Bay Area Startup Network (BASN) is a growing association in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on helping early stage entrepreneurs build successful companies. Although focused mostly on technology, BASN events and membership draw from all sectors of industry including medical devices and cleantech.

Bay Area Startup Network is also the umbrella organization for US Angel Investors, a private investor group that meets once a month in Palo Alto, CA

Upcoming Events

Welcome to our new sponsor Nagarro!

Nagarro provides software product engineering services to companies ranging from early stage startups to established market leaders, helping them achieve their strategic goals. For startups, Nagarro offers full product lifecycle services, from architecture, design, development and integration to implementation and support. Our usability engineering and performance optimization services allow clients to be more competitive and improve customer satisfaction. Nagarro’s offshore programming services combine specialized technical skills with Projistics™, a proprietary project management tool, to ensure quality, security and control in distributed development environments. Our engineering teams engaged in software development in India, US and Europe have extensive experience in architecture and design using open source (including Java and LAMP development) and proprietary (including Microsoft .NET) platforms.

JuLY 7th - BASN and US Angel Investors Startup Screening Meeting

Screening meeting for selected startups interested in presenting to US Angel Investors.
This event is by invitation only. If interested in participating in future screening meetings as a screener, please email here. If interested in participating in future screening meetings as a presenting company, please email here and apply through www.usangelinvestors.com

Event sponsored by Manatt, Phelps and Phillips (www.manatt.com)

About our Sponsor:
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, is a progressive and entrepreneurial law firm known for quality, extraordinary commitment to clients, integrated, relationship-based services, and for a range of specialized capabilities typically found only in boutique firms. Their focus includes healthcare, technology, media and advertising, consumer services, intellectual property, corporate finance, venture capital, etc.

JuLY 15th - US Angel Investor Meeting-PALO ALTO

Meeting for selected startups interested in presenting to US Angel Investors.
This event is by invitation only.

Sponsored by TIPS Group (www.tipsgroup.com)

JuLY 16th - Bay Area Startup Network Fastpitch Breakfast

Our guests will be Anton Hannebrink, Opus Capital, and Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures   Details

Register here

Event sponsored by TIPS Group (www.tipsgroup.com)

About our Sponsor:
TIPS Group provides technology & intellectual property strategies to companies ranging from start-ups to major international corporations. The firm consults on business formation, financing, and operation, technology development and protection, and provides legal services with emphasis in the areas of corporate, patent law, licensing and dispute resolution. TIPS Group maintains offices in Palo Alto, California and Washington, D.C.

JuLY 17th - Angel Investor Meeting-RENO

This event is by invitation only.

See our full Schedule of Events .

The mission of Bay Area Startup Network (BASN) is to help San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California startup companies in technology, health care, life sciences and other fields raise funds and grow successful companies. We do that by facilitating the networking between early-stage startups and venture capital providers such as angel group members, private angel equity investors, and early stage venture capital companies.