Events

Our featured speaker Natalia Sokolova is the President and COO of the public technology company Cytta Corp, and the Managing Director of her single family office. She discussed her ideas related to nurturing and engaging founder-investor relationships, supporting our initiative to bridge the communication and culture gap between founders and family offices.

Peter Pham, co-founder of Science, the incubator responsible for Liquid Death and Dollar Shave Club, joined us to share his perspectives on the future of venture. We broke down financing strategies, business models, and investor relations, gaining perspective on how today's founders should be thinking about the big picture.

SVRN and Velvet teamed up for our annual Milken event, bringing together 200 founders, family offices, and funds at a beautiful Beverly Hills estate. The panel featured Heidi Roddenberry, Darren Ma of Fireflies Aerospace, and David Shapiro of OPEN to dissect the role that technology plays in the investment landscape.

The education landscape is shifting with e-learning, digital content, and communities on the rise. Students, especially entrepreneurial ones, are struggling to see the value in the traditional university system. Will colleges figure out how to innovate to stay relevant or will we see brand new education formats take over the higher education market?

There is a growing industry dedicated to connecting individual investors to institutional-level opportunities, with business models ranging from digital marketplaces to pitch webinars to social clubs. SVRN and Unity co-hosted this Symposium to explore the shifting landscape of private investments and how our members should think about earning access to top deals.

The community gathered for our monthly Brunch Forum, a series dedicated to going deeper and connecting more intentionally over facilitate conversations within small groups.

SVRN and Unity Holdings kicked off their official syndicate partnership with a symposium highlighting the power of co-investment communities and the role that trust plays in effective business.

Authentic connection is fundamental to the human experience, yet it's seldom found in today's society. We gathered the community for a heart-centered communications workshop designed to help our members go deeper, build friendship, and engage in an emotionally fulfilling experience.

SVRN and Forward Female connected to host a Social Tea Party featuring a discussion on the importance of community in the founder's journey. As we each strive for success and self-actualization on our persona legends, it's important that we proactively surround ourselves with those on parallel paths.

This recurring event series brought the SVRN community together around a farm-to-table dinner, hosted at Little City Farm. The entire experience was zero-waste and plastic-free with organic, whole foods catered by our nutrition partner.

The community gathered for a relaxing beach day of games, healthy food, ice plunge, and most importantly, good conversation. We chilled in the shade under the cabana and had a wonderful time discussing business, philosophy, and wellness practices with new and old friends.

Our member, investor, and marketing coach John Crestani spoke on digital marketing and growth strategies, sharing his unique insights and strategies for the members. Our Social Symposium series repeats monthly with different speakers, ideas, and themes as the community connects and expands their minds together.

We gathered 250 family offices, investors, founders, and SVRN members to celebrate the beginning of the Milken Conference. The event was held on the rooftop of the SIXTY Hotel in Beverly Hills, featuring a panel on family office structuring and performance by our member Aloe Blacc.