Questions, answered.
What Pepper actually is, how it runs, what members get, and how to show up in person.
A healthtech community for New York.
Pepper is a community of NYC-based humans passionate about healthtech. Equal parts professional and social. Our goal is to help create meaningful connections between members, through a shared platform and in-person events.
“Be kind, but stay spicy.”
In-person is the point.
In-person events are the lifeblood of Pepper. Two formats run in parallel: small, frequent sub-group meetups that build in-depth friendships, and larger community-wide events a few times a year.
Every quarter, Pepper hosts 1–2 large-scale events open to the entire community: panels, happy hours, topic-focused gatherings. Open to everyone, welcoming to newcomers, built for both seasoned operators and first-time attendees.
Informal, organic, moderator-run. Members build friendships by showing up. A few recent examples:
Playing tennis in McCarren Park.
A walk along the West Side Highway.
Meeting up at Brian Johnson’s NYC Don’t Die Summit.
Dinner at an Italian restaurant in Flatiron.
Snacks and drinks at a member’s apartment in Carroll Gardens.
A partial list.
The Pepper Board
Volunteers who spend their time keeping Pepper running.
Pepper Moderators
Volunteers who lead subcommunities within Pepper.