Nashville, TN

Nashville Is More Than Music. It's a Startup City.

Free monthly dinners. Five relevant founders. One great restaurant.

Nashville's startup scene is one of the best-kept secrets in tech — healthtech, SaaS, and consumer companies are all thriving here. Founder Dinners brings the best of them together. Every month, we match you with five Nashville founders at your exact stage and book a table at a great 12South or Germantown restaurant.

What a Founder Dinner in Nashville Looks Like

Six Founders, One Table

You and five other Nashville founders — matched by stage, business model, and industry. No strangers, just highly relevant peers.

A Great Nashville Restaurant

We book the table in 12South, Germantown, or wherever makes sense. You just show up.

Real Talk, No Agenda

No slides. No pitches. No sponsors. Just founders talking about what's actually working, what isn't, and what they need.

Dinners happen in neighborhoods like

12SouthGermantownThe GulchEast NashvilleMidtown

Why Is It Free?

Founder Dinners is a product of Astronomic, a venture studio and founder services company. We invest in the experience because we believe in giving before getting. The dinner is free. The conversation is priceless. And if we think there's a fit to work together, we'll reach out — but there's no pitch at the table.

No membership fee
No cover charge
No pitch decks
No catch

Ready to Join the Nashville Table?

Apply in 3 minutes. We'll invite you to the next dinner in Nashville and match you with five founders who are building at your exact stage.

Free. Always. No pitch decks required.