Founders Mesh: The Year-End Unwind | Founders & Investors Networking

​The year’s almost done. Startups have grown, crashed, pivoted, downsized, raised, or rage-quit Notion.

But somehow, we’re still here, and that deserves a toast.

​While everyone else celebrates targets and bonuses, we’ll celebrate progress, persistence, and the glorious mess of building things that matter.

​It’s not a “holiday party.”

It’s a collective exhale; a night for founders and investors to pause the sprint, pick up a drink, and remind ourselves why we do this.

​What awaits you

​Smart People, Zero Pretension

The familiar Founders Mesh crowd: builders, funders, dreamers, and doers; reconnecting before we all disappear into 2026 planning decks.

​Short & Sweet Pitches

Our signature beer-crate moments. No decks, no judges, just 2-minute bursts of startup energy and real stories.

​Good Beats, Better Drinks

A DJ set that starts conversations, not drowns them. And drinks & snacks by cornerstore, because they know how to do it best.

​A Proper Toast

To the wins, the fuckups, and everything in between.

​A Partner Perk That Actually Helps

Access to Make’s Startup Program: tools to automate the busywork so you start 2026 with more focus (and fewer headaches).

​The Essentials

​Date: Wednesday, December 10

Time: 18:30 onward

Location: cornerstore, Amsterdam

Vibe: Founder therapy disguised as a party

Dress code: Whatever you built your dreams in.

​Why you’ll want to be there

○ ​It’s the last Founders Mesh of 2025, and we’re going out with style.

○ ​A curated crowd of founders, investors, and enablers who actually show up.

○ ​A celebration of a year that wasn’t easy for anyone, yet somehow became meaningful.

○ ​Because you deserve one night where you’re not overthinking, planning, or panicking.

○ ​A special perk from our partner Make: a year of tools that help your team move faster (and stress a little less).

​This edition is powered by Make

​For our Year-End Unwind edition, we’re excited to have Make join us as our partner: a platform that basically automates all the things you’ve been “meaning to fix after Q4.”

​Make is an AI-powered no-code tool that lets startups create, build, and automate anything - from simple tasks to full AI solutions - without developers, code, or late-night duct-tape fixes. It’s speed, leverage, and sanity for lean teams.

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And because it’s the season of giving (and unwinding), founders attending this edition will get access to the Make Startup Program, including:

• ​Free access to the Make Teams plan for up to 1 year (value $1,188)

• ​Best-practice library & startup community

• ​Prioritized customer support

  
  

​Basically: less manual work, more time to actually build (or decompress). A very on-brand partnership for this edition.