Conquering Your Vertical w/ Gabriel Halimi (Founder, Flo, Raised $11M)

"To fundraise our hardware startup, I researched the portfolio companies of the firms I was going after and tried to find common threads. And that approach was how I focused my attention on who to talk too."

Get inspired by founder Gabriel Halimi as he describes his journey from studying law, teaming up with his father to build out Flo Technologies, and raising $11.3M from Crosslink. Gabriel looks forward to sharing his lessons learned in finding customers, creating company culture, hiring, and pitching a hardware startup.

Flo Technologies started when Gabriel's home flooded and his father/ co-founder built to device to prevent that from happening again. Fast forward, the two realized this was an issue that millions of people have gone through and set-up to change it. Flo is now a smart home water monitoring and shutoff system that proactively detects microleaks and other vulnerabilities anywhere in a home water system, protecting the home, promoting maintenance and
empowering conservation. Learn more about his founder journey, product and plans by attending!

Guests are welcome to attend. Must be full time tech founders.

Agenda:

5:00 - 5:10pm || Arrive, Socialize, Grab Light Bites
5:10 - 5:15pm || Opening Remarks by Michelle Crames
5:15 - 5:30pm || Quick intros (name, title, 1 line description of company)
5:30 - 5:45pm || Keynote by Gabriel Halimi (Topic: Conquering Your Vertical)
5:45 - 6:20pm || Speaker Q&A and Roundtable Discussion
6:20 - 6:30pm || Wrap up
6:30 - 7:00pm || Members are welcome to stay and socialize