Part startup showcase, part venture conference, part entrepreneurial ecosystem building — 100% high energy, interactive and impactful!

The Growth Factory, a Roseville-based startup accelerator and venture fund, is holding its first annual GFX event on Thursday, August 25 at @TheGrounds in Roseville. A key mission of the Growth Factory is creating a ‘Backyard Advantage’ to unleash the potential of world class founders, scale truly great companies, and create a thriving entrepreneurial culture in the Greater Sacramento region. GFX is the Growth Factory’s first annual event designed to activate the Backyard Advantage at scale.

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Use promo code “GFFriend” for 20% off. Get your ticket by August 15 to take advantage of early bird prices.

The Backyard Advantage is the coming together of Sacramento’s most innovative, committed, and successful mentors, investors, corporate, civic and community leaders to rally around the most promising startup founders and help them succeed. In addition to creating great companies that call Sacramento home, this effort fuels a thriving culture and a competitive economy.

Attendees at the inaugural event will meet and engage with some of the most innovative local startups growing their companies in our community, participate in interactive sessions to help founders solve real business challenges, and engage in educational talks on venture investment and scaling companies.

“The Growth Factory is excited to convene and connect Sacramento’s most successful entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, corporate, civic and community leaders with our most promising startup founders, “said Mark Haney, founding partner of The Growth Factory. “We are committed to building great companies that call Sacramento home, fueling a thriving culture and competitive economy.”

GFX Program elements include:

  • Pitches and presentations from 20+ seed stage local startups
  • Interactive sessions to help founders build their business by tackling key challenges
  • Connecting startups with mentors through speed mentoring sessions powered by the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and StartupSac (advance sign up required)
  • Informative panels that include industry, investment and innovation leaders
  • Interactive demos and displays from 40+ local companies
  • Network with 600+ of the region’s top business innovators at the post-event Happy Hour

Additional new speakers added to the line-up include:

  • The Women Driving Breakthrough Technology Companies. Hear how women leaders in Sacramento are working as investors and entrepreneurs creating exciting new technology companies, driven by diverse, win-for-all cultures.
  • Public Sector Innovation – From Ideas to Impact. Innovation in government and civic organizations is all about finding new ways to impact the lives of citizens and better ways to serve our communities. This panel of industry experts and entrepreneurs will share how innovative technologies and modes of thinking can help us address critical challenges now and in the future.

About the Growth Factory

The Growth Factory is a startup accelerator with an accompanying venture fund creating a Backyard Advantage on a mission to unleash the potential of world class founders, scale truly great companies, and create a thriving entrepreneurial culture in the Greater Sacramento region. Visit https://growthfactory.us/about/ for additional information.

About the Backyard Advantage

The Backyard Advantage is the coming together of Sacramento’s most innovative, committed, and successful mentors, investors, corporate, civic and community leaders to rally around the most promising startup founders and help them succeed. In addition to creating great companies that call Sacramento home, this effort fuels a thriving culture and a competitive economy.