The Deployment Room: 6 Active Funds, Funding Founders (Seed to Series B) - Oct. 18th

The Builder Series: A 60,000+ member community redefining what networking looks like curating founders, investors into intentional rooms built for experiences people remember and relationships that last. It's a direct line to the most ambitious builders. Find us here: Instagram · LinkedIn · TikTok · Facebook · X : WhatsApp Broad Channel (Not a GC)· This is the 3rd edition of our luncheon. This time, we're hosting it in an $8.5M townhouse, because we believe in high-class experiences, and incredible people. (Pictures Below) Every room has been bigger than the last. Our 2nd edition versus the 1st: Founder revenue: $90M+ a year, up from $18M+ in August. Money being raised: $197M+ across 19 founders, up from $95M+ across 14 in August. Capital already raised: $43M+, up from $35M+ in August. The investors at the table: We feature 6 investors from our network, and we always end up with more. 1st edition: We expected 6. We brought 10. 2nd edition: We expected 10. We brought 12. $2B+ combined AUM across both events. $1M average check, $100K minimum. $10M+ in live check capacity. Who this room is for To get into this room, you should to have raised at least $1M or be doing $1M+ in ARR. Our last edition averaged $3.8M+ ARR per founder. Raised your first round, onto your second, or bootstrapped to $1M or 15M ARR? You're in the right place. If you're an exited founder, LP/GP, dealmaker or capital raiser, you belong in this room too. Every investor here is from our network. We're curating this room deliberately, matching founders to the investors most likely to be a fit, and making the introduction ourselves. The goal: getting founders funded by our investor network. The 6 Investors joining us from our network: (More will be joining) Francesca Poupel: F&G Capital Partners (Managing Partner): Backing founders from pre-seed to Series A in AI, fintech, and blockchain, writing $300K–$500K checks and partnering closely with teams as they scale. Mahir Laul (Partner) representing Laul Global a family office & holding company operating four interconnected pillars: Education Engine, Real Assets, Future Ventures, and Acquisitions. One integrated system. One long-term vision. Laul Global is owned and operated by the Laul family. We started with a single student recruitment company. We built it into one of Canada's most diversified education holding groups. Today the portfolio spans institutions, edtech, real estate, and a tech venture studio, with reach across 20+ countries and no plans to slow down. Triet Leminh: Principal, LMT Partners: Lawyer, founder, and investor backing pre-seed to Series A founders building in enterprise and regulated industries. Writing $200K–$300K checks. Andrew Antar (General Partner, AG Venture Capital): A generalist fund backing extraordinary founders, sector agnostic. Also a Venture Partner at Arcadian Capital, focused on late-stage secondaries and pre-IPO tech, & served as Crypto Policy Advisor to the NYC Office of the Mayor — advising on the city's crypto regulatory framework and organizing the NYC Crypto Summit at Gracie Mansion. He is also founder of Tune.FM, a tokenized music streaming platform and digital asset marketplace, and co-founded Clear Quantum, a stealth quantum AI startup. Gonzalo Quincot (Founder, Sinober): Sinober is a financial intelligence platform that combines public and private market intelligence with institutional-grade methodology, corporate finance and proprietary AI tools to sharpen investment and capital decisions for individuals and businesses. Invests in automation, robotics, data centers and applied AI. Shilpi Nayak: (Founder & General Partner, 434 VC): Invests in early-stage technical founders across AI, infrastructure, physical AI and emerging technology. She is also the founder of House of 434, a community bringing together founders, investors and industry leaders. Pranav Jajapur (Co-Founder, ZERON Ventures): ZERON is an early-stage venture fund with an execution platform behind it, backing real-world technology, AI, healthcare, deep tech and climate companies building in the physical world, inside biology. Pre-seed through Series A with core deployment at seed, writing $400K–$500k checks. Preferred focus is institutionally-anchored AI: structural research relationships at academic institutions, spinouts, and founder-led research programs. Fund I in formation. Deploying Q1 All 6 senior investors confirmed. Part of building rooms is making sure real capital is present. Six investors actively deploying writing capital will be joining. Our first confirmed: Why we do this: Putting active investors in the same room as exceptional founders, and keeps the room small enough to ensure everyone actually meets. We value intentional networking & community. If you're here to meet the best of the best, this is the room. What to expect for this: A Greek style lunch, courtesy of our team Conversations with fellow high-performing startup leaders An experience designed to facilitate new meaningful connections conversations with ambitious peers solving similar problems Event to be hosted at a beautiful private Soho loft Our intent is to bring good, smart humans together, and active investors together to fun incredible founders. Community has been lost and we are rebuilding it. Our Venue: Some Photos Our Greek Inspired Menu: About the meal A three-course Greek menu. Appetizers and dessert are shared and open to everyone; each will get one entrée. The format is intentionally part standing, part seated so you can enjoy incredible food without being anchored to a single table or a single conversation. Why we do this Our intent is simple: bring good, smart humans together, put active investors in the same room as incredible founders. Intentional community has been lost. We're rebuilding it.