Founders' Dinner
Building a startup at the Seed and Series A stage is a different kind of pressure. The product is live, customers are real, expectations are higher, and the stakes feel heavier. You’re no longer just proving the idea - you’re proving the company.
This dinner brings together a small group of founders who’ve raised Seed or Series A for an off-the-record, no-pitch, no-panel evening of real conversation.
We’ll talk candidly about what this stage actually looks like: fundraising, customer growth, hiring, leadership, internal systems, investor expectations and the challenges that don’t make it into pitch decks.
This isn’t networking theater, it’s dinner.
No pitching. No performing. No posturing.
Just founders, good food, and honest conversations with people who actually get the stage you’re in.
Vibe: intimate, high-trust, founder-first. 🍽️
What to Expect
A private dining room setting designed for real conversation (not loud networking chaos)
A curated group of Seed and Series A founders
No panels, no speakers, no pitching
Off-the-record, candid discussions
Space for real relationship-building, not business card trading
A room where you can talk honestly about what’s hard - and what’s working
About Our Sponsors:
About Rho:
From two-person startups to public companies, Rho is the banking platform with everything businesses need to manage cash, control spend, and automate finance busywork. Rho offers corporate cards, banking, treasury, expense management, AP, accounting automation, and more in one integrated platform backed by award-winning support.
Rho is a fintech company, not a bank. Checking and card services provided by Webster Bank, N.A., member FDIC; savings account services provided by American Deposit Management, LLC, and its partner banks.
About Orrick:
Orrick is a tech-focused law firm passionate about helping entrepreneurs, innovators and investors push boundaries. Through our extensive client portfolio, deal volume, and relationships in the ecosystem, we provide commercial insight to each client’s strategy. From financing to protecting IP to retaining talent to advocating for innovation-friendly public policy, we offer a holistic solution across the tech & venture lifecycle.