Francois de Fitte
Founder, Pancake
A public map of Bay Area cafés where you have the best shot at meeting VCs. Every pin is backed by a tweet.


VC Coffee Map is a public map by Pancake at https://meetvc.cafe. Francois de Fitte, founder of Pancake, posted it on October 26, 2026. The site title is "The Bay's most caffeinated capital · VC Coffee Map by Pancake." The page meta description says "20 Bay Area cafés where VCs actually hang out.
Every pin is backed by a tweet." The map on the page lists 19 cafés and 36 VCs, and the line under the title says every pin is backed by a tweet. Opening a pin shows the tweet. Zones on the page are multi-stage funds, seed funds, solo GPs and angels, partners off-duty, a weekend crowd, and YC and founders.
The page does not list a price. A control labeled "Try pancake.ai" links to Pancake at https://pancake.ai, Francois's separate go-to-market product. The map's Twitter card names @pancakegtm.
The announcement does not say the café count will stay at 19.
Pricing: meetvc.cafe does not list a price. The map is public.
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