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A series built around the people in the room.
Founder × Funder is a curated event series bringing together ambitious founders, active investors, and experienced operators through candid conversations, founder showcases, and meaningful introductions. Each gathering is designed around the people, industries, and opportunities most relevant to that room.
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Three related but distinct entities.
House of 434
The broader curated community bringing together founders, investors, researchers, operators, and industry leaders through private dinners, salons, panels, larger gatherings, and specialized event series. The parent community behind Founder × Funder.
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Founder × Funder
A flagship event series presented by House of 434, focused on the relationships between founders and the people who fund, build, advise, and support companies — with its own event calendar, historical archive, speaker network, and partnership opportunities.
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A separate venture fund
434 VC is a separate early-stage venture capital fund founded by Shilpi Nayak, investing at pre-seed and seed across AI infrastructure, physical intelligence, and deep technology. Its investment perspective may inform specific Founder × Funder editions, but the event series is not a 434 VC program.
434vc.comShilpi Nayak is the founder of House of 434 and the Founder & General Partner of 434 VC.