San Francisco · Bay Area

Where the future gets built

A curated community for the founders, operators, and investors building Bay Area tech. Deliberately small. Open by design.

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About

Built on caliber, not credentials

Troy Collective convenes the people actually building, funding, and scaling Bay Area tech — founders first, then the operators and investors around them — in a room designed so the right people actually meet.

It starts with the most engaged slice of the Trojan network and grows by referral — where shared values and real ambition turn introductions into momentum.

Curated, Not Crowded

Every gathering is intentional — built for real connection, not mass attendance. We start narrow and grow through referrals.

Open by Design

Troy started inside the USC network and grows well beyond it. Every room is built for the best people shipping in tech — not for a single alma mater.

Consistency Compounds

Showing up, consistently. A regular cadence builds the kind of depth that turns contacts into collaborators.

2026 Programming

Where the community shows up

Our event series brings together founders, operators, and investors for conversations that matter.

Feb 27, 2026

Fireside Chat with Max Mullen, co-hosted by SVB

Instacart co-founder · Networking + conversation

Complete

Jun 18, 2026

Fireside Chat with Mike Ghaffary

Networking + conversation

Complete

Oct 7, 2026

FIGHT ON, SF · SF Tech Week Gathering

The USC + Troy tech mixer · View recap

Complete

Q4 2026

Fireside Chat

Speaker to be announced · Networking + conversation

Upcoming

Q4 2026

End of Year Gathering

Celebration + reflections on the year

Upcoming

Moments

Highlights from our gatherings across the Bay Area.

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How It Started

Two Trojans, one missing piece

Miles and Kevin kept crossing paths at USC alumni gatherings around the Bay — happy hours, watch parties, the usual rotation. They were fine, but something was missing. Conversations stayed surface-level, and the people actually building things rarely came back.

So they built something with more intention: a curated community where every event is designed so you meet someone new, learn something worth remembering, and leave with more than a LinkedIn connection. Not a networking group — a room with purpose.