Event category: Plenary

Events

Thursday, October 15 , 2026

09:05 AM – 09:45 AM
Oct 15 40 Minutes Main Room

Manufacturing Outcomes: Creating Value When the Perfect Exit Doesn’t Exist

Drawing on experience building a business, this founder shares the strategic decisions, pivots, and lessons learned from creating long-term enterprise value in an environment where there is rarely a “perfect” exit. Through a keynote followed by a fireside conversation, this session explores how founders…

Drawing on experience building a business, this founder shares the strategic decisions, pivots, and lessons learned from creating long-term enterprise value in an environment where there is rarely a “perfect” exit. Through a keynote followed by a fireside conversation, this session explores how founders…

08:25 AM – 09:05 AM
Oct 15 40 Minutes Main Room

State of the Capital Markets

The tech ecosystem is adjusting to a structural shift in how companies are valued and funded. The era of growth at all costs has been replaced by a strict focus on capital efficiency, sustainable unit economics, and proven paths to liquidity. In this closing macro panel, leading institutional investors and market…

The tech ecosystem is adjusting to a structural shift in how companies are valued and funded. The era of growth at all costs has been replaced by a strict focus on capital efficiency, sustainable unit economics, and proven paths to liquidity. In this closing macro panel, leading institutional investors and market…

08:15 AM – 08:25 AM
Oct 15 10 Minutes Main Room

Opening Remarks

Kick off the day with opening insights from our Conference Chair.

Kick off the day with opening insights from our Conference Chair.

Thursday, October 1 , 2026

04:30 PM – 04:35 PM
Oct 1 5 Minutes Main Room (Palomino A-D)

Closing Remarks

Our Conference Chair wraps up the day with key takeaways, final insights, and a look ahead to what’s next for the tech M&A community.

Our Conference Chair wraps up the day with key takeaways, final insights, and a look ahead to what’s next for the tech M&A community.

04:00 PM – 04:30 PM
Oct 1 30 Minutes Main Room (Palomino A-D)

What Nobody Tells You: Life on the Other Side of the Deal

You spend years chasing the outcome. Then the papers are signed, the money lands, and the thing that defined you is no longer yours, and almost no one talks honestly about what happens next. In this closing conversation, two founders who took very different roads to very different exits reflect on what the deal…

You spend years chasing the outcome. Then the papers are signed, the money lands, and the thing that defined you is no longer yours, and almost no one talks honestly about what happens next. In this closing conversation, two founders who took very different roads to very different exits reflect on what the deal…

03:20 PM – 04:00 PM
Oct 1 40 Minutes Main Room (Palomino A-D)

The Cost of Optionality

Founders are constantly balancing competing opportunities. Raise capital? Sell? Acquire? Expand? Wait? This session explores when keeping options open creates value—and when it creates distraction.

Founders are constantly balancing competing opportunities. Raise capital? Sell? Acquire? Expand? Wait? This session explores when keeping options open creates value—and when it creates distraction.