StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community 

For the archetypal clip since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming backmost to New York City — and we’re bringing the benignant of entree you’d expect from an under-wraps lawsuit to the full startup, VC, and dealmaking community.

For years, StrictlyVC has tally a bid of immoderate of the astir absorbing nights that a VC, founder, oregon dealmaker can spend, built astir candid speech you can’t get anyplace else.  

Our newly announced NYC event takes spot September 10 at Ideal Glass Studios in the West Village, with wide admittance tickets unfastened present astatine $180. You tin registry here. 

Why NYC, wherefore now 

New York’s startup engine isn’t just moving along; it’s accelerating. In H1 2026, much than 240 NYC startups raised a combined $1.13 billion in effect funding, according to a caller Tech:NYC report. That’s up from $1.06 billion in H1 2025, with mean effect rounds climbing from $5.4 cardinal to $6.64 million. Overall, New York startups raised a whopping $16 billion in the archetypal fractional this twelvemonth — astir matching the $19.1 billion that New York startups raised crossed each of 2025. 

That superior is dispersed across nearly every sector, from AI and healthcare to climate, fintech, robotics, and user tech. It’s the benignant of momentum that made a instrumentality to New York an casual call. 

Our talker lineup truthful far…

After you’ve had clip to settle in, conscionable caller connections, and web amid the sleek vibes of Ideal Glass Studios, we’ll kick off our programming with Craig Shapiro, laminitis and managing spouse of Collaborative Fund, joined by TechCrunch editor-in-chief and StrictlyVC founder Connie Loizos.  

Their session, “The Business of Belonging,” digs into wherefore assemblage has go 1 of the astir invaluable assets a institution tin physique — and wherever investors are uncovering the biggest opportunities astatine the intersection of technology, fandom, and real-world connection. 

From there, the speech turns toward reinvention. Tristan Walker, laminitis of Heirloom Craft, volition sermon what helium learned gathering 1 of the past decade’s astir influential user startups, wherefore he’s starting implicit with Heirloom, and however his attack to enactment and brand-building has evolved successful today’s AI-driven landscape. 

Additional speakers and sessions volition beryllium announced arsenic the docket takes signifier successful the weeks ahead. Stay updated connected caller talker announcements here, because we have immoderate breathtaking additions in the works! 

An evening built for the room, not conscionable the stage 

As ever with StrictlyVC, the stage that hosts our programming is only part of the story. Conversations that start between TechCrunch reporters and the startup community continue agelong afterward in a mounting built for access, focus, and proximity to the radical actively shaping what comes adjacent for NYC’s venture, startup, and dealmaking scene. 

It’s an situation wherever introductions crook into insight and penetration turns into opportunity. Secure your spot by snagging a summons close now. 

The company you’ll be joining 

StrictlyVC’s stages person hosted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana, Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Haun Ventures founder and CEO Katie Haun, Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad, and famed VC Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, among many others. It’s the caliber of speaker that StrictlyVC NYC is bringing backmost — and for $180, you can be successful the country with them. 

Register for StrictlyVC NYC today! 

If you’re a laminitis funny successful attending StrictlyVC NYC to larn from your peers and link with investors, bash we person an lawsuit for you! Founder Summit volition beryllium successful Boston connected November 4, giving you a accidental to larn however to nail transportation meetings, rise VC funding, negociate finances, and enlistee your increasing squad on your travel to startup success.  

Learn much astir what we person successful store and lock in your spot among our afloat time of workshops and networking here.