AAPI Heritage Month Founders' Salon

AAPI Heritage Month is upon us, giving us a chance to reflect on the cultures that shaped us, and to celebrate and connect on everything we've achieved as a community.
Join Asian Founders Club, Bain Capital Ventures, and Lyra for an intimate founders’ salon: an evening of conversations with fellow Asian founders, served over handrolls and sake.
We’ll talk openly about what it’s like to build as an AAPI founder, from identity and leadership to the realities behind the journey.
It's a chance to be around people who just get it.
Event schedule:
5:30-6:45PM Doors Open. Meet people, chat, and have some handrolls & sake!
6:45-7:00PM Announcements
7:00-7:45PM The Salon. Breakout into small groups for the heart of the evening, with open, honest discussions about Asian identity and the founder journey.
7:45-8:30PM Stay Awhile. The night doesn't end when the discussions do. Keep talking, keep connecting, keep the energy going!
This event is hosted by Asian Founders Club, a community for young Asian founders to find community, make friends, and develop genuine relationships. Apply here: tinyurl.com/afcapplication
Note: Approval is required to attend. This event is intended for Asian founders to keep conversations intimate and meaningful. Thanks for understanding!
Huge thanks to our partners for making this possible:
Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) is a multi-stage venture firm that has invested in companies from seed to growth for over 20 years. We invest across all layers of the software stack and partner closely with leading AI companies today, including Crusoe, Cognition, Decagon, Crosby, Periodic Labs, Dream, and Charta Health.
Lyra is a staffing firm that puts the top 1% of Australian founding engineers into the top startups, with 75+ clients co-backed by YC, Accel, A16z, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Lightspeed, General Catalyst.