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An entrepreneurs club in Marseille, around one table.
In Marseille, The Five Club brings carefully chosen founders together at tables of five or six. Not one more business club: a way to meet entrepreneurs you’ll want to see again.
Updated on November 9, 2026
Apply in five minutes. An answer within five days.
- 5 to 6
- founders at every table
- 8 cities
- where the club is open
- 1,500+
- founders accepted into the club
- 1 in 4
- applications accepted, roughly
In short
Looking for a business club in Marseille? It depends what you’re after. Club Top 20 is for the heads of the region’s largest companies. CJD is for growing as a company leader. To meet other founders over dinner, there’s The Five Club or Aden Society.
What happens in Marseille.
Marseille is one of 8 cities where the club is open. The format is the same as everywhere else, and your circle follows you if you pass through Paris, Geneva or London.
A Founders Dinner is an entrepreneur dinner of five or six, at a different restaurant each time. You pick your date in the app, we build the table, and you see the profiles and the address shortly before. No pitches, no forced icebreakers, nobody to work the room.
Depending on the city, the club also hosts Banquets, private cocktails and brunches. After each one, you add the founders you want to see again to your circle. That’s how a real founders network gets built.
What members say about it.
“We’re all entrepreneurs, and at some point we’ve all felt that isolation. […] We talk business, but not only business.”
“Sometimes something clicks in a conversation that has nothing to do with your work, and it makes the difference on a problem in your business.”
“Meeting your peers lets you think differently.”
Excerpts from interviews with club members, recorded in French and translated here.
How to join the club in Marseille.
You apply
Tell us about your company, your numbers and what you’re really looking for. Five minutes, and an answer within five days.
You pick your date
Once you’re a member, you join a table in Marseille from the app.
We build the table
We look at where you are and what you’re building. After the dinner, you stay in touch with the people you want to see again.
Entrepreneurs clubs in Marseille, compared.
This page is written by The Five Club, which is one of the clubs compared. Details come from each club’s website or the press, with sources at the bottom of the page. Checked on November 9, 2026: they can change, so confirm them with each club.
| Club | In Marseille | Who it’s for | How to get in |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Five Club | Founders Dinner of 5 or 6, at a different restaurant each time | Founders of a launched company with revenue | Application, roughly 1 in 4 accepted |
| Aden Society | Dinners of 5 to 8 founders, in Aix and Marseille | Founders and owner-operators with real revenue | Applications read by hand, then a first dinner |
| CJD Marseille | Peer learning, training in management and finance | Salaried and non-salaried leaders, from large and small companies | Selected on what each person can contribute |
| Club Top 20 | Club of the region’s large companies | Heads of the largest companies in the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis | Ask the club |
Want to grow as a company leader? CJD has been in Marseille since 1939. Running one of the region’s large companies? Club Top 20. Want a circle of founders that also exists in other cities? That’s what we do.
Building a company in Marseille.
Marseille has its own French Tech collective, shared with Aix: La French Tech Aix-Marseille brings together entrepreneurs and players from the local ecosystem, and its Grand Bain event took place at the Palais du Pharo in 2026. Another address worth knowing is La Coque, on place Henri Verneuil, described as the innovation center of this ecosystem.
Those places help you follow what’s going on and find partners. They’re less good at a different question: who do you talk to when you’re building a company and nobody around you is living the same thing? An entrepreneur dinner of five or six suits that better than a trade show.
The questions we get asked.
Is there an entrepreneurs club in Marseille?
Yes, several. The Five Club hosts dinners for founders in Marseille, by application. CJD has been there since 1939, and Aden Society also brings founders together at table, as it does in Aix.
Which business club should I join in Marseille?
Start with what you want from it. Training as a company leader: CJD. Representing a large regional company: Club Top 20. Meeting peers in a private setting: a founders club like The Five Club.
How do I meet entrepreneurs in Marseille?
If you’re in tech, La French Tech Aix-Marseille’s events are a good way in. For something that lasts, join a founders network or a club: five or six around a table gives you time to really talk.
How do I join The Five Club in Marseille?
You apply online: your company, your numbers and what you’re looking for. We read every application ourselves and answer within five days. We accept roughly one in four.
Where do the dinners take place in Marseille?
Always at venues we choose ourselves, in easy-to-reach neighborhoods. You get the exact address shortly before.
Can I come alone?
Please do. Most people come alone. The whole experience is designed to make that feel natural.
How is this different from a business club?
A business club exists to generate contacts and referrals. The Five exists so you meet founders you’ll want to see again. Business is part of the conversation, but it isn’t the whole conversation.
Your next table is in Marseille.
Tell us what you’re building. We’ll take care of the rest.