# Lunchclub

> Lunchclub is an AI-assisted professional networking service that asks users about their backgrounds and goals, arranges one-to-one introductions, and uses feedback to refine future matches. Founded in 2017, it moved from in-person lunches to video meetings during the pandemic and later restored in-person options.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Fully remote, United States
- **Founders:** Vladimir Novakovski (Co-founder and CEO), Scott Wu (Co-founder and former CTO), Hayley Leibson (Co-founder and former COO; joined in 2019)
- **Products:** Curated professional introductions, Virtual meetings and mobile app, Meet IRL, Fireside chats
- **Notable:** Raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2019., Raised a $24.2 million Series A in 2020., Lightspeed reported monthly active users rose fourfold in the six months before March 2020 and eightfold after the move to video; these are historical investor figures.

## Products & services

- **Curated professional introductions** — Matches members using stated goals, interests, profiles, and post-meeting feedback; schedules one-to-one conversations.
- **Virtual meetings and mobile app** — Video introductions delivered through web and mobile; the iOS and Android app launched in 2021.
- **Meet IRL** — In-person matching option relaunched in Miami after the pandemic shift to video.
- **Fireside chats** — Expert-led virtual community conversations offered during the pandemic.

## Achievements

- Raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2019.
- Raised a $24.2 million Series A in 2020.
- Lightspeed reported monthly active users rose fourfold in the six months before March 2020 and eightfold after the move to video; these are historical investor figures.
- Reported nearly half a million users and almost one million matches by March 2021.
- Launched mobile apps in 2021 and expanded to India later that year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Co-founder Scott Wu described Lunchclub’s origins, millions of meetings, and difficulty growing and monetizing in a retrospective interview.
- **2022-03** — The iOS app version history listed a March bug-fix release; no later version is shown there.
- **2021-10** — Lunchclub launched in India after a local beta and named partners including WeWork and T-Hub.
- **2021-06** — The company relaunched in-person matching in Miami with a public pop-up.

## Links

- Website: https://lunchclub.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lunchclub
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/lunchclubai
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lunchclubai/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lunchclubai/

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Last updated: 2026-09-29