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Find answers to common questions about the Global Takeoff Summit, including who organizes the event, who attends, where it takes place, and how to stay informed about the upcoming Summit.
Global Takeoff Summit is a two-day gathering in New York City, hosted by Vault Fund, that brings company builders and venture studios together with the investors and limited partners (LPs) who back them. Attendance is by application.
Global Takeoff Summit is organized and hosted by Vault Fund. You can learn more about Vault Fund at vaultfund.com.
The Summit is designed for two groups. Company Builders: venture studios and the firms that originate ideas, assemble founding teams, and launch companies. And investors: venture investors, family offices, wealth managers, institutions, and other LPs who back them.
It's built around company builders specifically. A single relationship with one venture studio can touch many companies over time, so the Summit focuses on connecting the people who create companies with the investors who finance and scale them. The two-day format gives Company Builders a day of their own before investors join on Day Two.
Yes. The most recent edition took place in New York in 2025, with roughly 150 studios, venture investors, and allocators in attendance. Photos, speakers, and the sample agenda on this site from that event are labeled as 2025. Details for 2027 are listed separately as they are confirmed.
The 2027 dates will be announced on this site once they are confirmed. The Summit runs over two days: Day One is for Company Builders only, and investors join on Day Two.
Global Takeoff Summit 2027 will take place in New York City. The specific venue will be announced once it is confirmed.
The 2027 speaker lineup has not been announced yet. Confirmed speakers will be published on this site. Confirmed 2027 sponsors so far are Cooley, Fidelity and Hunt Club, with Cooley as title sponsor. The Speakers page also shows a sample of speakers and attendees from the 2025 Summit, labeled as such.
The 2027 agenda has not been announced yet. The Format & Agenda page shows the two-day format and the 2025 program for reference, and the confirmed 2027 agenda will be published there.
Attendance is by application. Applications are open now and close on January 15, 2027. Choose whether you're applying as a Company Builder or as an investor/LP, and you'll get a status code to check on your application anytime.
A committee of Limited Partners begins evaluating Company Builder applications after the January 15, 2027 deadline, and applicants can expect to hear from us between January 29 and February 15, 2027. Company Builder application details are kept confidential to that committee. Investor applications are reviewed by the Vault Fund event team.
Approved Company Builders purchase a ticket to confirm their seat, using the link in their approval email. For any other questions about attendance, write to takeoff2027@vaultfund.com.
Yes. Venture studios and other company builders are one of the Summit's two core audiences, and Day One is reserved for them.
Yes. Venture investors, family offices, wealth managers, institutions, and other LPs are the Summit's second core audience. Investors join on Day Two for panels, conversations, and Company Builder pitches.
It sits between the two. The Summit focuses on company building, the work of creating and launching new companies, and on the investors who finance that work, rather than on individual startups pitching for a round.
Official announcements, including the 2027 dates, venue, speakers, and agenda, are posted on globaltakeoffsummit.com. If you've applied, updates about your application come by email and on the status page. For anything else, write to takeoff2027@vaultfund.com.
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