M13 is kicking off SF Tech Week at the Mechanics Institute on Monday October 5 with Grandmaster Sam Shankland.

M13 is a venture capital firm that invests early in visionary founders building through structural shifts that create new markets and opportunities. Established in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, M13's portfolio ($2.1B AUM) includes 17 unicorns backed at seed or Series A. We are a full-stack team of proactive operators helping founders outperform and build category-defining companies. M13 ranks among the top three global firms in the HEC-Dow Jones Venture Capital Performance Ranking. Our firm has been awarded as a Built In Best Place to Work in both LA and NYC multiple years running. M13 is named for the brightest star cluster in the northern sky, full of remarkable individual stars that create something truly greater than the sum of its parts.