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The Decision Room · Edition II · DR/2027/016
▲ Edition II · Early access · Limited seatsEdition II · Zürich · 11 May 2027

A room for decisions.
Not theatre

Once a year, the decision-makers across capital, innovation and markets in one room. Not a conference. A single day of closed-door conversations and open-floor dealflow. By invitation and application only.

▼ Highlights from Edition I · 8 May 2026
In the room160+ decision-makersCapital represented$100B+ AUMDeal closedSamudra × Ikigai VenturesNPS9.3/10
Trusted by · Edition I attendees
DR/2027/016
§ 01 - Positioning

The conversation that would not happen anywhere else.

You came here to move something. To meet capital, qualify a deal, source what's next, find a partner, or close a conversation that has been open too long. We built this room for that.

Think of the meeting you have been chasing for six months. The investor whose thesis matches your raise. The startup solving the problem you have been struggling to source. The peer working on the same edge from the opposite direction. They are the people this room is built for.

For investors

Deploy into fit, not crowd.

Founders are filtered against your cluster and stage before the doors open. Source from a curated floor of active raises. A termsheet closed at Edition I on the day.

For founders

Capital that matches your stage.

Raising is a credibility game as much as a numbers game. We put you in front of investors who are actively writing cheques, in a room small enough that the right conversation actually happens.

For ecosystem

The decisions behind what scales.

The companies you will want to partner with, acquire, or learn from in three years are in this room today. We give corporates and ecosystem builders direct access to founder and investor flow, without the noise of a large event getting in the way.

§ 02 - Operating principles

Six things this room is built around.

i.

Invite-led, approval-based

We invite. We review. We accept individuals whose work fits one of five thematic clusters. Applications confirm fit, not access. On average 50% of applications do not make it.

ii.

The Capital Floor

Open, curated, in motion. Up to twenty investor booths anchor the floor by cluster. The rest of the investor room circulates. We match founders to capital, not the other way around.

iii.

The Backroom Agenda

Closed-door conversations. Capped at twenty. Chatham House, anonymised in the published reports that follow. Each session built around a real constraint capital formation, procurement, infrastructure, what stands in the way of scale. 300% oversubscribed at Edition I.

iv.

Visible intent

Every badge carries enough context to make the first conversation worth having. You know who is in the room before you speak to them.

v.

200 to 400. Deliberately.

Density and signal trade off. We sit between 200 and 400 each year. We will never optimise for volume. Intimacy is the point.

vi.

No stage. No theatre.

Performance dynamics collapse value. The room runs on direct conversation between people who can move things.

DR/2026/008 · 8 MAY 2026 · THE DEEP ROOM
§ The deep room

Edition I · The proof

160+ attendees · 2:1 founders to investors · 5 clusters · $100B+ AUM

§ 03 - Voices from Edition I

The room, in their words.

Selected from post-event surveys · Edition I · 8 May 2026
Intense.
Catalytic.
Intimate.
Curated.
Engaging.
Brilliant.
Eye-opening.
Connection.
"
The energy and sincerity of the dynamic was exceptional. The best gathering I attended in my life.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Aybar · Founder, Fronterra
"
It was exactly the right amount of people for the weight of the topic. Deep tech and physical AI is so dense you need time, and this is what the room delivered.
Axel Roitzsch · Vanagon Ventures
"
At one round table there were 11 VCs and only 3 founders. Incredible quality of conversations.
Joyeeta Das · CEO, Samudra Oceans
"
I have been at Zurich Climate Week all week. If I had known how great this day would be, I would have only come for this.
Ari Greenberg · Seaforester
9.3/10
Average NPS · Edition I
100B+
Combined AUM in the room
2:1
Founders to investors · Edition I
300%
Roundtable oversubscription
§ Edition II · Early applications open

Apply to be considered for The Decision Room.

Edition II runs in Zürich on 11 May 2027. We review in waves as the edition takes shape. Investors confirmed first by cluster. Founders and operators curated around active theses. The earlier you are in, the more of the room you help shape, and the more of it shapes around you.

Pre-Seed / Seed CHF 300 · Series A CHF 500 · Series B+ CHF 700 · Investors CHF 700 · Ecosystem CHF 750