Relationships are made in person. We host 30+ media events a year to bring together founders, VCs, and our great journalists to spark relationships and let the magic unfold from there. Check out what's coming up as well as our annual VC Comms Con gathering with 120 VC funds.
2026 Event Dates
See below for BAM's lineup of in-person events in 2026.
Check out our upcoming media events:
New York: AI + Tech Media Dinner
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 5:30–8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. The AI + Tech dinner will convene reporters and tech leaders to explore how truly transformative AI is being built—not only by companies creating AI products, but also by deep tech innovators using AI to power breakthroughs across sectors. Together, we’ll dig into what “intelligence” really means for the future of technology, business, and society.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the AI & Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: The Coffee Coffer
Wednesday, June 10, 8:30–10:30 am ET
BAM’s intimate coffee hour features an off-the-record Q&A with leading mar/comms CEOs and CMOs. We limit this gathering to 30 CMOs and heads of marketing from venture backed startups so great connection and real dialogue unfolds. Bonus: we do a round of “asks” to foster peer sharing.
Who: heads of comms and marketing from venture backed startups
Led by: Beck Bamberger, CEO of BAM
Where: exact location to follow
Speaker: Max Khindria, Founder and CEO at FinEvents
New York: Enterprise Tech Media Dinner
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 5:30–8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This enterprise tech dinner will bring together reporters covering infrastructure, AI, and cloud with founders building the next generation of tools powering how modern businesses operate at scale.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: Climate Tech Media Dinner
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 5:30–8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. Conversations will explore how today’s breakthroughs are shaping the future of energy, mobility, and the planet we share.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Climate Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Consumer Tech Dinner
Tuesday, August 4, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM's industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This consumer tech dinner will bring together reporters covering relevant consumer brands with the journalists, creators, and operators shaping how people discover and trust products today.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors, Consumer Industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Defense Tech Dinner
Wednesday, August 5, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM's industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This defense tech dinner will join reporters covering defense tech with venture backed founders building solutions for a more secure, safe world.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Defense Technology industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
New York: People & HR Tech Dinner
Tuesday, September 8, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. This People & HR dinner will connect reporters covering the future of work with founders building HR-driven tools that are reshaping how people lead, collaborate, and thrive in the workplace.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the People & HR industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: Fintech Tech Dinner
Wednesday, September 9, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. The Fintech dinner will convene reporters and founders shaping the future of finance, from embedded banking and AI-driven underwriting to next-generation infrastructure transforming how money moves.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Fintech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: AI + Tech Dinner
Thursday, September 10, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. The AI + Tech dinner will convene reporters and tech leaders to explore how truly transformative AI is being built, not only by companies creating AI products, but also by deep tech innovators using AI to power breakthroughs across sectors. Together, we’ll dig into what “intelligence” really means for the future of technology, business, and society.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the AI & Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Physical Tech Dinner
Tuesday, September 29, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This physical tech dinner will connect reporters covering hardware, semiconductors, aerospace, satellites, manufacturing, robotics, energy, and defense technology with founders building the next generation of real-world infrastructure and systems.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Physical Tech industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Health Tech Dinner
Wednesday, September 30, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This health tech dinner will connect reporters covering digital health and biotech with founders building innovative solutions to improve care, access, and patient outcomes.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
New York: Health Tech Dinner
Tuesday, Oct 13, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This health tech dinner will connect reporters covering digital health and biotech with founders building innovative solutions to improve care, access, and patient outcomes.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: Physical Tech Dinner
Wednesday, October 14, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This physical tech dinner will connect reporters covering hardware, semiconductors, aerospace, satellites, manufacturing, robotics, energy, and defense technology with founders building the next generation of real-world infrastructure and systems.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Physical Technology industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: Consumer Tech Dinner
Thursday, October 15, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM's industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This consumer tech dinner will bring together reporters covering relevant consumer brands with the journalists, creators, and operators shaping how people discover and trust products today.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors, Consumer Industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Enterprise Tech Dinner
Tuesday, October 20, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This enterprise tech dinner will bring together reporters covering infrastructure, AI, and cloud with founders building the next generation of tools powering how modern businesses operate at scale.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Tech industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
San Francisco: AI + Tech Dinner
Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. The AI + Tech dinner will convene reporters and tech leaders to explore how truly transformative AI is being built, not only by companies creating AI products, but also by deep tech innovators using AI to power breakthroughs across sectors. Together, we’ll dig into what “intelligence” really means for the future of technology, business, and society.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the AI & Tech industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
New York: Climate Tech Dinner
Tuesday, November 17, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. Conversations will explore how today’s breakthroughs are shaping the future of energy, mobility, and the planet we share.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Climate Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: Media Matchmaking Day
Wednesday, November 18, 4:00 - 6:30pm ET
BAM's flagship event Media Matchmaking Day (MMD) brings together our media, venture, and founder communities. It’s a “speed dating” event where attendees will meet with top-tier media for in-person networking and relationship building.
