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About Us

Techweek is a news media platform covering
early-stage companies from beyond Silicon Valley. We find outstanding startups in Chicago, New York, London and Los Angeles that are building products and business models with the potential to evolve into winning brands.

Our Mission

Hero companies can emerge anywhere. At Techweek, we are dedicated to spreading wealth creation beyond the Silicon Valley by connecting hero companies and sharing their stories.

The Techweek Story

2012
Launched our first conference in Chicago, which attracted 1000+ attendees and prominent speakers including the founder of Uber.
2013
Piloted Techweek LA with few events. The Chicago and Los Angeles events together had 2000+ attendees. The founder of Girls Who Code was a major attraction
2014
Expanded to New York, thereby covering Midwest, East Coast, and West Coast. Marquee speakers included founders of BuzzFeed and managing partner of Upfront Capital
2015
Augmented Midwest presence with Kansas City and Detroit. Attracted prominent speakers, including the founder of Tinder
2016
Continued momentum in adding locations: Miami, Dallas, and Washington DC, along with Toronto in Canada.
2017
Launched media as a vertical, featuring speaker videos and interview articles. Conducted events in all 9 geographies with 250+ speakers
2018
Now publishing 5 stories a week, covering the journeys of early-stage companies from Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles

The Team

Board

Akshat Jain

Executive Director

akshat@techweek.com

Editors

Vipul Nanda

Editor

vipul@techweek.com

Sharang Bhaskaran

Executive Director

sharang@techweek.com