Vegas Startup Scene is your insider guide to the founders, investors, and operators building the future of tech in Las Vegas. Hosted by Jason LeDuc, this show delivers sharp analysis of startup funding, venture trends, ecosystem updates, and leadership lessons from the front lines of innovation. Designed for founders, tech investors, and ambitious entrepreneurs, each episode connects strategy with execution—spotlighting the people and momentum driving Vegas forward.
Las Vegas Startups Pitch Investors in a Private Mansion | Startup Trends
Las Vegas startups get a rare shot this week: a room of angel investors, in town, listening — and presenting is free.
Tokenize! — AI, Politics, Payments & Entertainment — returns to Las Vegas Oct 19-21, presented by the angel network BitAngels. The venue is a private estate called the Tiger Mansion; no address is published. On Oct 21, 2:30-5:00, BitAngels runs pitch sessions for pre-seed, seed and Series A plus Best of Show, and says the pitching section is free for presenting startups. The slate is open.
Also in the Las Vegas startup ecosystem: Las Vegas Startups is moving off Meetup onto a platform called NetU.ai. The new group page is live and private with 19 members; nothing yet on the old page.
Two free asks Las Vegas startups can act on now:
Vegas Founders Night Oct 14 — three members get 3-5 minutes to pitch the room. DM co-organizer Mike Cornwell. First come, no deadline.
Tokenize! founder pitch applications run through BitAngels Network. No deadline, no fee.
More startup trends on the calendar: LV Robotics Oct 15; Tech Alley Oct 17 (free); Las Vegas iOS Developers on SwiftUI Oct 20; Crypto Mondays; Pitch Kung Fu at Fusion42 Thursdays; Web3 Wednesdays Nov 4. Check before you go.
LINKS
Tokenize! Las Vegas: https://tokenizeconference.com/
BitAngels Apply to Pitch: https://bitangels.network/apply-to-pitch
Las Vegas Startups: https://netu.ai/groups/las-vegas-startups
Vegas Founders Night Oct 14: https://netu.ai/events/vegas-founders-night-ai-builders-real-startup-connections-1
Tech Alley Oct 17: https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/2026-10-17/
informed.now: https://infmd.co/jld
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5 Oct 2026
Las Vegas Startups Watch a 175-Acre Data Center Filing | Startup Trends
Las Vegas startups just got a 175-acre reminder of who else is bidding for this valley's power.Switch has filed plans with North Las Vegas for Core 2.0: phase one is 175.8 acres across 14 parcels in the Apex Industrial Park, 486,250 square feet, two data centers, plus its own substation and switching station. Filed in August; the city still has not scheduled it for Planning Commission or City Council — so the land-and-power fight every Southern Nevada founder builds inside gets argued in public on a date nobody set.The number nobody had put on Zero Labs: nine cohorts, 145 companies, 200-plus founders through a free, no-equity, three-day Las Vegas startup accelerator with UNLV Economic Development and GOED. Not a program — startup ecosystem infrastructure.What Las Vegas startups can act on now:Zero Labs 2027 Innovation Launchpad — applications open. Ten-minute application, free, no equity, keep your IP. Tracks: gaming, sports, hospitality, emerging tech.Pitch4Capital Las Vegas Funding Day — Oct 22, Mint Meeting Spaces, 3160 S Valley View Blvd. Approval-gated; cost not published.More startup trends on the calendar: Pitch Kung Fu at Fusion42 Thursdays, Web3 Wednesdays Oct 7, CryptoMondays Mondays, Vegas Founders Night, and LV Robotics Oct 15. Check before you go.LINKSSwitch: https://www.switch.com/ (https://www.switch.com/)Zero Labs Innovation Launchpad: https://zerolabs.io/innovationlaunchpad (https://zerolabs.io/innovationlaunchpad)Pitch4Capital Funding Day: https://luma.com/c9enz9o9 (https://luma.com/c9enz9o9)Fusion42: https://luma.com/fusion42 (https://luma.com/fusion42)Las Vegas Robotics: https://www.lvrobotics.org/ (https://www.lvrobotics.org/)StartUpNV: https://startupnv.org/ (https://startupnv.org/)informed.now (http://informed.now/): https://infmd.co/jld (https://infmd.co/jld)(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)CONTACTWant to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.com (mailto:info@leducleadership.com)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership (https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership)
28 Sept 2026
Electrify Nevada Picks a New Class of Las Vegas Startups | Vegas Tech Scene
Las Vegas startups just got a clean-energy accelerator class, and half the program is ours.Electrify Nevada named its Fall 2026 cohort, doubling down on Las Vegas and Reno. Jason LeDuc breaks down the program, a Governor's Office of Economic Development and gener8tor partnership running a twelve-week startup accelerator in each city, and what it means for Nevada startups who used to fly out for a room like that.More from the Vegas tech scene, week of September 28, 2026:- Electrify Nevada's Fall 2026 cohort; LV side led by MD Donna Ehart; battery storage, infrastructure, AI, circular economy; UNLV a partner- AngelNV 7 open: one company wins $200,000 matched 1:1 to $400,000; applications Nov 20 to the first week of January, free to apply- Free AngelNV Due Diligence Bootcamp, six Tuesdays from Oct 13 downtown, worth doing even if you never pitch angel investors- Free co-working Oct 2; StartupNV Speed Mentoring $5, date firming- Calendar: Yotta Sept 28-30; ITC Vegas Sept 29-Oct 1; ConveneNV and StartupNV Pitch Room Oct 8; AI Governance World Oct 12-14; Tech Alley Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 19; Money20/20 Oct 18-21; HLTH USA Nov 15-18- Standing: Crypto Mondays, Web3 Wednesdays, Vegas Founders Night, LV Robotics monthlyLINKSElectrify Nevada / gener8tor: https://www.gener8tor.com/nevada (https://www.gener8tor.com/nevada)AngelNV: https://angelnv.com/apply/ (https://angelnv.com/apply/)StartupNV: https://startupnv.org (https://startupnv.org/)Yotta 2026: https://www.yotta-event.com/ (https://www.yotta-event.com/)ITC Vegas: https://vegas.insuretechconnect.com/ (https://vegas.insuretechconnect.com/)Tech Alley: https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/ (https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/)Money20/20: https://us.money2020.com/ (https://us.money2020.com/)HLTH USA: https://hlth.com/events/usa (https://hlth.com/events/usa)informed.now (http://informed.now/): https://infmd.co/jld (https://infmd.co/jld)(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)Want to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.com (mailto:info@leducleadership.com)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership (https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership)
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