Every month 30 fantastic entrepreneurs and investors
gather for inspiration, to meet new people, have fun and
help each other succeed.
Inc. Magazine article on our LDV Community:
"Knife, Fork, Investment: How Monthly Dinner Gatherings Feed An Entrepreneurial Network"
The Goal
Typically at dinner, there are 30 entrepreneur executives, a couple of investors and other unique guests. We strive for gender balance and a mixture of 1st time, funded, serial entrepreneurs. At least 50% of the attendees are new each month.
A key aspect of the community is asking how we can help each other. Then we take the 30 asks from each dinner along with photos and send an email to our whole community to help each other. The more helpful people will be invited back more often. Hopefully, we can continue building a fantastic and very collaborative NYC tech community where people help each other as much as possible.
The community
2000+ Members
Equal gender balance
When & where
What: Drinks/Dinner. Open bar for 1hr, 3-course meal, wine, etc.
When: Monthly and dates change each month. 10x per yr.
Where: Typically downtown NYC.
Costs: We frequently have partial sponsors. We split the remainder of the costs. ~$50 per person.
Invites: Community referrals are the only way to get invited.
Started: 2011
Sponsors rotating:
Latham & Watkins, Orrick, Softlayer, JP Morgan Private Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Google Cloud for Startups, Coatue, La Fosse Associates, and many more.
Please email if you wish to Sponsor.
Photographers:
Ron Haviv, Robert Wright
Photos
Testimonials
“What a fantastic gathering of entrepreneurs, investors and generally interesting people from our city and beyond. Was really great to meet folks outside of the typical circles over a meal.”
“The group you curate and the format you’ve established are top notch. In fact, several of us were saying how we usually try to avoid “networking” events at all cost - but that your dinners are the absolute outlier/exception. Very inspiring, actionable - and more than wonderfully enjoyable LDV dinners that he hosts.”
“Congratulations, Evan, for your 11-year anniversary. You have been a model in what it means to create a sustainable community and if there’s anyone I trust to be building good things in this arena, it’s you.”
“I’d heard about your gatherings for years and it was great to finally experience one - your generosity of spirit is remarkable and I was honored to be included.”
“About the coolest and most helpful bunch of folks you will come across in the NYC startup community. Evan has put together an incredible network of entrepreneurs and investors.”
“Being surrounded by like-minded people was transformative.”
“Evan manages to pull together a witty and ambitious group of founders together every month. This is a must-attend event in NYC if you can score an invite.”
“Exciting to meet an array of new faces and walk away actually knowing you want to follow up with several people you just met. Great use of time.”
“It’s like a Jackson Pollock painting. You throw a bunch of great people together and something amazing will emerge.”
“This event puts together some of the best and brightest the city has to offer and I was humbled to be invited into this community of truly incredible human beings.”
“Great crowd and friendly conversations! Coming from San Francisco, I couldn’t ask for a better event to meet talented entrepreneurs in NYC. Evan is a first class host, I am grateful to be apart of the experience.”
“You did it again— what a fantastic gathering of some of the brightest entrepreneurs from our city. Everyone I met was so engaged and generous. Thank you for building a community that feels like home, I look forward to the next one.”
