Supporting the next generation of visionary entrepreneurs and groundbreaking innovations.
Strengthening the global venture capital industry to support the next generation of entrepreneurs
Our Future of Venture Capital initiative brings together industry leaders to identify collaborative opportunities to strengthen the global venture capital ecosystem, fostering an environment that fuels innovation worldwide.
By doing so, we can create an ecosystem that supports the next generation of visionary entrepreneurs and groundbreaking innovations, driving progress and positive change across our economies and societies.
Our workstreams
The Future of Venture Capital initiative explores key topics through several workstreams. Current focus areas include new pathways to liquidity and growth, VC-founder alignment, and governance in VC.
Unlocking New Pathways to Liquidity and Growth
Brings together leading venture firms and LPs to identify liquidity solutions and create a blueprint for the VC industry's next phase of growth.
VC-Founder Dialogues: Aligning Vision, Capital and Outcomes
Fosters deep understanding between VCs and founders, creating alignment that transforms capital and vision into shared success.
Improving Governance in Venture Capital
Examines evolving relationship models and governance frameworks to meet today's market demands.
Our impact
Through collaboration, insight, and action, we aim to harness the transformative potential of venture capital to drive meaningful change.
Multi-stakeholder solutions
We have held workshops in New York, London and San Francisco with 125+ VC leaders to date to further examine challenges for the VC industry within the three workstream topics, and to identify solutions.
Thought leadership
We continue to publish thought leadership and hold sessions at Forum summits and other events to share key learnings and takeaways with a global audience.
Our latest reports
The Future of Venture Capital: Unlocking Liquidity and Growth
This insight report, developed in collaboration with the Stanford Graduate School of Business Venture Capital Initiative, examines the structural pressures facing the industry and the institutional reforms required to address them.
