RaiseTalks Decoder Game | London Edition
The RaiseTalks Decoder Game is a 60-minute live format where the audience builds the agenda instead of sitting through one. No panel picked in advance. No moderator's script. No polite Q&A at the end that nobody remembers. "If you'd pay for one piece of knowledge tonight, what would you pay for?'
Hosted by Dr. Dariia Vasylieva, Founder & CEO of RaiseTalks.
in partnership with a boutique law firm Linkilaw, founded by Alexandra Isenegger.
You walk in with a symbolic $1,000 knowledge budget and one chip. You bet that chip on the single fundraising question you would actually pay to have answered tonight. The four most-backed questions become the program. Then the room decodes them out loud: a founder, an investor and an operator answering the same question, in the same hour, in front of each other.
How the night runs
Place your bet. Eight questions on the wheel. One chip each. You back the one that is actually blocking you.
The room sets the agenda. Top 4 questions by bet volume become the program. Live, visible, unarguable.
Three voices, one question. Founder, investor, operator. Same question, three vantage points, zero hedging.
The room closes it. Open floor, live scoring, and the answers that changed minds get captured.
Why you leave different
You get heard. Your real blocker goes in front of real investors and gets answered live, with follow-ups. Not "traction matters" from a stage. Their read on your question, in the room.
You get seen. When you answer, you show your own judgment on venture capital out loud: on dilution, on terms, on what a data room actually needs, on what killed your last round. That is the moment an investor decides you are worth a coffee. You do not pitch your way into credibility here. You reason your way into it.
You get the gap. You hear how an investor answers the exact question you were about to answer, and how a founder two years ahead of you answers it. The distance between those three answers is the education. Nobody leaves with only their own perspective intact.
Who should be in this room
Founders raising now or raising next. Angels and VCs who would rather be useful for an hour than pitched at for an hour. Operators who have already survived the thing everyone else is about to walk into.
The series
Dubai ran first. London is next on 18th of August. From there the Decoder Game travels to London, and San Francisco, and the next stop after USA lands during Web Summit Lisbon.
50 seats, and the room is capped on purpose: 30 to 50 people is where honesty still works.
Bring your question. Bet your chip. Join us, and let's RaiseTalk.
Alexandra once said: “If you want a culture people are proud to be a part of - be someone you’re proud to be. If you want kindness, live it. If you want integrity, practice it. If you want people who care - you have to care. Deeply. Genuinely. Consistently.”
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About RaiseTalks
RaiseTalks - the AI-native global fundraising and due-diligence for early-stage ventures. The data layer where startups get investor-ready and investors find their next deal.
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About Linkilaw
Linkilaw is a boutique law firm based in Mayfair, built for the moments that matter most. Linkilaw advise UHNW individuals, family offices and businesses through complex, high-stakes legal challenges — from cross-border disputes and fraud and asset tracing to sanctions, regulatory work and corporate matters. Our clients trust us with cases that span jurisdictions and demand precision, discretion and a network that reaches far beyond London. Founded by Alexandra Isenegger, Linkilaw combines commercial pragmatism with genuine care for the people behind every case.