Dec 10th, New York City
10:00AM – 7:00PM EST

Join 200 CPG brand founders and 100+ active investors for a day of high-quality networking, deal-making, and funding opportunities in the heart of New York City.

Highlights from last year's Founders & Funders event:

1:1 meetings in 2025

Active investors in one room

Panels

Last December, we flipped the fundraising script.

At the first-ever Founders & Funders, we brought the most active VCs writing early-stage CPG checks together with the top emerging brands of the year — and coordinated 600+ pre-selected 1:1 meetings in a single day. Founders sampled products, pitched live, and learned from panels featuring the who's who of CPG investing. Since then, multiple fundraising rounds have closed from relationships started in that room.

In 2026 we're going bigger: our investor network has more than tripled, and nearly every one of the most active pre-seed and seed investors in consumer is descending on New York City on December 10th to discover the top 200 brands of the year.

Cold emails go unanswered. Warm intros are hard to come by. This is one day that replaces months of chasing.

FOR FOUNDERS

Raising pre-seed to seed a (under $10M revenue, sweet spot $1–5M)? This is your shot to sit across from 100+ VCs actively writing CPG checks. Investors review brand one-pagers in advance and select the companies they want to meet — so every 1:1 is with someone who already wants to talk to you. Plus panels, live pitch sessions, and all-day networking.

Spots are competitive and 2025 alumni have closed rounds from this room. Accepted brands pay $350 for the full-day event.

FOR FUNDERS

An invite-only gathering of the top 100 investors writing pre-seed to Series A checks in consumer. One day, 200 of the year's most promising brands — pre-screened, one-pagers in hand, ready to meet.  Email funders@startupcpg.com if you're interested and haven't received an invitation.

FOR SPONSORS

Put your company at the center of the conversations shaping the next wave of breakout CPG. You'll be surrounded by a curated audience of 200 founders and 100+ venture firms — attendance is open only to accepted brands, active VCs, or through sponsorship. Email partnerships@startupcpg.com today.

Get selected by top VCs for exclusive 10-minute pitch sessions. We coordinated 600+ in 2025

Hear how VCs actually evaluate brands: portfolio case studies, decision criteria, and the deal terms that matter

Select brands pitch on stage for real-time investor feedback.

Impromptu conversations with investors, founders, and industry leaders in one focused room.

One ticket, everything included

"Founders & Funders is one of the most impressive CPG startup events I've attended. The founders in the room were highly curated and genuinely inspiring, and every connection felt purposeful. This truly is the event for early-stage CPG brands looking to forge real relationships with active investors."

—Jaxon Stuart, Spacestation Investments

"Beyond ultimately meeting in person with what became our lead funder for the round, it gave us the opportunity to meet an incredible range of investors back-to-back... That kind of rapid pattern recognition is incredibly hard to replicate otherwise."

—Katie Lefkowitz, Founder & CEO, Harken Sweets

"One of the most thoughtfully designed events I've attended in a long time... It created a rare environment where founders and investors could learn, pitch, and build real relationships in one place. If this is the direction CPG events are heading, I'm all for it."

—Ben Zises, SuperAngel.Fund

Founders & Funders is the CPG industry's dedicated event for early-stage fundraising — built for actual deal-making, not note-taking. In year one it produced 600+ investor meetings and closed rounds. Year two is bigger.

FOR BRANDS

FOR VCs

FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS

Startup CPG is the world's largest community for emerging CPG brands: 40,000+ members in our free Slack, the #1 CPG podcast, 70+ events per year, and the industry's largest free awards program. We'll do anything to help brands grow and shine — it's free, join today.