​Creating a standout company is no longer the end goal.

​After an exit or exceptional financial success, the question appears:

​When you no longer have to build, what is worth building?

​Success gives more than capital and freedom. It gives perspective, networks, credibility, and early access to the ideas and technologies shaping the future.

​Some start again. Others become investors, mentors, ecosystem builders, or dedicate their time and capital to challenges that take decades to solve.

​Together, we’ll explore how successful entrepreneurs use their experience, capital, and influence to shape what comes next.

​Discussion

• ​Purpose Beyond Success

​What drives founders once money is no longer the goal?

• ​Seeing What’s Next

​Which shifts and technologies are still underestimated?

• ​Beyond the Company

​How do founders turn experience, capital, and networks into broader impact?

• ​Choosing What Matters

​Which challenges are worth committing to for the next decade?

• ​Legacy

​What will you enable for the next generation?

​In the room:

• ​After an acquisition: Brian Crain - Chorus One, acquired by Bitwise.

• ​Beyond one company: Helene Guillaume - Wild.AI, acquired by Zepp Health.

• ​Investing in what’s next: Jacob Lindberg - Vinter, acquired by Kaiko; Dmitry Stepanov - leads AAL VC and Yango Ventures.

• ​Enabling other builders: Andrew Sever, Jacob Sever - Sumsub, offering KYC and compliance infrastructure to emerging startups worldwide; Alex Golod - angel investor and technology executive; Web Summit mentor and judge.

• ​Building for long-term impact: Karolina Attspodina - WeDoSolar, bringing solar to urban households.

​Why

​Web Summit is full of conversations about how to build extraordinary companies.

​We ask what happens after.

​Success doesn’t have to reduce ambition. It can expand its scale, time horizon, and impact - from building companies to enabling founders, institutions, technologies, and breakthroughs that shape the next decade.

​Schedule

​19:00-20:00 : Welcome reception

​20:00–20:30 : Fireside chat with Hadi Moussa, CEO of Oyster, and Mark Loughran, President & Co-founder of NeoFleet Capital and former President & CFO of inDrive

​20:30–21:00 : Conversation with Ekaterina Bereziy, post-IPO unicorn founder, focusing on her next chapter and impact initiatives

​21:00–22:30 : Networking and cocktail reception

​To keep the conversation relevant and the room well balanced, priority will be given to Series A+ founders, post-exit entrepreneurs, and established investors.

​Attendance is limited, applications are reviewed individually.