Startup Haven/Seattle Children's Hospital Charity Poker Event (Seattle Tech Week)

  • 29 Jul 2025
  • 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location: Seattle (venue details provided in invitation and registration confirmation email.)
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Registration


Register

Registration opens June 23rd.

Presented by:

Startup Haven Ventures

Incisive Ventures


​This special-edition charity poker event is for full-time venture-scale startup founders and active investors.

​The pot will be split between Seattle Children's Hospital and tournament winners.

​There are two ticket types available:

— Dinner & Networking Only: This ticket is good for food, drink and the best networking in town. Registration closes 24 hours in advance.

— Dinner & Networking & Wait List for Poker: Event attendance is free. This ticket is to pre-fund your first charity poker tournament buy-in. THESE WILL GO FAST, IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE THIS TICKET YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY. Unclaimed buy-ins (no-shows) will go to Seattle Children's Hospital or cancel 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. You must arrive by 6:00pm to receive a seat card. Registration closes 24 hours in advance.

​NOTE: If there are no-show players then available seats will be distributed by random drawing to Dinner-Only attendees.

​​Space is very limited and priority will be given to Startup Haven members.

Join us for an evening of great food, conversations, and a friendly, low-stakes game of poker in Seattle!

Please note: you must bring physical money in small bills in order to participate in the poker game. (i.e. $1, $5, and $10 dollar bills.)

As always, this is a MEMBERS-ONLY event.All Startup Haven events are exclusively for our founder and investor members. Please do not bring uninvited guests. If you know a founder or investor whom you think would meet the Startup Haven member requirements, please make an intro and we'll get them set up.  

Premium Event
This event is free for Level 1 & Level 2 members, but Level 0 members have a cost of $10.00. If you would like to attend this (and future) premium events for free, upgrade to Level 1 ($10/month) or Level 2 ($30/month) here:  UPGRADE

Founders Dinner and Startup Poker 2.0 events have been running continuously for more than 18 years. If you are new to the Startup Haven network, you should know that this is a fun, very-low-stakes poker game and that we embrace diversity, open conversations, and learning. Playing in the poker game is not required; but it is a ton of fun and you might just win some cash and/or a cool sponsor prize!

If you're new to these events, please familiarize yourself with the details by reviewing the Startup Haven Event Basics web page and make sure to bring cash. Beginner poker players are encouraged to attend! This is a nice, friendly game of low stakes poker and the first buy-in starts at just $10. If you don't want to play poker, that's fine, too -- just come for dinner and conversations!

If you are sick, or have loved ones that are vulnerable, please consider coming to future events instead. 

Random and Guaranteed Poker Seats

Just a reminder that, in the event that more than 40 attendees want to play poker, /Level 2 members will be settled first and then we will cut cards for the remaining seats. 

Safety Concerns

If you have safety concerns and would like someone to accompany you to your vehicle, we would be happy to accommodate you, just let one of our team members know or email us in advance at membership@startuphaven.com. Thank you!

Sponsors Make it Happen

Startup Haven and these events would not be possible without the support of our awesome sponsors.  They buy all the food, drink, poker chips, cards, trophies, etc. so please thank them when you see them.