Founder & VC Dinner
Join us for an intimate evening hosted by Trinet, Escalon, Wells Fargo Tech Banking, and Mignano Law Group, bringing together a highly curated group of Seed through Series A founders and VCs for meaningful conversation and connection.
Closing a priced round feels like the finish line — until you realize it’s actually the starting gun. Most founders spend six months heads-down on the raise and zero hours planning for what breaks the moment the money hits the account. Payroll compliance, board governance, cash runway modeling, and hiring all get harder overnight, and the advisors who got you to the term sheet aren’t always the ones who get you through what’s next.
That’s why we’re hosting a dinner for founders who’ve already closed a round — no pitches, no decks, just a working conversation about what actually changes post-close.
At the table: startup counsel, a fractional CFO, HR specialist in domestic PEO, and banker, each of whom sees the same six-month scaling mistakes on repeat. We’ll talk through the real logistics — multi-state and multi-country hiring, banking relationships that scale with you, and the financial and legal infrastructure investors will expect at your next milestone.
Hosts:
TriNet helps companies manage HR challenges—from payroll and compliance to benefits administration and workforce management.
Escalon helps companies with bookkeeping and monthly close to reporting, forecasting, and strategic guidance. It helps companies maintain accurate financials and make confident business decisions at every stage of growth.
Mignano Law Group is a virtual, woman- and minority-owned firm with attorneys licensed in CA, TX, and NY. The firm advises founders, funds, family enterprises/offices, and SMEs nationwide on formation, financing, employment, equity, exits, and the messy in-between.
Wells Fargo Tech Banking is a specialized commercial and investment division offering financial services to tech companies for over 25 years. It supports businesses in sectors such as software, fintech, and semiconductors, backed by ongoing team expansions and major talent hires.
Venture Firms:
BDev Ventures partners with capital-efficient B2B software companies across the US and Latin America, from Seed through growth.
Vibranium.VC invests in early-stage SaaS startups that fit its investment criteria and have the potential for global scaling. It backs companies that apply disruptive technology and/or business models and can show measurable progress, such as proven sales, product market fit, and customer validation.