a private dinner series for founders & creatives. apply to receive invitations to our monthly events in new york, los angeles, san francisco & seattle.
Mountain Gate is a private dinner & speakers series for founders and creatives who are interested in personal and meaningful success. The events are monthly and include a themed panel followed by a family-style dinner.
Our mission is to create a homelike environment that facilitates ego-less connection to ultimately support both personal & professional growth for modern leaders and pioneers.
Mountain Gate has been active in Los Angeles for 4 years and has over 5,000 members. In 2019, Mountain Gate began its migration to New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle.
Past Speakers include:
Wayne Chang (Founder, Crashlytics, Napster)
Gunnar Lovelace (Founder, Thrive Market)
Michael and Daniel Broukhim (Founders, FabFitFun)
Jonathan Shokrian (Founder, MeUndies)
Candace Nelson (Founder, Sprinkles)
Nick Taranto (Founder, Plated)
Ariel Kaye (Founder, Parachute Home)
Dr. Kai-fu Lee (Former president of Google China, author of AI Superpowers)
Rob Rhinehart (Founder, Soylent)
AJ Scaramucci (EIR, Peter Diamandis)
Scott Painter (Founder TrueCar, Fair)
Payal Kadakia (Founder, ClassPass)
Marlon Nichols (Co-Founder, Cross Culture Ventures)
Lidia Bonilla (Founder, Women of Sex Tech)
Rob Ferber (Chief Engineer, Virgin Hyperloop One)
Alex Wilcox (Co-Founder, JetSuite)
Kiko Dontchev (Senior Manager, Dragon Ground & Launch Operations of SpaceX)
Nicolas Berggren (Founder, Berggruen Institute)
David Friedberg (Founder & CEO, The Production Board)
Loretta Whitesides (Founding Astronaut, Virgin Galactic)
Larry Leight (Founder, Oliver Peoples)
Patrick Studener (VP at Bird)
Kara Nortman (Managing Partner, Upfront VC)
Gabe Zichermann (CEO, Failosophy)
Arwen Elys Dayton (YA Science Fiction Author)
Yvonne Chen (Director, Biomolecular Engineering synthetic biology lab, UCLA)
Courtney and Carter Reum (Founding Partners, M13 VC)
Mike Jones & Peter Pham (Co-Founders, Science-inc)
Ari Friedland (angel investor, Uber, Dropbox)
Bobby Turner (Turner Impact Capital)
Dan Kessler (VP of Business Development & Partnerships, Headspace)
Yunah Lee (CFO of GOAT Sneakers)
Jesse Draper (Managing Partner Halogen VC & Tim Draper)
Brock Pierce (The Hippie-King of Crypto-Currency)
Sabrina Kay (Founder of The Art Institute)
Keith Ferrazzi (Author, Never Eat Alone, Founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight)
Harley Pasternak (Nutrition Expert & Celebrity Trainer)
Erik Huberman (Founder & CEO of Hawke Media)
Lesley Eccles (Founder & CEO of Relish, previously Co-Founder of FanDuel)
Eyal Baumel, (CEO of Yoola)
Amit Kapur (CEO of Unleash Labs past COO of MySpace)
August Getty (J.Paul Getty grandson, Founder of August Getty Atelier)
Kim Malek (Founder, Salt & Straw Ice Cream)
Josh Zad (Owner, Alfreds Coffee)
Stephen Sokoler (Founder & CEO, Journey Meditation)
Lodro Rinzler (Co-Founder, MNDFUL)
Garrett Leight (Founder, Garrett Leight California Optical)
Sazan Hendrix (Founder, Bless Box)
Natasha Vaquer (VP of Parternships, Refinery 29)
Raja Dhir, Ara Katz (Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Seed)
Ibrahim AlHusseini (Founder & CEO, FullCycle)
Heidi Rodenberry (President, Roddenberry Foundation)
Mal Harrison (Founder of The Center for Erotic Intelligence)
Allison Wolff (CEO, Vibrant Planet)
Kudzi Chikumbu (Head of Partnerships, Tik Tok)
Yuval Rechter (CPO, First Media)
Steven Eidelman (Founder & CEO, Modern Animal)
Tero Isokauppila (Founder, FourSigmatic)
Scott Cohen (Co-Founder, Byte)
Cy Scott (Founder, Leafly, Headset.io)
Jessica Assaf (Co-Founder, Prima)
Ilya Pozin (Co-Founder of Pluto TV)
Nicole Quinn (Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Amit Kapur (Founder of Stealth Startup, previously at Gravity and MySpace)
Steven Eidelman (Founder & CEO, Modern Animal)
Yanghee Paik (Co-Founder & CEO, Rail Inc.)
Rob Zakari (EVP of Corporate Development & General Counsel at Jam City)
Annabel Lawee (Founder & CEO, Fly With Breeze)
Chris Schembra (Founder & Chief Question Asker, 7:47)