Founder dinners in Vancouver
Every Thursday evening, a small table of vetted founders sits down at one of the best restaurants in Vancouver. 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.
The city where Founder Feast started
Founder Feast began in Vancouver, and it is still where most of our members live and work. The first tables sat down in Mount Pleasant, and the idea has not changed since: the right people at one table, once a week, with nothing to sell each other.
Vancouver founders build quietly. Hardware on the east side, consumer brands along Main Street, deep tech coming out of the university, and a long list of people who moved here for the mountains and stayed for the work. They rarely find each other at a mixer. They do find each other at dinner.
Membership covers every weekly dinner in Vancouver, and in San Francisco and Los Angeles too, so a founder who splits time between the coast and the Bay sits at a table in both.
- Night
- Thursday evenings
- Where
- Restaurants across the city
- Membership
- $49 a month
- Who
- Vetted founders and investors
Where the tables sit
We book restaurants in the parts of Vancouver where founders already spend their evenings. The restaurant and the table are confirmed 24 hours before the dinner.
Gastown and Downtown
The downtown core and the old brick blocks of Gastown hold most of the venture-backed teams in the city and the restaurants they take investors to. Tables here tend to run late.
Read the Gastown guideMount Pleasant and Main Street
The creative side of the city. Design studios, consumer brands and chef-driven kitchens within a few blocks of each other. This is where our first dinners happened.
Read the Mount Pleasant guideKitsilano and the West Side
Quieter rooms and a slower evening. Established founders and second-time operators who would rather talk than network.
Read the Kitsilano guideNorth Vancouver
Across the water, a growing group of outdoor, wellness and hardware founders. Tables here fill with people who bike to work.
Read the North Vancouver guide
A Thursday in Vancouver, 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 Vancouver
Anything else, write to hello@founderfeast.com and a person answers.
Where in Vancouver are the dinners?
We book restaurants in Gastown, Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Main Street, Kitsilano and North Vancouver. You learn the exact restaurant when the table is confirmed, 24 hours before the dinner.
What night are the Vancouver dinners?
Thursday evenings. The exact time comes with your confirmation, and it is the same table for the whole evening.
I am visiting Vancouver. Can I join a dinner?
Yes, if you are a member. Membership is per person, not per city, so members in San Francisco or Los Angeles can sit at a Vancouver 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.
Your next co-founder, investor or friend is already at a table in Vancouver.
Membership is $49 a month and covers every weekly dinner in Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. You pay for your own food and drinks at the restaurant.
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