Bridges @ Hello Tomorrow: Materials, Energy & Robotics 2026 🚀✨
Community Partners: Voyager Ventures & Hello Tomorrow
Topic📍
From Corporate Control to Collaborative Carry: Building Investment Structures and Bridges for Cumulative Founder Stewardship between CVCs and VCs.
What does it take for CVCs and VCs to become true long-term stewards for founders — and how do we design the structures that make that possible?
We'll explore:
Incentive structures: the incentive gap between CVCs and VCs — what it costs founders and what needs to change
Term sheets, governance, and trust: where the gaps are and how to close them
Long-term stewardship in practice: case studies of what worked, what unravelled and why, and what to build on
Why This Matters 🧩
In climate and deep tech, the best outcomes compound over decades — and that requires capital partners who can think and act on the same horizon as founders. CVCs and VCs are increasingly stepping into that role, bringing complementary strengths that founders in these fields genuinely need.
Bridges gatherings are designed to surface what's working, where structures can improve, and what stronger alignment looks like in practice — across strategic capital, corporate spinouts, and venture building.
One of the outcomes will be captured through the Reciprocity circle to foster collaboration between participants (forming smaller groups) to serve as a conversation starter.
Format 🎙️
Introducing the agenda and partners (10 min):
Lightning Panel (25 min.):
Short insights from 3 speakers: one VC, two CVCs
Open Circles (30 min.):
Group dialogues in interactive fishbowls with different case studies of collaboration and specific areas.
Reciprocity circle (15 min.):
One idea to take home: how do you build synergies?
Asks and Gives to the group
Open Networking (30 min.):
Open networking
About Bridges
Bridges builds structured collaboration across CVCs, VCs, and family offices to strengthen alignment and drive long-term outcomes in climate and deep tech, beyond capital alone.