Where momentum meets the mountains.
Venture Connect is an exclusive, 24-hour networking adventure designed to spark real investment connections across the Rocky Mountain region. Held this year in vibrant Boise, Idaho, the event brings together venture capital investors in an unconference-style setting built around curated experiences, candid conversations, and shared adventures that foster authentic relationships and real deal flow. In 2025, Venture Connect will intersect with Boise Entrepreneur Week, creating moments of connection between investors and the broader entrepreneurial community—while preserving dedicated space for deep, VC-to-VC relationship-building.

Emerging VC's moves to Boulder! Early career investors head to Boulder for two days of networking, knowledge sharing, and outdoor fun. Stay at Boulder’s brand new hotel, the Moxy, and explore Boulder’s beauty. Connect with peers and industry leaders through engaging breakout sessions on topics like - fundraising, deal sourcing, career acceleration, and the evolving role of AI in venture capital. Whether you’re an associate or an emerging manager, this summit is designed for you. 

VCs in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Desert-Doggle takes place at the breathtaking Mountain Shadows resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Located at the foot of Camelback Mountain, this resort boasts great weather, beautiful views, an on-site golf course, and incredible hospitality! Connect with VCs from around our region for adventure and connection.

The VC networking event of the year in the beautiful Vail, Colorado. 2 days of
Blue skies, powder days, and networking at it's best. Open to VC firms and Ski-Doggle Strategic Partners.

Let's close out 2024 with friends and festivities at Wynkoop Brewing downtown Denver.
RSVP is required.

Join us for our annual Adventure-Doggle in Park City, Utah at the beautiful Montage Deer Valley, which delivers a 24-hour power networking opportunity along with optional excursions including mountain biking, hiking and fly fishing for VCs/Investors and dinner in downtown Park City. Open to RMVCA member and nonmember VCs and event partners.

Join other early career investors in Bozeman, Montana for two days of networking, knowledge sharing and outdoor fun. Explore roundtable discussions led by Venture Partners and RMVCA members on topics including the path to partnership, managing and investing, fundraising, building great process and MORE. TIMES TBD

The Main Event combines exceptional 1:1 networking with compelling roundtable discussions. The primary goal is to connect CEOs/Founders of technology companies with Venture Capital investors interested in their future rounds of funding. Attendance is limited to the first 100 qualified attendees.

Venture Madness by Invest Southwest brings together investors with the region’s most promising ventures. The conference is Arizona’s longest-running capital conference and early-stage pitch event where we connect up-and-coming companies with the region’s most active investors.

Our latest incarnation will feature a powerful 2-day conference with networking, ‘Shark Tank’ style pitches, active investor feedback, audience participation, and an EXPO where participating companies get to feature and demo their innovations for attendees. Head to Scottsdale for Desert-Doggle and stay for Venture Madness!

The inaugural Desert-Doggle will take place at the breathtaking Mountain Shadows resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Located at the foot of Camelback Mountain, this resort boasts great weather, beautiful views, an on-site golf course, and incredible hospitality! Experience the Arizona beauty as you choose from four curated experiences as part of your doggle. Horseback riding on a private ranch, Off-road UTV adventures, 18 holes of golf, or scenic hiking.

Each winter, RMVCA brings together the VC community for two days of exclusive networking and world-class skiing in Vail, Colorado. Our event features an intimate, VC-focused audience who benefit from lasting connections and shared insights to further grow our ecosystem. Attendees include those interested in investing in the Rocky Mountain region including VC firms, family offices, investors and a select group of service provider partners.