​CEO Private Dinner

​An off-the-record dinner for founders and CEOs of companies that have raised $10M+ or crossed $10M ARR.

​Once you're running a company at scale, the honest conversations get harder to find. Your team needs you certain. Your board needs you on message. Your peers are often your competitors. The questions you actually sit with rarely get said out loud.

​This dinner is a room for saying them.

​Open Future Forum hosts a private dinner for 10 to 15 CEOs. No panels, no presentations, no agenda. One table, one conversation, and people who have agreed to leave their titles at the door. The conversation goes where the room takes it.

​Who's in the room

• ​Founders and CEOs of companies that have raised $10M+ or crossed $10M ARR

• ​Vetted individually, not by title

• ​Chosen for generosity: people who share what they know, make introductions without keeping score, and leave a room better than they found it

​Joining the table

​Ashish Aggarwal, Partner at IronArc Ventures, investing Series B to pre-IPO across the full AI stack, from chips to apps to physical AI. A two-time founder with 18 years operating in engineering, analytics and M&A, so he comes to the table as an operator first.

​The details

• ​Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026

• ​Location: Los Altos Hills, California. Exact address shared on approval.

• ​Seats: 10 to 15, by approval only

• ​The room: Off the record, Chatham House rules

​Hosted by

• ​Murray Newlands, Founder & CEO, Open Future Forum

• ​Chris Welton, Wealth Management Advisor & Founder/Principal, Clavius Wealth Management

​By approval only. Request a seat below.

​About Open Future Forum

​Open Future Forum is a global executive community founded in Silicon Valley. Its network reaches tens of thousands of executives and investors worldwide. It runs a year-round calendar of events for senior executives and investors, including CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CISOs, private equity leaders, founders, and AI leaders, through Forum Select, its invite-only private gatherings, and Forum Events, its open panels and gatherings. Beyond events, Open Future Forum convenes peer groups and executive boards and publishes original research built on first-party survey and qualitative data from its executive network.