Where Top Founders and
Icons Meet— Live
Curated Access | Invite Only
For over a decade, Ripple’s founders—alumni of Y Combinator and Techstars—have hosted conversations for their venture-backed founder networks of 20,000.
Upcoming Fireside Talk
Thursday, November 13 | 2 pm EST
Private Virtual Fireside Chat
Special Guest
VIP GUEST CO-HOST
Backing 60+ unicorns across 400+ companies.
Billionaire tech investor fresh off raising a $200M Web3 & DeFi fund.
Built HubSpot — $30B+ SaaS giant.
Now shaping the next era of startup innovation.
Friday, December 6 | 2 pm EST
Private Virtual Fireside Chat
Special Guest
Built Zapier — $5B+ automation platform.
Zapier is the leader in no-code automation, connecting 8,000+ apps - empowering millions of users worldwide.
Past Fireside Talks
Wednesday, October 15 | 2 pm EST
Private Virtual Fireside Chat
Special Guest
$4B valuation—$100M ARR in 8 Months.
The App Helping Non-Coders Build Software.
VIP GUEST CO-HOST
Built Zoe—$2B Assets Under Admin.
Making it easy for people to find trusted, independent wealth advisors.
VIP GUEST CO-HOST
$1B+ in exits to Microsoft & Salesforce.
Now building the future of data and AI ventures with Super{set}.
VIP GUEST CO-HOST
Built SendGrid — $3B Exit.
Now building the next wave of AI-powered infrastructure at Laneful.
Live Audience
Powered by a Network of 20,000 Venture-Backed Founders
With one special guest and guest co-hosts before 200 live business leaders, each Ripple talk pairs a founder rewriting the future with an icon shaping the present — two worlds, one stage.
Meet The Hosts
The Creators Behind Ripple
The Garcia-Amaya brothers are venture-backed builders and backers as well as founders of the top tech alumni founder-led communities; Alumni founders and Techstars alumni.
Alejandro
Host & Co-Creator
Backed By
Ricardo
Host & Co-Creator
Backed By
