Hi SF IRL! There's a ton of vibrance and energy coming back into the city and at SF IRL, we are excited to be a part of it. Excited to come with you all with some great events for Issue #29 of SF IRL. Exciting news, we now migrated onto Beehiiv and excited to keep SF IRL launching.

I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and just moved into San Francisco about 1.5 years ago. My full-time job is at Brex as an XIR where I meet founders and VCs while trying to create a community in the city. My vision for SF IRL is simple. Showcase the best tech + startup events in SF and to connect all of our builders and investors together. We are a growing community having over 2600+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 3,000 readers. As always, SF IRL is one of my many side projects. If you like to be involved in helping, please shoot me an email!

Events Coming Up 🎉

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Feb 27nd, 2023 - Brex Supper Club SF

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: You are formally invited to Brex Supper Club SF!

​Brex is throwing a Supper Club in SF for the top founders & investors in the city. Brex Supper Club is an event series we launched of private dinners for Founders and Investors, with the goal of building meaningful relationships. We have hosted these dinners in 15 cities last year and will be expanding internationally as well.

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Feb 15th, 2023 - Bits & Bio Feb Meetup

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What:  Please join us for the next Bits in Bio Happy Hour. This gathering will bring together exceptional founders, operators, students, investors, and more all interested at the intersection of computation and biotechnology. Thank you to our sponsor Benchmark!

Our very own Nicholas Larus-Stone will be having a fireside chat with Miles Grimshaw (board member and investor lead for seed and series A) about the early days of Benchling and building software companies in the bio space. This is an event you won't want to miss!

Light food and drinks will be provided, hope to see you all there!

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Feb 15th, 2023 - Women in Tech Galentine's Day Dinner

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: We're excited to host you for a Galentine's Day Dinner in SF! Whether you're a founder, investor, operator, creator or lover of all things community—this is the place for you to connect over bites & drinks.

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Feb 15th, 2023 - Utopia Labs Poker Night

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7pm

What: ​​​Join Utopia Labs for beginner-friendly poker every two weeks in Fidi.

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Feb 15th, 2023 - Robotics Founders & Funders Networking

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8:30pm

What: ​We're bringing back our great networking events for robotics and manufacturing founders and investors. This time we'll be at Studio 45 in San Francisco.

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Feb 16th, 2023 - Wise (Women in Science & Engineering) Mixer

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​WISE is excited to welcome you to our inaugural Bay Area mixer hosted by Muon Space! Please join us for an evening of bubbly drinks, light dinner and witty conversation. We can't wait to see you there!

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Feb 17th, 2023 - Latent Space Demo Day

Location: San Francisco

Time: 1-7pm

What: We (@fanahova / @swyx) are hosting a SF AI Hackathon Feb 15-17th. We've had so much interest in attending and participating, that we've decided to turn the demo day into an "AI Open House" on the afternoon of Feb 17th.

We're going to host a co-working + demo space from 1pm to 7pm. There will be food, prizes, and more! If you're interested in participating fill out the form and we'll reach out with the details

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Feb 18th, 2023 - Catalyst Society House Party

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30pm

What: Catalyst society house party in San Francisco.

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Feb 21st, 2023 - Ramen Mafia Crypto Bites & Drinks

Location: San Jose

Time: 6pm

What: Ramen Mafia is hosting a dinner for early crypto founders to meet co-explorers.

What is a co-explorer? A thought partner to explore early ideas and problem spaces. We believe in co-exploration before committing to co-founding.

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Feb 23rd, 2023 - Contrary SF Startup Happy Hour

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-7pm

What: Contrary is hosting a meetup on Thursday, February 23rd in conjunction with our portfolio company Doss! We're aiming to bring together the most talented builders and designers looking for their next role at an SF-based software company and to meet other top builders in the Bay.

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Feb 23rd, 2023 - Coworking with Catalyst Society

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am

What: Planning a small intimate coworking event. Also in search of an org to sporsor us in exchange for office space.

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