cocktail Party (San Francisco)
FTW Ventures will be hosting an exclusive cocktail party for startups, investors and corporations that are collaborating on the future of our Food System. Please contact bf@ftw.vc if you’d like an invite.
BioVentures Nexus (Los Angeles)
Brian Frank, GP, will be speaking at the exclusive BioVentures Nexus Conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles. If you’d ike to attend, please reach out to bf@ftw.vc for a special discount code.
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit (London)
Alex Gueorguieva, UC Davis IIFH Innovator Fellow, will be attending The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London. Please contact ag@ftw.vc if you'd like to set up a meeting there.
NYC Climate Tech Week (New York)
Jenn Burka will be attending the NY Climate Tech Week series of events, and co-hosting a cocktail party with the team at Supply Change Capital. Please contact jb@ftw.vc if you’d like to know more.
The Drop (Malmo, Sweden)
Jenn is attending The Drop, Europe's leading climate tech festival created by coinvestors Pale Blue Dot, where she'll be together with over one thousand curated attendees from all over the world. She'll also be in Stockholm September 18-20th for meetings