Lunch & Fireside chat - The Resilient Funding Stack
From Seed to Scale: Hidden Incentives, Power Dynamics & the Long Term Capital Game
Over an exclusive lunch, join a curated fireside chat on how capital structures in growth companies really evolve and how incentives, power dynamics and leverage shape outcomes over time.
The conversation will be led by a panel of experienced investors and operators across the full capital stack:
• Ashley Lundström – Previously General Partner @ EQT, currently Stealth Project
• Stefan Lindeberg – Founder @ Further Than Capital, formerly Co-founder @ Creandum
• Stefan Granlund – Head of Growth @ Danske Bank
• Alexis Kopylov – Founder and CEO @ DBT
This session is designed for those who deploy, structure and govern capital, as well as founders and CEOs who actively shape their financing strategy. A curated room for experienced operators and capital providers who value real conversation over surface level networking.
In this intimate fireside lunch chat, you will meet VCs, growth equity, PE and debt providers covering the full funding continuum. We will unpack how different investors think, what their internal scorecards actually look like, where red flags appear and how capital structure quality impacts risk, control, leverage and exit optionality.
We will explore:
How incentives quietly shift as companies move from VC to growth to PE
Where power really sits in the cap table and in the credit stack when things get hard
How debt, syndication and leverage can create optionality and acceleration or pressure and constraint
Why some structures enable clean scale and strategic freedom while others create friction and forced decisions
Join us for an open conversation about the real stories behind capital structures, the decisions that shape outcomes and the trade offs investors rarely talk about in public.
Shared with practical insights and candid perspectives from experienced investors and lenders in a relaxed, off stage setting.
No pitching. No slides.
Just honest conversation, complimentary lunch and high signal networking with peers.
Please note: This is an on-site side event at Techarena 2026 that requires a ticket to enter Strawberry Arena. The side event is independently organized and run by the host of the side event. Please direct any questions (or praise!) to the event organizers.