Community [partial list]
Adam Paulisick, Founder & CEO
maad labs
Adam Rothenberg, Partner
BoxGroup
Adam Quinton, Founder & CEO
Lucas Point Ventures
Adam Soldinger, SVP of Strategy & Ops
Range Digital Ventures
Alain Miguel, Head Of Ops, Modalyst
Wix
Alan Mark
Investor
Aleks Jakulin, Chief Innovation Officer
Katalys
Alex Taub, Co-Founder
Upstream
Alex Bangash, Founder, Board Member
Trusted Insight
Alexa Varsavsky, Senior Product Manager Multiverse
Alexander Shashou, CEO
10Beauty
Alexander Tange, Co-founder & CEO
ICM Hub
Alexandre Winter, Founder and CEO
Norbert Health
Alexandra Cavoulacos, COO
HUG
Alexis (Anderson) Tarlow, Head of Special Projects @ Thirty Madison
Alexis Tryon, Founder
Stealth company
Alia Shafir, Head of Product Experience
Bloomberg
Alicia Syrett, Founder & CEO
Pantegrion Capital
Allen Kors, CEO
Synergy Management Group
Alistair Shepherd, Co-Founder
Saberr
Allie Mahler, Founder & CEO
Community by Design
Amanda Freeman, Owner
SLT
Amanda Moskowitz, Founder & CEO
Stacklist
Amanda Steinberg, Founder & CEO
Soapbxx
Amol Sarva, Managing Partner
Life Extension Ventures
Amy Sample Ward, CEO
NTEN
Amy Kadomatsu, CEO
COMPLY
Anastasia Leng, Founder & CEO
CreativeX
Angelique Augereau, Chief Analytics Officer
Capital One
Andrea Marcucci, Owner
Agent 99
Andres Blank, Co-founder & CEO
Fetcher
Andres Glusman, Co-founder & CEO
DoWhatWorks
Andrew Bonventre, Staff Product Engineer
Stripe
Andrew Bogle, MD
Reva Capital Markets
Andrew Cleland, Investor
Andrew Cohen, SVP, Head of Product Development @ AT&T
Andrew Delorey, Vice President
Massachusetts Capital Resource Company
Andrew Fingerman, CEO
Photoshelter
Andrew Montgomery, Investor
Collaborative Fund
Andrew Shults
Andy Parsons, Sr. Director, Content Authenticity Initiative @ Adobe
Anna Curran, Founder & CEO
Cookbook Create
Anson Tsai, Founder & CEO
ClearMD
Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner
Matrix Partners
Ari Lewine, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Triplelift
Art Chang, Founder & CEO
Allie
Ashley Swartz, CEO & Founder
Furious Corp
Asmau Ahmed, Senior Leadership - Management Committee and Portfolio Group Leader @ Google X
Benjamin Kelly, Staff Software Engineer
Google
Ben La Marca, Managing Partner & CEO
The Calibrate Group
Beth Ferreira, Managing Director
FirstMark Capital
Betsy Morgan, Co-Founder
Magnet Companies
Bill Reichblum, Publisher
Liberties - A Journal of Culture & Politics
Bonnie Ryan, Partner
Abingdon Square Advisors
Brad Dickason, PM
Facebook
Brad Hargreaves, Co-Founder
General Assembly
Brad Svrluga, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Primary Venture Partners
Brandon Holley, Chief Fashion Officer
Shoptrue
Brooke Moreland, Owner
Jane Wayne Pictures
Bruce Eckfeldt, Founder & CEO
Eckfeldt & Associates
Bostjan Spetic, Global Head of Business Data Strategy @ Outbrain
Caitlin Zaino von During, CEO
The Kallia Company
Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Managing Partner
Seedcamp
Carlos Alimurung, CEO
ONE Esports
Carly (Chamberlain) Sharma, Data Science and Marketing @ LiftLab
Carly Stockdale, Co-founder, Advisor
BestLife Holdings
Carly Strife, Co-Founder
BARK
Carla Holtze Cell, Co-Founder & CEO
Parrable
Caroline Waxler, Writer and Producer
Harkness Hall Consultancy
Carrie Hammer, Founder & CEO
CARRIE HAMMER
Carrie Seifer, Chief Customer Officer, General Manager @ GWI
Chad Lynch, Business Mentor PAVE Program @ New Avenues for Youth
Charlie Kemper, Partner
Beta Bridge
Chris O'Brien, Principal, Head of PR/Communications @ Compass
Christina Mercando, Product Designer
Instagram
Christian Lawless, Managing Partner
Conversion Capital
CindyMcLaughlin, Head of Product
CarbonBuilt
Colin O'Malley, Founder & Principal
Lucid Privacy Group
Courtney McColgan, CEO and Founder
Runa
Dan Cohen, SVP/Executive Creative Director
Saatchi New York
Dan French, Founder & CEO
Consider Solutions
Dan Ruch, Partner
Rho Capital Partners
Dagny Prieto, Sr. Manager Product, Prime Video Personalization @ Prime Video & Amazon Studios
Daniel Friedman, Co-Founder
Moxie
Daniel Loreto, Founder
Jetpack Technologies Inc.
