LA SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Rooftop Happy Hour

NachoNacho’s NachoTuesday series runs screened founder-investor rooms across NYC, SF, LA, and Austin. The August LA edition is a rooftop happy hour in Santa Monica for SaaS and AI operators: Seed-funded or later founders, C-suites, investors and VCs, and tech media. Sponsors Shopline and Forecastr co-host; Alliance for SoCal Innovation and Nerdstage show up as ecosystem partners. Applications are screened and +1s are not allowed. Prior LA TechWeek and NachoTuesday nights have drawn large founder/VC turnouts, so treat approval as a real filter, not a formality. NachoNacho screens because the series is built for funded operators and investors who already share a graph across NYC, SF, LA, and Austin.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026, starting 5:00 PM PT at LouLou Santa Monica, 395 Santa Monica Place #300 - the Westside mall rooftop. Sponsored drinks and appetizers. Register on Luma; only approved guests get in. NachoNacho’s event page mirrors the listing.

The room is for people who already clear Seed+ SaaS or AI and want Westside investor density without a public pitch stage. Unfunded idea-stage founders expecting open access will not get past screening. Same night as Pinecone’s Playa Vista builder meetup; those are different graphs - community demos versus a curated investor social. Santa Monica Place parking and mall access are part of the evening, not an afterthought once approval lands. Shopline, Forecastr, Alliance for SoCal Innovation, and Nerdstage on the listing are why the night reads as a curated operator social. Santa Monica Place is mall geography; only the approved Luma list gets onto the LouLou rooftop.

Go if your round and role already match the Seed+ filter and you can wait for Luma approval before leaving for Santa Monica. Re-check approval status and any venue notes on the listing; do not assume a +1 or a walk-up.