— INVESTOR BRIEF
The house we are about to open
A members-only dining house in Miami — founder-led, organic, hospitality-first. This page is the strategy on one screen.
— 01 · VISION
To build the most loved private dining house in America
Not the largest. Not the most exclusive. The most loved — by its members, by its team, by its farms. A room where people come back not for the food, but for who they become at the table.
— 02 · PROBLEM
Luxury dining lost its soul
Fine dining feels transactional
Beautiful plates, hollow rooms. Diners pay $300 a head and leave without a memory.
Public reservation chaos
Resy at midnight, scalped tables, no-shows. The best rooms are punished by their own popularity.
Organic is a marketing word
Most luxury restaurants source from the same three distributors. The supply chain isn't real.
— 03 · CONCEPT
One room. One chef. One harvest a day.
01
Members-only
One curated room. No public reservations. Demand is shaped, not chased.
02
Organic, locally sourced
Direct partnerships with Florida farms and day boats. Menu composed at dawn from the harvest.
03
Founder-led hospitality
Chef Anto in the room, every night. A face, a story, a house — not a hospitality group.
— 04 · WHY MIAMI
The city is the opportunity
Miami is the fastest-growing high-net-worth market in the U.S. and the cultural capital of the new South. The members are already here — they're just waiting for the right room.
180K+
Miami households with $1M+ liquid assets — the addressable member base
+62%
Growth in private-club memberships in South Florida since 2021
#1
U.S. metro for net high-net-worth migration, three years running
— 05 · WHO IT'S FOR
Built for small-dog families who refuse to leave them home
A precise audience, not a broad one. Miami's affluent owners of small breeds — Pomeranians, Yorkies, Maltese, Cavaliers, Frenchies — who already spend on grooming, daycare, and travel, and are quietly frustrated that fine dining cuts their family in half at the door.
CORE MEMBER
Dog parents, 35–55
Brickell · Coconut Grove · Coral Gables · Miami Beach. Small breed at home, treated as family. High disposable income, low tolerance for ‘no dogs allowed’.
SECONDARY
Snowbirds & part-time residents
NYC, LA, Latin America. Winter in Miami with the dog on the jet. Buy the membership for the season, refer four friends.
HALO
Creative & wellness women
Founders, designers, PR, real estate. Want a beautiful third place — calm, photographable, dog welcome. They are the brand's first voice.
Equally important — who it is not for: walk-in tourists, large-breed owners, families with the kids as the draw, or the nightlife crowd. The narrower the door, the warmer the room.
— 06 · MEMBERSHIP MODEL
Curated, recurring, predictable
Three tiers. Annual dues. Members are introduced or invited — never sold to. Predictable covers, premium pricing, near-zero acquisition cost per seat after launch.
The Garden
$2,400
Two seats monthly, harvest access
The Terrace
$6,800
Unlimited reservations, four guests, cellar access
The House
By inquiry
Private nights, travel with the chef, founding status
— 07 · REVENUE STREAMS
Hospitality-first, three legs
55%
Tasting & service
Nightly 8-course tasting · 28 seats · avg $285/cover incl. pairing
25%
Private dinners & events
Buy-outs, corporate, milestone celebrations
20%
Membership dues
Three tiers · annual recurring · curated waitlist
— 08 · GROWTH STRATEGY
One house, then a network of houses
Y1 · 2026
Open Miami
Soft open Q2. 180 founding members. Press launch at full membership.
Y2 · 2027
Deepen the brand
Private dinner programme, wine nights, wellness weekends, online shop.
Y3 · 2028
Second house
Scout Austin or Aspen. Same model, second city, founder still in residence.
Y4+
House network
3–5 houses, cross-membership, retreats, signature retail line.
— 09 · BRAND IDENTITY
A house with a soul, not a logo
Romantic, not loud
Sunset light, hand-thrown ceramic, linen, candlelight. A room that whispers.
Personal, not corporate
Chef Anto's voice runs through every menu, letter, and member note. Hospitality with a face.
Premium, not exclusive-for-its-own-sake
Members are introduced, not screened. Warmth is the door policy.
The brand voice: "Love. Connection. Stories. — Served at sunset." Every touchpoint — the room, the letter, the linen, the dog at table four — earns that line.
— 10 · FOUNDER STORY
Born in Romania. Rebuilt in Miami.
Raised inside Jariștea, the candlelit Belle Époque locantă of old Bucharest, Chef Anto trained in Europe and crossed the ocean alone with a single idea: a house where strangers become regulars and regulars become family.
Twelve years of Michelin kitchens later — and one quiet decision to stop cooking for someone else — The Dream House is Jariștea under a Miami sky. Founder-led, every night, in the room.
READ THE FULL STORYALSO IN RESIDENCE
Gia & Luna
Two Pomeranians — coffee and white — founding paw members. Together with Chef Anto, the team that runs the dining room. The brand has a face. Three of them.
— 11 · INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
Seed round. $1.5M. The room opens with you in it.
RAISING
$1.5M
STAGE
Seed
STRUCTURE
SAFE · $8M cap
OPEN
Q2 2026
USE OF FUNDS
PROJECTIONS
| YEAR | REV | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $2.1M | Break-even |
| Year 2 | $3.4M | $680K |
| Year 3 | $4.6M | $1.2M |
Full model available under NDA.
Read the memo. Then meet Chef Anto.
20-minute intro calls open through end of quarter. Tasting dinner offered to investors past first call.
invest@dreamhouse.miami · Miami, FL · By introduction or direct inquiry