Capital For Atoms - Finance Leader Dinner

Join a16z and Erebor Bank for an intimate dinner bringing together finance leaders building the companies reshaping the physical world.

About this event

The Capital For Atoms dinner is an event hosted by a16z and Erebor Bank during LA Tech Week¹. It is a dinner and networking session designed for finance leaders to discuss the specific challenges of funding capital intensive industries¹.

The event features no panels or formal pitches¹. Instead, it consists of an off the record conversation among attendees regarding the financial playbooks required for sectors such as aerospace, defense, energy, manufacturing, and robotics¹.

Who is in the room

The guest list is limited to a small group of CFOs and finance leaders¹. Attendees are professionals building companies within the physical technology and deep tech sectors¹.

How to get in

Interested individuals must RSVP via Partiful¹. No specific price or application deadline is listed in the provided documentation¹.

Why it matters

This event is relevant for finance executives in the hard tech space who need to navigate the unique capital requirements of scaling physical infrastructure companies¹.

Practical

The dinner takes place in El Segundo on Thursday, October 15, 2026¹. It is part of the broader LA Tech Week schedule, which includes various other events in the same neighbourhood such as the Embodied AI Happy Hour and the Hardware Engineering Happy Hour¹.

Sources

• Capital For Atoms - Finance Leader Dinner · LA Tech Week 2026 Event (tech-week.com)