Daniel Michaeli, Co-Founder & CEO
Glia
Daniel Seal, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman @ DeltaWorks
Daniela Perlein, Co-Founder
Stealth company
Danielle Weinblatt, Chief Product Officer
Taulia
Dave Mathews, Principal Investor and CTO Portfolio Advisor @ Softeq
Dave McClure, Founder & Managing Partner
Practical Venture Capital
Dave Zohrob, Product Director
Spotify
David Aronoff, General Partner
Flybridge Capital Partners
David Cascino, Engineer
101edu
David Concannon, Partner
Goodwin
David Levy, Startup Business Development
Amazon
David Lifson, Chief Product Officer
Buoy Health
David Pakman, Partner & Advisor
Venrock
Deborah Berebichez
Debra Goldstein, Head of Marketing & Platform @ Bonfire Ventures
Deborah Estrin, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Impact Cornell Tech
Deborah Schultz
Derek Stewart, COO
Stay at Lina
Diana Hardeman, Founder & CEO
MilkMade Ice Cream
Divya Kapasi, CEO & Co-Founder
GoodOps
Doreen Bloch, Founder
ELLEMENT
Elissa Shevinsky, Fractional CTO
Paragon Tech
Eliza Factor, Director
Extreme Kids & Crew
Eloise Bune D’Agostino, Co-Founder and CEO @ DayNew
Emily Lutzker, Founder, Lead, Global Brand Strategy and Communications @ TechSoup
Emilie Vasu, VP & Director of Business Development @ DAC
Eric Jensen, CTO
Aura Home, Inc.
Eric Martineau-Fortin, Founder & Managing Partner @ White Star Capital
Erick Schonfeld, President & Co-Founder
Traction Technology
Erik Michielsen, Managing Director
World 50 + G100
Erik Nordlander, General Partner
Google Ventures
Evan Nisselson, General Partner
LDV Capital
Ethan Fixell, VP
Ruby
Evelyne White, Co-Founder & CEO
SixPlus
Fran Hauser, Founder
Book Bound Co.
Frank Kelcz, Advisor, Founder
Excelerance
Frank Rimalovski, Executive Director
NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
Fausto Gimondi, Co-Founder
DigitalZero
Gaja Zornada, President & CEO
Računalniški muzej
Giff Constable, Lecturer, Product Leadership @ Product Faculty
Gill Linton, Founder & Editor in Chief
Byronesque
Gillian Morris, Product Manager
Jupe
Gillian Munson, Chief Financial Officer
Vimeo
Claudia Perlich, Data Scientist
Two Sigma
Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner
Rho Capital Partners
Heather Marie, Founder & CEO
Shoppable
Henrik Werdelin, Founding Partner
Prehype
Hilary Mason, Co-Founder
Hidden Door
Inaki Berenguer, Managing Partner
Life Extension Ventures
Jacob Robbins, Founding Engineer
DRAUP
James Haft, Founder
PALcapital
Jasmin Hume, CEO & Founder
Shiru
Jason Glickman, Managing Partner
Tribal Ventures
Jay Weintraub, CEO & Founder
Connectiv Holdings
Jeff Freedman
Jeff Stewart, Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Global Public Offering Fund
Jennifer Arcuri, Founder
Hacker House
Jennifer Litorja, Director Of Operations
Orchard
Jennifer Yen, Founder & CEO
Purlisse Beauty
Jeremy Kagan, Managing Partner
Textbook Ventures
Jessi Hempel, Senior Editor at Large LinkedIn
Jessica Randazza-Pade, VP of Marketing
Biobot Analytics
Jigar Patel, Head of LIFT
SVB/FCB
Jill Sherman. Head of Suppliers Hub
Wix
Jim Hirshfield, Principal
SpringSeed Partners
Joana Pacheco, Capital Planning Manager, Lead Architect @ New York Power Authority
Jocelyn Johnson, Founder
Happy Partners Project
John Pasmore, Partner
TRS Capital
Jonas Lee, Chief Commercial Officer
CarbonCapture Inc.
