- The Five Club
- The Founders’ Dinner Club
Founders Dinner. Five or six founders, one table.
The Five brings five or six entrepreneurs together, at a new restaurant each time. We choose the table and the place. You just show up.
Updated on November 8, 2026
Apply in five minutes. An answer within five days.
- 5 to 6
- founders per table
- Every dinner
- a new restaurant
- 150+
- entrepreneur dinners hosted
- 0
- pitches, name tags or forced icebreakers
How it works.
You apply
Tell us about your company, your numbers and what you’re really looking for. Five minutes, no long CV. An answer within five days.
You pick your date
Once you’re a member, join a table in two taps from the app.
We build the table
We look at where you’re at, what you’re building and what you care about. Sometimes the right person is on the same path as you. Sometimes it’s someone you’d never have met.
You find out who’s coming
Profiles and the address arrive shortly before. Early enough to know where you’re going. Not early enough to overthink it.
You build your circle
After dinner, add the founders you want to see again and invite them to your next tables.
What people say about it.
“The matching was great too. It gives you an icebreaker with people who aren’t too far from your world.”
“Meeting your peers lets you think differently.”
“When you talk to them, it’s: I did this and that’s how it worked; that didn’t work because I did this.”
“Meeting people who have the same mindset as you. […] Hearing each other’s experiences, and being able to learn from one another.”
Interviews recorded in French and translated here.
A dinner, not an event.
Some nights it’s hiring, growth or the launch that went badly. Other nights it’s travel, relationships, a new idea or absolutely nothing useful. That’s the point.
Founders Dinners take place in Paris, Marseille, Geneva, Lausanne, London, Barcelona, New York and San Francisco. For a bigger night there’s the Banquet: around twenty entrepreneurs at one table, once a month.
The questions we get asked.
What is a Founders Dinner?
A dinner for five or six founders chosen by The Five Club, at a new restaurant each time. No pitches, no slides.
Who chooses the people at my table?
We do. We don’t put six similar LinkedIn profiles at one table: we look at where you’re at, what you’re building and the energy you’ll bring.
Can I come alone?
Please do. Most people come alone.
Do I need to be a member?
Membership gives ongoing access to Founders Dinners and priority booking. Some signature experiences are open to approved non-members.
Which cities?
Paris, Marseille, Geneva, Lausanne, London, Barcelona, New York and San Francisco. Sydney is next on the list.
You’re already building the business. Now build the circle.
Tell us what you do. Yes or no within five days.