NYC · Estd MMXXIII · File #007Cohort 07 · Now taking applications

Real friends,one table,every Tuesday.

A private club for the founders who actually live here — not the ones visiting from SF.

Est.
2023
Seats
12 per dinner
Cadence
Every Tuesday
Status
Cohort 07 open
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What's on the calendar.

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§ 02 — the program

Five kinds of rooms.
One guest list.

IRL-first. No Slack. No webinars. No “quick intro” LinkedIn DMs. Real tables with real founders, every week of the year.

01 / Weekly · Core

Founders dinners.

A chef's table every Tuesday. 12 members, one long conversation, always in Manhattan.

02 / Always

Warm intros.

Customers, hires, co-investors. We ship introductions through members who actually know you.

03 / Monthly

Demo nights.

04 / Quarterly

Traditions together.

NYSki, summer boat, holiday dinner, demo week. The calendar you look forward to.

05 / Always on

Private channels.

No Slack. No directory leaks. What happens at the table stays at the table.

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Founders you've
already heard of.

A partial list. Full roster disclosed to members only — privacy is the price of admission.

MEM-0142Cohort 04
Priya M.
Cobalt ID
SecuritySeed
MEM-0171Cohort 05
Francesco P.
Almanax
AI/SecurityPre-seed
MEM-0188Cohort 05
Shaunak T.
Docsum
DevtoolsSeed
MEM-0203Cohort 06
Maya L.
Kitchen Lab
ClimateSeries A
MEM-0211Cohort 06
Dev S.
Broadway Bio
BiotechSeed
MEM-0217Cohort 07
Noor H.
Atlas Pay
FintechSeries A
MEM-0224Cohort 07
Jamie R.
Parker & Co
MarketplaceSeed
MEM-0231Cohort 07
Cameron B.
Northshore
AI/MLPre-seed
MEM-0237Cohort 07
Lea K.
Stagehand
DevtoolsSeed
“You can be exactly who you are and like exactly what you like and still find community around you, no matter what that looks like. That's a rare, very New York trait.”
P
Priya Murali
Co-Founder & CEO, Cobalt ID · Member since ’23
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A night that doesn't
end at dessert.

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Founders at dinner table
№ 140Founders at dinner table
Two women at backdrop
№ 147Two women at backdrop
Office group photo
№ 154Office group photo
Founder laughing
№ 161Founder laughing
Fun pair at backdrop
№ 168Fun pair at backdrop
Group with drinks
№ 175Group with drinks
Casual conversation
№ 182Casual conversation
Woman smiling
№ 189Woman smiling
Photo booth moment
№ 196Photo booth moment
Two friends
№ 203Two friends
Group shot with NYCFC banner
№ 210Group shot with NYCFC banner
Membership

Who we're looking for.

We keep the community intentionally small so every member gets real value. Not every founder is a fit — and that's by design.

  1. 01

    Active Founders

    Building a company full-time in NYC. Seed through Series B — we care about ambition, not stage.

  2. 02

    Operator-Founders

    Former operators who took the leap. You bring a unique lens on scaling teams and products.

  3. 03

    Technical Builders

    Engineers and product leaders shipping real products. You think in systems and prototypes.

  4. 04

    NYC-Based

    You live and build in New York. This community is rooted in the city — in-person is the default.

§ 05 — how it works

Four steps.
About three weeks.

It's a two-sided yes. We want to meet you; you should decide the room is right.

  1. 01

    Apply

    ~ 5 min

    Fill out a short application — it takes about 5 minutes.

  2. 02

    Interview

    ~ 15 min

    A casual 15-minute conversation with a founding member to get to know you.

  3. 03

    Trial Dinner

    one evening

    Attend a dinner as a guest. See if the vibe is right — for both sides.

  4. 04

    Membership

    12 months

    Get your invite, join the community, and start showing up.

Start your application

Built by founders.
For friends.

Three YC alumni who couldn't find the founder community they wanted — so they built the one they wished existed.

Adam AlpertYC · Founder

Adam Alpert

Co-founder

YC alum and repeat founder. Built NYCFC to create the founder community he wished existed in NYC.

Aakash ShahYC · Founder

Aakash Shah

Co-founder

YC alum and engineer-turned-founder. Passionate about building spaces where technical builders connect.

Michael WangYC · Founder

Michael Wang

Co-founder

YC alum and operator-founder. Believes the best companies are built by founders who support each other.

Pull up a
chair.

Five minutes to apply. If we're a fit, you'll be at a dinner within weeks.

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Invite-only · NYC residents · Founders only · No exceptions