The Thunder network A living network diagram. Thunder sits at the hub and the surrounding layers of nodes connect outward and to each other, with signals travelling continuously between them.

Founder-led investment bank

Capital solutions for venture-backed companies

Thunder helps venture funds and founders determine the right path, then execute it, across growth equity, private credit, recapitalizations, and M&A.

$1.2B+
Raised by founders after joining Thunder
$200M+
Transaction volume executed
80+
Companies served across 20+ sectors
6,000+
Post-exit founders in our network
2K+
Warm investor connections

Investors we work with, or who have backed our clients

Interplay
Draper Associates
Geek Ventures
Citi
North Castle
Revolution
Point72
DST Global
Left Lane Capital
Blue Owl
General Catalyst
Battery Ventures
Right Side Capital Management
Gradient Ventures
Accel
Sequoia Capital
Index Ventures
8VC
Valhalla Ventures
Serra Ventures

Podcast

$100M Exits

Jason Kirby interviews founders and investors who've been through nine-figure outcomes. It's the clearest window into how we think about liquidity.

  • 100+Founders and investors interviewed
  • $10B+Combined guest exit value
  • 12,000+Subscribers and growing
$100M Exits podcast cover art

The dinner network

Deals get done in rooms, so we build the rooms.

Thunder hosts private dinners, demo nights and poker nights for exited founders, venture investors, and the family offices and LPs who back them. Small rooms, no panel, no pitch. Companies have been funded out of these rooms, and new ones have started in them.

Where Thunder hosts dinners A dot map of the contiguous United States and the British Isles, marking San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and London. San FranciscoLos AngelesNew YorkLondon
35Events hosted since 2025
1,961Founders and investors registered
365Companies represented
4Cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London
Guests around the table at the PEF London dinner, November 2025
PEF London Dinner · Nov 2025
Founders and investors at the AI Agent Week dinner, May 2026
AI Agent Week Dinner · May 2026
Poker night with founders and investors, July 2026
Poker Night · Jul 2026
Golf and pitch day for founders and investors, July 2026
Golf & Pitch · Jul 2026
Exited founders at a PEF dinner, February 2026
PEF Dinner · Feb 2026
Conversation over dinner during AI Agent Week, May 2026
AI Agent Week Dinner · May 2026
At the table on poker night, July 2026
Poker Night · Jul 2026
On the course at the Golf and Pitch day, July 2026
Golf & Pitch · Jul 2026
Demo night at PEF London, 2026
PEF London: OpenClaw Demos · 2026
The room at the AI Agent Week dinner, May 2026
AI Agent Week Dinner · May 2026
Players at poker night, July 2026
Poker Night · Jul 2026
Founders and investors at the Golf and Pitch day, July 2026
Golf & Pitch · Jul 2026
The AI for Rollups and Holdcos session, June 2026
AI for Rollups & Holdcos · Jun 2026
Guests at the AI Agent Week dinner, May 2026
AI Agent Week Dinner · May 2026
Poker night in full swing, July 2026
Poker Night · Jul 2026
The group at the Golf and Pitch day, July 2026
Golf & Pitch · Jul 2026
Late in the evening at the AI Agent Week dinner, May 2026
AI Agent Week Dinner · May 2026

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