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Startups

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

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echCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is a full-day gathering in Boston, MA where startup founders connect with top venture capitalists and gain practical, how-to insights for building and scaling companies. The event features breakout Q&A stages, immersive founder sessions, and extensive networking opportunities. Attendees learn from leading startup leaders throug…

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21Voices
1Underwriters
0Exhibitors
12On the bill · sessions
21Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at TechCrunch, in alphabetical order.
Alyssa Co
Principal · Bain Capital Ventures
Brandon Krieg
Co-CEO and Co-Founder · Stash
Cathy Gao
Partner · Sapphire Ventures
Charles Hudson
Managing Partner · Precursor Ventures
Chris Gardner
Partner · Underscore VC
Daniel Acheampong
General Partner · Visible Hands VC
Darrell West
Co-Founder & CFO · DepositLink Inc.
Ellen Chisa
Partner · boldstart ventures
Jahanvi Sardana
Partner · Index Ventures
Jeff Chow
Chief Product and Technology Officer · Miro
Jennifer Neundorfer
Co-Founder, Managing Partner · January Ventures
Jon McNeill
CEO and Co-Founder · DVx Ventures
Kamila Khasanova
Founder and CEO · On Top Strategy
Kristen Craft
VP, Partnerships · Fidelity Private Shares
Mo Jomaa
Partner · CapitalG
Nathan Poon
Co-founder and CEO · Avol
Rick Grinnell
Founder and Managing Partner · Glasswing Ventures
Rob Biederman
Founding & Managing Partner · Asymmetric Capital Partners
Samara Gordon
General Partner · Hyperplane
Sharon Obuobi
Founder and CEO · Alt/Finance
Stephen Ranere
Partner · Latham & Watkins LLP
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Fidelity Private SharesPlatinum
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The Programme

Selected from 12 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00AM – 10:30AM

    Navigating Legal Landmines: Essential Legal Considerations for Startups

    Founders face a cascade of legal decisions from day one, each with lasting impact on their company’s future. In this session, Spencer Ricks and Naomi Smith will lay out a clear leg…

    Roundtable 2
  • 10:00AM – 10:30AM

    Tech-Driven Fundraising: Making Financing Rounds Smarter, Faster, and Founder-Friendly

    Raising capital is one of the most critical, and often most chaotic, milestones for early-stage startups. But what if technology could make the process not just faster, but smarter…

    Roundtable 1
  • 10:05AM – 10:40AM

    All the Ways You Don’t Realize VCs Are Evaluating Your Company at Pre-Seed

    ​​This is an important topic, especially for pre-seed founders, because much of company evaluation is about the founder and the idea – there isn’t a lot of data to work with yet! O…

    Foundation Stage
  • 10:05AM – 10:40AM

    Fundraising Mistakes That Will Kill Your Round, and How to Avoid Them

    Raising venture capital as an early-stage startup can be both exhilarating and daunting. With fierce competition for limited funding opportunities and investor expectations constan…

    Scale Stage
  • 10:45AM – 11:15AM

    Breakthrough or Burnout: Why Founders Get Stuck (and How to Fix It)

    Startups don’t fail because of bad ideas—they fail because founders get stuck. In this high-energy, interactive roundtable, Prepare 4 VC’s Jason Kraus and team dig into the real re…

    Roundtable 2
  • 10:45AM – 11:15AM

    How to Successfully Build at the Inception Stage

    In this session Ellen Chisa, partner at boldstart ventures will walk through lessons on all the things to do (and not do) to learn as quickly as possible from the first days of you…

    Roundtable 1
  • 10:50AM – 11:25AM

    Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast

    So, you’re preparing to raise money to fuel your startup. How confident are you that your cap table and data room are squeaky clean? This question should be top of mind for most fo…

    Foundation Stage
  • 10:50AM – 11:25AM

    The New Rules of Growth-Stage Fundraising: How to Win at Raising a Series C & Beyond

    After two years of decline, growth-stage fundraising is heating up again—driven largely by the surge of GenAI adoption. For most founders, breaking through the noise and securing t…

    Scale Stage
  • 1:10PM – 1:45PM

    The TAM Myth: How the Best Startups Reshape Markets

    This session will dive into critical elements of assessing Total Addressable Market (TAM). Jahanvi Sardana, partner at Index Ventures, will explore how the best startups don’t just…

    Foundation Stage
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 21 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

21 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
1All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
20Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Fidelity Private Shares

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

95% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite733%
  • Founder / Owner1257%
  • VP-level15%
  • Manager / Lead15%

Of 21 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Fidelity Private SharesSp·P1V
  2. 02Alt/Finance1V
  3. 03Asymmetric Capital Partners1V
  4. 04Avol1V
  5. 05Bain Capital Ventures1V
  6. 06boldstart ventures1V
  7. 07CapitalG1V
  8. 08DepositLink Inc.1V
  9. 09DVx Ventures1V
  10. 10Glasswing Ventures1V
  11. 11Hyperplane1V
  12. 12Index Ventures1V
  13. 13January Ventures1V
  14. 14Latham & Watkins LLP1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
100% of 1