NYC B2B: Seed→Series B Founder Dinner

NYC B2B, Reitler and Wells Fargo are set to host a Seed-to-Series B founder dinner in New York on Tuesday, May 26, according to the event listing. The in-person gathering is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT, with the exact venue shared only after registration. The listing describes the event as a curated dinner for founders raising or scaling between seed and Series B. As of Sunday, May 24, the registration page showed the event as full and directed prospective attendees to a waitlist. ### Who is hosting the dinner on May 26? NYC B2B is hosting the dinner with Reitler and Wells Fargo, according to the Luma registration page. The event page names it “NYC B2B x Reitler x Wells Fargo: Seed → Series B Founder Dinner,” tying the gathering to a startup community organizer, a venture-focused law firm and a large bank. Reitler says on the event page that it advises emerging companies, venture investors and limited partners across seed financings, growth rounds, mergers and acquisitions and exits. (luma.com) The page also says the firm has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Princeton. ### What kind of founders is this dinner meant for? The May 26 listing says the dinner is for “Seed through Series B founders.” The description says there will be no panels and no pitching, and instead promises “honest conversation” with a hand-picked room of builders at a similar stage. (luma.com) NYC B2B describes itself on the same page as the city’s largest B2B startup community, with 14,000-plus members. (luma.com) A separate NYC B2B events calendar on Luma uses the same figure and says the group serves founders, operators and investors. ### Where is the event, and why isn’t the address public? The Luma page lists the location only as New York, N.Y., and says attendees must register to see the address. (luma.com) That RSVP-gated format is also used on other NYC B2B small-format founder events, including a recent Seed-to-Series B founder brunch listing that similarly withheld the venue until registration. The event’s one-hour format and RSVP-only address suggest a tightly managed guest list, though the organizers do not spell out a reason on the page. What they do say directly is that the room is curated and hand-picked. ### Is there still a way in if the dinner is full? The registration page said on Sunday that the event was full. The page invites interested attendees to join a waitlist and says they will be notified if additional spots become available. (luma.com) A Beehiiv post from NYC B2B published in late April also listed the May 26 founder dinner among a run of small dinners and brunches hosted with partners including Ramp, Persona, Reitler, Wells Fargo and Vibranium Labs. (luma.com) That post said most of the events would fill soon. ### How does this fit into NYC B2B’s broader event strategy? (luma.com) NYC B2B’s website says it runs a curated calendar for B2B SaaS and enterprise AI events in New York. Its founder-events page says the community covers dinners, brunches, pitch events and networking for founders from pre-seed through Series B. The May 26 dinner fits that pattern: a small, stage-specific event built around networking rather than a public program. (nycb2b.beehiiv.com) The next step for interested founders is on the registration page itself, where the waitlist remains open and the New York venue is released only to approved registrants. (luma.com) (nycb2b.org)