"In an industry that reinvents itself before most people finish their breakfast scone, TechCrunch's StrictlyVC events series has become something rare: a constant. These evenings offer a chance to step back from the blur of headlines and hype cycles, to sit with the people actually driving change, and to understand what's really happening behind the scenes. They've been designed from the start as cocktail parties with killer content - we've always wanted these to be intimate gatherings where the conversation flows freely,"
"Green herself - an early investor in Chime, Oura, and countless other household brands - shared her excitement about the white space emerging at the intersection of AI and consumer tech. But she was just the beginning. We heard from Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries about the wild ride of building a defense tech startup in your twenties, complete with all the missteps that come with the territory."
StrictlyVC is an events series of intimate evening gatherings designed as cocktail parties with focused content, enabling candid conversations among attendees. The 2025 run produced numerous insights and connections across heads of state, startup founders, crypto evangelists, and defense tech pioneers. The year began in San Francisco's Presidio, where Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures co-hosted an event and highlighted white space at the intersection of AI and consumer tech. Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries described the challenges of building a defense tech startup in his twenties. Tarek Mansour of Kalshi downplayed regulatory worries, and Ryan Petersen of Flexport addressed tariff policy; San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie attended as well.
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