Source: https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/fund-or-fold-how-vcs-actually-decide-dec-2026 # Fund or Fold: How VCs Actually Decide 📅 December 02, 2026 🕐 5:30 PM PT 📍 San Francisco 🎟️ Free · Approval required ## What we're seeing - **Approval required · venue shared on acceptance** ## About This Event **To get into AWS Builder Loft:** register on the [AWS Builder Center event page](https://builder.aws.com/connect/event/f5b01774-22ef-3c3a-a2ef-75e3cba8fa53) and bring a physical government photo ID. Every founder has been passed on by an investor. Tonight you get to do the passing. 6 real seed startups go up on screen. 1 slide per startup. No long decks. Just what matters: what they do, who’s buying, and how fast they’re growing. **You vote fund or fold.** Then VCs tell you live what they’d actually do and why. Every fold gets an answer: the metric that would flip it to a fund. **What you’ll learn** How VCs make a call in the first few minutes Which numbers investors look at first and which they skip Why two good investors can land in opposite places on the same deal The one metric that turns a fold into a fund **Agenda** 5:30 PM Doors open 6:00 PM Welcome from G2C Ventures and AI Collective 6:15 PM Fund or Fold: 6 deals, room votes, VC verdicts, then the reveal 7:15 PM Networking 7:30 PM Event ends **Who should come** Founders raising now or in 2027 Builders thinking about starting something Angels and investors who want to test their instincts **Want to present?** We're picking 6 startups from the people in the room. Say yes on the registration form and share your deck or answer 5 quick questions. **Important** Bring a valid physical government-issued photo ID. Digital IDs are not accepted. *Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!* --- **[The AI Collective](https://www.aicollective.com/)**is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress. **[G2C Ventures](https://www.g2cventures.com)** is an early-stage enterprise AI fund in Palo Alto backing founders who build systems that deliver outcomes, not just software. *All attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective agree to our* *[privacy policy](https://www.aicollective.com/files/Data%20Privacy%20and%20Use%20Policy%20~%20The%20AI%20Collective.pdf)* *and are subject to our* *[code of conduct](https://www.aicollective.com/files/Code%20of%20Conduct%20~%20The%20AI%20Collective.pdf)**.* ## Hosted by [The AI Collective](https://luma.com/genai-collective) [Vik Ghai](https://luma.com/user/usr-bWFvz6odKudZdYY) [Sunil Grover](https://luma.com/user/SunilGrover) ## Location 📍 San Francisco, CA AI Meetup Networking Founders Investors [Register for This Event](https://lu.ma/fundorfold?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events) [98 more SF AI events this week](/events/ai/sf) Free Growth Analysis ## Get a free growth analysis for your company See how your website, messaging, and go-to-market strategy stack up, in minutes. [Get My Free Analysis](/?utm_source=events&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ai&utm_content=event_detail_cta) ## More SF events like this ### [She Builds: A Women in AI × Lovable Hackathon](/events/sf/she-builds-a-women-in-ai-lovable-hackathon-nov-2026) Today · 10:00 AM PT San Francisco, CA 279 attending ### [Real Social Connections](/events/sf/real-social-connections-nov-2026) Today · 11:00 AM PT TBD ### [Bay Area Pathologies: The Definitive Guide](/events/sf/bay-area-pathologies-the-definitive-guide-nov-2026) Today · 7:00 PM PT TBD 11 attending ### [Foresight Institute x Intelligent Crazy People Social](/events/sf/foresight-institute-x-intelligent-crazy-people-social-nov-2026) Today · 7:00 PM PT TBD [← Back to San Francisco Events](/events/ai/sf)