Founder dinner club, Vancouver, BC
Founder dinners in Vancouver.
Every other Thursday evening, a small table of vetted founders sits down for dinner at one of the best restaurants in Vancouver, and nobody comes to pitch.
- When
- Every other Thursday
- Dinner at 7pm
- Where
- Restaurants across the city
- Revealed 24 hours before
- Membership
- $9.23 CAD a week
- billed $39.99 CAD monthly
Free to apply. A person reads every application.
The table
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.
“I walked in knowing nobody and left with two people I now talk to every week.”
“I’ve been to dozens of networking events. This is the only one where I didn’t feel like I was performing.”
“The curation is what makes it. Everyone at my table was at a similar stage but in completely different industries.”
Why Vancouver
The city where Founder Feast started.
Founder Feast started in Vancouver, with the first tables in Mount Pleasant, and most of our members still live and work here.
Vancouver founders build quietly, from hardware on the east side to consumer brands on Main Street. They rarely meet at mixers, so we put them at the same table. Membership covers San Francisco and Los Angeles too.
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
How it works
A Thursday in Vancouver, step by step.
The full walkthrough covers the application, the reveal and the week between.
Apply
Tell us what you are building and who you would like to sit beside. It takes two minutes, and a person reads it.
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.
Sit down
Show up and get to know the people at your table. You pay for your own food and drinks at the restaurant, and membership covers everything else.
Membership
One membership, every city.
- You get a seat at every 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 keep talking with your table afterwards, in its own chat in the app.
- You can reach every other vetted member in the app, in all three cities.
- Members get the seasonal events and special offers first.
Good to know
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?
Every other Thursday. Dinners start at 7pm, the restaurant is revealed the day before, 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?
$39.99 CAD a month. It covers a seat at every dinner you book, 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.
A person reads every application.
Also at the table.
Building in Vancouver: deeper reading.
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- EventsVancouver Startup Events 2026: Startup Week, Meetups and Dinners
- CostEntrepreneur Dinner Club Cost in 2026: What Founder Dinner Clubs Charge
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