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Moments from the room.

Curated dinners, private mansion parties, and founder gatherings across Austin, San Francisco, and New York. The founders building $1B+ companies meet here first.

Event 01 · February 21, 2025 · Dinner

San Francisco Founder Dinner

San Francisco, CA  |  Angler

A dinner at one of the Bay Area's most celebrated waterfront rooms. Bay Area founders gathered over a tasting menu of wood-fired seafood and open-fire cooking, with conversations ranging from fundraising strategy to post-mortems on recent launches. Heavy YC presence in the room — nearly half of the founders were Y Combinator alumni.

19
Founders
$135M
Funding
$7.5M
Avg Funding
$2.6M
Avg Revenue
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Event 02 · May 3, 2025 · Dinner

New York City Founder Dinner

New York City, NY  |  Le Pavillon

A gathering of New York's sharpest founders inside Le Pavillon in Midtown Manhattan. A Series A-heavy room with operators backed by Khosla Ventures, Blackstone, Tiger Global, 776, Techstars, and Alexis Ohanian traded war stories over a multi-course tasting menu.

28
Founders
$238M
Funding
$10.8M
Avg Funding
$6M
Avg Revenue
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Event 03 · March 6, 2025 · Dinner

Austin Founder Dinner

Austin, TX  |  Lenoir

Dinner with founders and investors at Lenoir, one of Austin's most acclaimed restaurants. A seed-heavy mix of bootstrapped operators and venture-backed founders across SaaS, AI, consumer, and fintech. Backers in the room included YC, Khosla, Naver, and regional Austin angels.

16
Founders
$93M
Funding
$5.8M
Avg Funding
$3M
Avg Revenue
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The Founding Event · November 5, 2024 · Mansion Party

Austin Mansion Party

Austin, TX  |  Private Residence

The gathering that started it all. 77 founders and investors filled a private Austin mansion for a night of drinks, conversation, and long-overdue introductions. A pre-seed and seed-heavy room weighted toward AI, SaaS, and consumer brands, with regional angels and micro-VCs writing the earliest checks in the ecosystem.

77
Attendees
58
Founders
19
Investors
$64M
Funding Represented
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400+
Unique Founders
$1.5B+
Total Funding
$6M+
Avg Funding / Founder
40+
YC-Backed Founders
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