Founder dinners in Los Angeles
Every Thursday evening, a small table of vetted founders sits down somewhere between Venice and Silver Lake. No pitching. No pretense. Just real conversation.
- Night
- Thursday evenings
- Membership
- $49 a month
- The room
- Every seat vetted
Everyone here was vetted.
Founders, investors, doctors, professors, athletes and artists. Every seat at this table is vetted.
A person reads every application. We match each table by stage, industry and what you are trying to figure out this year, and we tell you who is coming before you sit down. Nobody arrives to pitch, and nobody leaves with a stack of business cards they will never use.
- You get a seat at every weekly dinner, and you never pay a per-seat charge.
- We pick your table by hand, so you know the room before you walk in.
- You get coffees, runs and hikes with other members through the week.
- You can reach every other vetted member in the app, in all three cities.
- Members get the seasonal events and special offers first.
You pay for your own food and drinks at the restaurant. Everything else is covered.
A very big city, brought to one address
Los Angeles opened in September 2026. The founder scene here is spread across a huge city, from Santa Monica and Venice to Silver Lake and Downtown, and that distance is why people who should know each other never meet. A Thursday table brings the right people to one address.
LA founders build in consumer, entertainment, health, hardware and climate, and many of them never set foot in a tech office. We mix the table on purpose. The founder of a beverage brand sits beside someone building medical devices, and both leave with a number they will actually call.
Membership covers every weekly dinner in Los Angeles, and in San Francisco and Vancouver too, so a founder who drives up the coast for a week has a table waiting there.
- Night
- Thursday evenings
- Where
- Venice to Silver Lake
- Membership
- $49 a month
- Opened
- September 2026
Where the tables sit
We book restaurants in the parts of Los Angeles where founders already spend their evenings. The restaurant and the table are confirmed 24 hours before the dinner.
Silver Lake, Echo Park and Los Feliz
The east side, where creative founders and indie studios live. Neighbourhood restaurants with long tables and later nights.
Santa Monica and Venice
The west side. Consumer, wellness and hardware teams, and dinners that start earlier because people surf in the morning.
West Hollywood
The middle of the map, easy from either side. Media and entertainment founders and the investors who back them.
Downtown LA
Arts District warehouses and a fast-growing group of climate and manufacturing founders. Tables here skew technical.
A Thursday in Los Angeles, step by step
The short version. The full walkthrough covers the application, the reveal and the week between.
- 01
Apply
Tell us what you are building and who you would like to sit beside. It takes two minutes, and a person reads it.
- 02
We build the table
We match you by stage, industry and goals, book the restaurant, and confirm the table with everyone 24 hours before the night.
- 03
Sit down
Show up, eat well and talk. No pitching, no name tags. You pay for your own food and drinks; everything else is covered by membership.
$49 a month. A person reads every application.
What people ask about Los Angeles
Anything else, write to hello@founderfeast.com and a person answers.
Where in Los Angeles are the dinners?
We book restaurants in Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Feliz, Santa Monica, Venice, West Hollywood and Downtown. You learn the exact restaurant when the table is confirmed, 24 hours before the dinner.
What night are the Los Angeles dinners?
Thursday evenings. The exact time comes with your confirmation, and it is the same table for the whole evening.
I am visiting Los Angeles. Can I join a dinner?
Yes, if you are a member. Membership is per person, not per city, so members from Vancouver or San Francisco can sit at a Los Angeles table when they are in town, and the other way around.
Do I have to be a founder to apply?
Most seats go to founders, but investors, operators, doctors, professors, athletes and artists all sit at our tables. A person reads every application and decides on the room, not on a job title.
How much does membership cost?
$49 a month. It covers every weekly dinner plus coffees, runs and hikes with other members, in all three cities. You pay for your own food and drinks at the restaurant.
Somewhere in Los Angeles on Thursday, the right table is waiting for you.
Membership is $49 a month and covers every weekly dinner in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Los Angeles. You pay for your own food and drinks at the restaurant.
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