Free monthly dinners. Five relevant founders. One great restaurant.
Washington D.C. is home to a fast-growing startup ecosystem — govtech, cybersecurity, healthtech, and SaaS companies are all thriving here. Founder Dinners connects the best of them. Every month, we match you with five DC founders at your exact stage and book a table at a great Shaw or Georgetown restaurant.
You and five other Washington D.C. founders — matched by stage, business model, and industry. No strangers, just highly relevant peers.
We book the table in Shaw, Georgetown, or wherever makes sense. You just show up.
No slides. No pitches. No sponsors. Just founders talking about what's actually working, what isn't, and what they need.
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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.
Apply in 3 minutes. We'll invite you to the next dinner in Washington D.C. and match you with five founders who are building at your exact stage.
Free. Always. No pitch decks required.