Gatherings
A closed room, eight companies and investors who are asked to interrupt. Every founder leaves with written feedback, selected or not.
Upcoming
Sessions are grouped by sector so the investors in the room are the ones who buy that risk. Applications close two weeks before each date.
February 2027
13:00 – 17:00 ET
Virtual, closed room
Eight companies, twelve to eighteen investors
Applications close two weeks prior
AI, autonomy and security software with deployments inside a real buyer, not a pilot that never converted.
Process
Five steps, and none of them is a beauty contest.
Step 1
Founders apply through the member portal. Applications close two weeks before the session so there is time to review properly.
Step 2
Each applicant is scored against the nine Venture Readiness dimensions and gets that read back, whether or not they are selected.
Step 3
Selected founders get one private run-through with an operator and an investor the week before. The point is to remove the objections we already know are coming.
Step 4
Eight companies, eight minutes each, twelve minutes of questions. No demo theatre — investors are asked to interrupt.
Step 5
Interested investors register that interest in writing the same day. Introductions are made within a week, and every founder receives the written feedback from the room.
Registration
Founders: mark the cohort that fits and we will send the application and the readiness questionnaire. Investors: mark a session to sit in the room.
Pitch sessions are private introductions between founders and qualified investors. Founders & Ventures Alliance is not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, securities exchange, placement agent or fund manager. Nothing presented in a session is an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities, and any readiness score shown is illustrative.