NYC Coffee Club Puts Early-Stage B2B Founders Across the Table From Funders

NYC Coffee Club: Early-Stage B2B Founders & Funders brings an approval-required founder-investor room to New York on October 23. Forum Events is presenting the meetup, with Olivia O'Sullivan of Forum Ventures, Kaila and the Antler NYC team, Naomi Goez, Lauren Roberts, and Maria Pope identified by the organizer.

The format is deliberately small. The official page is not promising a stage, a pitch competition, or a public speaker lineup. It is creating an hour where early-stage B2B founders and funders can meet before every conversation has to carry the pressure of a formal process.

Why this room matters now

A founder can spend months preparing the story for a financing and still struggle to find the right first conversation. Investors face the other side of the same problem. The market produces more companies, more outreach, and more noise than any fund can evaluate through a cold inbox.

Rooms like this matter when they improve the quality of the introduction. Forum Ventures describes itself as an early-stage fund, accelerator, and AI venture studio for B2B startups. Antler works with founders at the earliest stages. Their presence does not guarantee funding, and approval does not imply investor interest. It does create a context where the people in the room are closer to the same stage of the company-building journey.

The useful outcome may be modest: a sharper question, an introduction worth continuing, or a founder leaving with a clearer sense of which proof the market needs next. That is often where a capital story begins, long before a round has a headline.

Who should have it on the radar

The event is designed for early-stage B2B founders and funders. Registration requires host approval, and the exact address is shared through the event page.

Event details

• Date: October 23, 2026
• Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET
• Location: New York; exact address after approval
• Presented by: Forum Events
• Hosts: Forum Ventures and Antler NYC community leaders
• Access: Approval required
• Register: Official event page

Approval, capacity, and location access are controlled by the organizers.