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
Where: New York; exact location to follow
New York: Enterprise Tech Dinner
Thursday, November 19, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This enterprise tech dinner will bring together reporters covering infrastructure, AI, and cloud with founders building the next generation of tools powering how modern businesses operate at scale.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Tech industry
Where: New York; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Retail/Supply Chain Tech Dinner
Tuesday, December 8, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist and venture communities together. This retail + supply chain dinner will connect reporters covering retail innovation, logistics, commerce, and supply chain technology with founders building the future of how products are made, moved, and sold.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Retail + Supply Chain industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
San Francisco: Climate Tech Dinner
Wednesday, December 9, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
BAM’s industry dinners bring our journalist, founder and venture communities together. Conversations will explore how today’s breakthroughs are shaping the future of energy, mobility, and the planet we share.
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Climate Tech industry
Where: San Francisco; exact location to follow
Past Events
See below for BAM's lineup of past in-person events in 2025.
May
San Francisco: AI + Enterprise Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 5:30–8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
San Francisco: The Coffee Coffer
When: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 8:30–10:30 am PT
Who: heads of comms and marketing from venture backed startups
San Francisco: Deep Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 5:30–8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
April
New York: Media Matchmaking Day
When: Wednesday, April 29, 4 - 6:30pm ET
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
San Francisco: Media Matchmaking Day
When: Tuesday, April 21, 4 - 6:30pm PT
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
March
New York: The Coffee Coffer
When: Thursday, March 19, 2026, 8:30 - 10am ET
Who: heads of comms and marketing from venture backed startups
New York: AI + Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the AI & Tech industry
New York: Health Tech Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
San Francisco: Media Training
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
San Francisco: Media Training
When: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 3:07 - 4:07pm PT
Who: Founders of venture-backed startups (seed+ stages welcome)
San Francisco: AI + Enterprise Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the AI & Enterprise industry
February
San Francisco:Enterprise + Fintech Tech Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise tech + Fintech industry
San Francisco: AI + Tech Media Dinner
When: Monday, February 2, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Climate Tech industry
January
New York: Climate Tech Media Dinner
When: Thursday, January 22, 5 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Climate Tech industry
New York: Enterprise Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, January 21, 5 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
New York: The Coffee Coffer
When: Wednesday, January 21, 8:30am - 10am ET
Who: heads of comms and marketing from venture backed startups
New York: AI Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, January 20, 5 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
November
New York: Media Matchmaking Day
When: Wednesday, November 12, 4 - 6:30pm ET
Who: Founders, media, and VCs
October
New York: Health Tech Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, October 28, 8:30 - 10am PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
New York: Health Tech Media Dinner
When: Thursday, October 9, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
New York: People & AI Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, October 7, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the People & AI industry
New York: Enterprise Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 - 8:30pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Technology industry
September
San Francisco: Health Tech Media Dinner
When: Thursday, September 25, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Health Tech industry
San Francisco: Enterprise Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, September 24, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Technology industry
San Francisco: People & AI Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, September 23, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the People & AI industry
August
San Francisco: The Coffee Coffer
When: Tuesday, August 12, 8:30am - 10am PT
Who: heads of comms and marketing from venture backed startups
San Francisco: SF Giants FinTech Media Suite Night
When: Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 6-9pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Fintech industry
June
New York: People & AI Media Dinner
When: Thursday, June 26, 5:30 - 8:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the People & AI Tech industry
New York: Enterprise Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, June 25, 5:30 - 8:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Tech industry
New York: Defense Tech Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, June 24, 5:30 - 8:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Defense Tech industry
People Tech Media Dinner SF
When: Tuesday, June 3, 5:30 - 8:30 pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the People Tech industry
Enterprise Technology Media Dinner SF
When: Wednesday, June 4, 5:30 - 8:30 pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Enterprise Technology industry
May
Media Matchmaking Day (MMD) SF
When: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 from 4:00 - 6:30 pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in Enterprise Tech industry
April
Media Matchmaking Day (MMD) NYC
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from 4:00 - 6:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in Enterprise Tech industry
February
Enterprise Media Dinner
When: Thursday, February 6, 4:30 - 6:30 pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in Enterprise Tech industry
Climate Tech Media Dinner
When: Monday, February 10, 5:30 - 8:30 pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Climate Tech industry
Enterprise Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, February 12, 4:30 - 6:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in Enterprise Tech industry
VC Comms Con
When: Wednesday, February 19 — Friday, February 21, 2025
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in VC & COMMS
March
New York City: Deep Tech Media Dinner
When: Tuesday, March 11, 5:30 - 8:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the Deep Tech industry
New York City: People Tech Media Dinner
When: Wednesday, March 12, 5:30 - 8:30 pm ET
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in the People Tech industry
April
Enterprise Media Dinner
When: Thursday, February 6, 4:30 - 6:30 pm PT
Who: Founders, Media, Investors in Enterprise Tech industry
The Power of Community
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