We bring LA's most ambitious people together.

Where We Come From

Berkeley Skydeck - The Bruin Startup Village Techstars - The Bruin Startup Village Shark Tank - The Bruin Startup Village 
Pear - The Bruin Startup Village Startup UCLA - The Bruin Startup VillageY Combinator - The Bruin Startup Village Crescent -The Bruin Startup Village Venture Accelerator At UCLA Anderson - The Bruin Startup Village Goldman Sachs -The Bruin Startup Village Brex - The Bruin Startup Village
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Our Community

We are a diverse group of founders and creatives
all who think and do big.

Casey Rickey The Bruin Startup Village
Casey Rickey
Casey built a 7-figure apparel brand and now is exploring new things!
Yifei - The Bruin Startup Village
Yifei Sun
Yifei helps founders with graphic design, illustration, and more.
Isaac Levy - The Bruin Startup Village
Isaac Levy
Isaac is a 21 year old VC whose growing a number of multi million dollar ventures in sustainability and real estate.
Tait Tanigucci - The Bruin Startup Village
Tait Tanigucci
Tait graduated from UCLA in 2022 and is now building a cutting edge publishing platform.
Skot Carruth - The Bruin Startup Village
Skot Carruth
Skot exited his design agency and now mentors early stage founders.
Jonathan Chang - The Bruin Startup Village
Jonathan Chang
Jonathan is a VC and XIR at Brex. He helps founders with pitch decks and fundraising.
Kapczynski - The Bruin Startup Village
Mark Kapczynski
Mark is a seasoned CMO  and helps founders market their companies.
Hari -  The Bruin Startup Village
Hari

Hari is building a social app to help strengthen friendships on campus

Ryan Sami - The Bruin Startup Village
Ryan Samii

Ryan worked as a corporate attorney for 5+ years and is now building legal tech to accelerate contract negotiations.

Michelle Lieu - The Bruin Startup Village
Michelle Lieu

Michelle helped design UI for companies in this community.

Events and Programming

We organize events that help founders build connections, find product market fit. and fundraise.

We also go to events in and around LA together.

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