The strongest founder and investor rooms usually begin with a boundary. NachoTuesday NYC Founder + VC Annual Holiday Happy Hour is screening for the people already carrying a SaaS or AI company, underwriting one or reporting closely enough to understand what the work costs.
NachoNacho, MongoDB and B2B NYC will host the gathering on December 8, 2026, from 5 to 8 p.m. EST at Mr. Purple in New York. Andy Karuza and Andres Muñoz are listed as individual hosts. Registration is free and requires approval.
The organizer limits the room to seed-stage or later founders, C-suite leaders, investors and technology media. Applications are screened, no guests are allowed and only approved attendees can enter. The structure is designed to protect the density of the conversation rather than maximize the size of the crowd.
For founders, that can shorten the distance between an introduction and a useful second conversation. For investors, it creates a way to see how operators describe their companies when there is no pitch deck on the screen. The event promises drinks and appetizers, but the real product is the set of people willing to keep talking after the formal fundraising meeting would have ended.
Mr. Purple is at 180 Orchard St, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10002. Apply through the official NachoTuesday event page and confirm approval before attending.