Jonathan Hyman, Co-Founder & CTO
Braze
Jonathan Lehr, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Work-Bench
Jonas Jonsson, President
Stellar Holdings
Jorge Torres, Lecturer
Yale University
José de Cabo, Co-Founder
Remotely.works
Josh Brody, President
Cadma Capital Partners
Josh Guttman, Co-Founder & CEO
Small Door Veterinary
Josh Auerbach, Chief Operating Officer
Aura
Joshua David Cotton, Co-Owner
Stealth
Julia Corbett Davis, Communications Consultant & Managing Partner @ RIOT PR
Julia Straus, CEO
Sweaty Betty
Julie Yoo, GP
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Justin Smithline, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Triple Impact Capital
Justin Tsang, Founding Partner
7 Seas Partners
Kamal Patel, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Operations & Facilities Management @ iHeartMedia
Karen Moon, Investor & Advisor
Node Innovation Ventures
Kathleen Utecht, Managing Partner
Utecht Holdings
Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO
The Muse
Katie Nadler, Founding Venture Partner
NextGen Angels
Kelly Hoey
Kevin Fleming
Khayyam Wakil, Member Board Of Directors
WonderSeed Foundation
Kristal Bergfield, GM, Strategic Partnerships @ Funding Circle US
Kristin Calve, Co-Founder
Law Business Media
Kelsey Recht, President & Founder
Willow Grand
Laurel Touby, Managing Director
Supernode Ventures
Leslie Harrington, Founder
HueData
Lindsey Marshall Gray, Partner
Pacific Lake Partners
Lippe Oosterhof, Group Product Lead Commerce @ Yahoo
Liz Bacelar, Executive Director Global Tech Innovation @ The Estée Lauder Companies
Liz Crawford, CPTO
Flare
Liza Kindred, Founder
Holy Shift
Lora LeSage, SVP Digital Media
NBC Owned TV
Lou Kerner, Founder
CryptoOracle Collective
Luca Critelli, Co-Founder & CTO
LoopSpark
Lyde Spann Uffelman, CEO & Founder
netamorphosis
Maisie Devine, Founder & Managing Partner
100+ Accelerator
Marcel Saba, Founder & Director
Redux Pictures
Marcy Simon, Founder & CEO
Agent of Change
Mariquel Waingarten, Co-Founder & CEO
HICKIES
Mark Birch, Global Startup Advocate
AWS
Mark Uhrmacher, Head of Digital Transformation & CTO @ GrowthCurve Capital
Maria Gotsch, CEO
Partnership Fund for NYC
Mariya Nurislamova, CEO
Scentbird
Marta Wohrle, Founder
Truth In Aging
Matt Littin, Co-Founder & CEO
Lootcakes
Matt Meeker, CEO, Founder, and Chairman
BARK
Matt Ruby, Founder
Vooza
Melanie Charlton, Founder & Owner
Clos-ette
Melanie Moore, Founder
Archer Commerce
Melissa Stepanis, Head of Technology Banking @ HSBC Innovation Banking
Megan Cunningham, Founder & CEO
Magnet Media
Meghan Asha, Founder & CEO
FounderMade
Meghan Gill, SVP Sales Operations & Sales Development @ MongoDB
Meghan Muntean, EVP, Commerce & Revenue Development @ BDG
Melanie Schnuriger, Treasurer
Gray Panthers NYC
Melissa Gonzalez, Founder
Lionesque Group
Melissa Perri, Founder & CEO
ProdUX Labs
Merrill Stubbs, Co-Founder
Food52
Micah Craig, Principal Engineer
ASAPP
Michael Chernow, Co-Founder
The Meatball Shop
Michael Horn, Product Leader
Care.com
Michael Levy, CEO
Somatic
Michael Tolkin, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing @ BRELYON
Michael Zirngibl, Co-Founder & CTO
TEAMSPORTS.AI
Michele Spiezia, Team Principal
Ellysium Racing
Mickey Beyer-Clausen, Co-Founder & CEO
Timeshifter
Mike Brown, General Partner
Bowery Capital
Mike Moretti
Mike Sigal, Venture Partner
Global Public Offering Fund
Milos Fulton Peluffo, VP, Business Operations @ Gameto
Monika Kochhar, Founder & Board of Directors @ Smartgift
Murat Aktihanoglu, Co-founder and Managing Partner @ Remarkable Ventures
Naama Bloom, CMO
TrueML
Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder & CEO
Pipeline Angels
Neda Talebian Funk, Co-Founder
Woodley + Lowe
Nicholas Thorne, CEO
Basno
Nina Sodhi, Founder
Bookshelf Builder
Neha Jain, Investor
40 North Management
Nora Abousteit, Founder and CEO
CraftJam Inc.
