

Founders Basketball New York City (June 2026)
ABOUT FOUNDERS BASKETBALL
Founders Basketball is a growing community of startup founders and investors who love to connect over business and buckets.
WHO ATTENDS?
Attendees represent companies in various stages of growth, from pre-seed solo founders to Series B executives.
We host founders from a variety of industries; including CPG, Venture, Entertainment, Retail, Tech and more.
Please email h[email protected] with any questions!
WHAT TO EXPECT:
4-on-4 Half Court Tournament
Half-court shot competition
🥇 Prizes for the winners.
ATTENDEES WILL GET TO SAMPLE AND DEMO FROM THE FOLLOWING BRAND PARTNERS
⚡ Powered By Weezy's Grocer🛒: Reach your health goals while discovering foods that love you back.
✨🥩 Singing Pastures: A women-led Maine brand that makes wildly delicious, bone broth and collagen-infused meat sticks. Use Code - PROTEIN20 for 20% off online (not valid on subscription orders)
🍫😍🍪💪🏼The Forward Bar: Whole Food Nutrition. In a Bar. 12g of complete protein. Packed with vitamins and minerals other bars process out. No protein powder. No seed oils. No "natural" flavors. Use Code - FORWARD15
THIS EVENT IS POWERED BY:
A Brooklyn-based creative agency helping emerging eCommerce, Retail and CPG brands create content.
We serve as an extension of your in-house team, handling content deliverables and execution across video, social media, podcasts, and UGC—whatever moves the needle.
We get it. Content is hard. Let us take it off your plate. Let's Chat!
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a global investment bank with $500B+ AUM. Stifel Bank, Member FDIC, offers fund banking, venture lending, capital call, tailored startup solutions.
Point of Contact: Jack Downey ([email protected])
Sam’s List is a review-driven marketplace that helps entrepreneurs, SMBs, and high income earners find vetted CPAs, bookkeepers, fractional CFOs, and financial advisors. Take the quiz to get a shortlist of up to 3 firms based on what you’re looking for or browse listings and contact a pro in seconds.
81 Collection is an early-stage investment firm founded and backed by 100+ operators.
We invest $2-5M in capital-efficient, tech-enabled services and manufacturing companies overlooked by traditional capital. For more information visit our website and substack.
Pickle Advisors is a VC & advisory firm building AI-powered operating tools for businesses. We work with emerging brands to give them the infrastructure of the future.
Deet's Eats is a media company covering the business of food and consumer brands — the deals, the raises, the founders making moves. Podcast, newsletter, and content for the people actually building.