When: Friday, June 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC - Friday, June 26, 2026 at 3:00 AM UTC
Where: El Rio, San Francisco, California, US
Fri, Jun 26, 12:00 AM UTC · El Rio, San Francisco, California, US Celebrate Pride with SF's queer tech community. Germ is taking over El Rio's beloved outdoor patio with the help of Bluesky, Heavybit, and Generationship for an evening of good drinks, good music, and good people. Germ is the queer co-founded secure messaging startup built to serve your boundaries and your complexity. Join our community to meet fellow startup founders, protocol and privacy heads, and local tech professionals. Allies and friends of course welcome. We should know each other! 21+. First drink is on us with RSVP. 🏳️🌈 Germ Network builds Germ DM, the end-to-end encrypted messenger for Bluesky and beyond that respects your boundaries and your multiple selves. Bluesky is the social app built for better conversations. Find your people, follow what you care about, and have fun online again—without ads or engagement traps. Heavybit is the leading investor in developer-first startups. Since 2013, our global portfolio of companies has redefined how teams build, deploy, secure, and scale mission-critical technology. Generationship is an early-stage venture fund backing technical female founders building software infrastructure for the AI platform shift. 🏳️🌈 Germ events have zero tolerance for harassment. Please ask for consent before taking other guests’ photos; we do this as well. We value your privacy—if you don’t want to RSVP on Luma or atmo.rsvp, reach out by email to hello@germ.network. By RSVP’ing here, you consent to share your e-mail address with the hosts.