Nnamdi Okiki, Managing Partner and Co-Founder @ 645 Ventures
Offir Gutelzon, Head of Product Discovery
EquityBee
Oz Etzioni, CEO & Co-Founder
Clinch
Pam Huling, COO
Blue Chalk Media
Pankaj Jain, Managing Partner
Saka Ventures
Patrick de Laive, Co-Founder
The Next Web
Patrick Williams, Managing Partner
AdVentures Americas
Paul Diamond, COO
GreenLake Asset Management LLC
Paul Gebhardt, Partner
15degree
Paul Socolow, Recovering SRE
Socolow Enterprises
Pavia Rosati, Founder & CEO
Fathom
Pau Sabria, Co-Founde
Remotely.works
Payal Kadakia Pujji, CEO & Co-Founder
ClassPass
Pearl Collings, CEO
Contently
Pete Jimison, CEO
Frequency
Peter Kamali
Pete Soderling, Founder
Data Council & Data Community Fund
Peter Brodsky, CEO
Hyperscience
Prashant Agarwal, Senior Director, Product Management & Corporate Development Pantastic
Peter Stern, President
Voyant Photonics
Rachelle Hruska, Founder & CEO
Lingua Franca NYC
Rebecca Kantar, VP, Head of Education
Roblox
Reece Pacheco, Partner
Propeller
Reshma Sohoni, Founding Partner
Seedcamp
Richard Greenfield, General Partner
LightShed Ventures
Rick Fawcett, Founder & CEO
Outpace Enterprises
Ricky Berrin, Business and Legal Affairs
The OTHRS
Rishi Khanna, CEO
Stocktwits
Rob Go, Co-Founder & Partner
NextView Ventures
Rob Platzer, CTO
Syndio
Rob Grant, Technical Lead
Teachers Pay Teachers
Robert Jan de Laive
Robert Levitan, Senior Advisor
Crosscut Strategies
Robin Gill, Head of Relationship Management, East Coast
Global Fund Banking
Robin Rusch, Director
PwC
Robin Wilson, COO
Kapor Center
Rod Banner, CEO
3LA
Ron Williams, CEO
RW2 Enterprises, LLC
Ryan Terpstra, Chief Product Officer
ION Analytics
Ruthie SchulderSamia Saleem, Senior Director, UX Design @ Nike
Sandro Pugliese, VP Data Engineering
Univision Communications Inc.
Sandy Hussain, Business Development Executive @ Hawke Media
Sara Chipps, Senior Engineering Manager
LinkedIn
Saskia Miller
Sacha Levy, Investor
NY Angels
Sean Ammirati, Partner
Birchmere Ventures
Scott Carleton, Founder
Extra Yarn
Scott Kurnit, Founder
About.com
Scott Rafer, CEO
PANTASTIC
Scott Ostler, Founder & CTO
Alta Tools
Shai Goldman, Ambassador
Brex
Shala Burroughs, Solutions Consultant, Cloud CISO @ Google
Shaun Springer, Co-Founder & CEO
Archetype Labs
Shauna Mei, Advisor
Wible
Sherman Hu
Sonia Sahney Nagar
Investor
Spencer Lazar, Co-Founder & CEO
Apply
Stacy-Marie Ishmael, Managing Editor
Bloomberg News
Steve Raizes, EVP, Podcasting and Audio
Paramount
Summer Bedard, Senior Staff AI Designer
Facebook AI
Susan Bird, CEO
Wf360
Sutha Kamal, Builder
capital N
Suzanne Xie, Partner
Neo
Susie West, Founder & CEO
Sharedserviceslink
Tanya Menendez, Co-Founder & CEO
Snowball Wealth
Tarek Pertew, CEO
Uncubed
Tarikh Korula, Founder & Coach
Superculture
Taylor Davidson, Founder & CEO
Foresight
Taz Patel, Chief Busimess Officer
Playmaker
Ted Cleary, Principal
Archer Private Investments
Todd Sawicki, VP
Pantastic
Tom Melcher, Chief Product Officer
Hearst Local Commerce
Tom Limongello, Director of Product Management @ Pantastic
Tucker Max
Author
Trevor Owens, Co-Founder & CEO
Ninjalerts
Trina DasGupta Pillay, CEO & Founder
Single Palm Tree Productions
Tristan Louis, President and Chief Executive Officer @ Casebook PBC
Tuan Pham, Managing Director
J.P. Morgan
Ulla Maaria Koivula, Founder and CEO
ThingLink
Vanessa Hurst, Co-Founder & Board Chair
Girl Develop It
Vijay Pandurangan, Adjunct Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Vivek Sharma, Founder & CEO
Moveable Ink
Vivian Rosenthal, Co-Founder & CEO
FREQUENCY MIND
Wen Wen Lam, Partner
Gradient Ventures
Won Hee Chang
Yagmur Coker, Tech Lead, Secure Choice
Vestwell
Ylva Rahm, Head of Digital Marketing
DEFA
Yossi Vardi, CEO
Saferide Technologies
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