Bridges @ The Drop

​Topic📍

​How do we rebuild trust and design better incentive alignment bridges between venture capital, corporate VC for stewarding founders in the long term?

​This session will tackle:

• ​Misaligned incentives between CVCs and VCs: how to correct them?

• ​The gaps in trust and transparency in VC/CVC term sheets and board advisory

• ​Long-term stewardship as opposed to short-term exits - What do founders need and what do they face as challenges today?

• ​Some real stories/ case studies: when it worked, when it broke, and what to learn from?

• ​Frameworks for long-term capital with founder-first governance among VCs and CVCs, and Venture Clienting units

​Why This Matters 🧩

​In climate, deeptech, and mission-driven fields, founders need long-term cycles and decisions compound over decades. VC and CVC must evolve to be collaborative stewards to derisk the long-term growth of these startups. This session aims to build that bridge with transparency, radical honesty, and with the long game in mind.

​One of the outcomes will be captured through the Reciprocity circle to foster collaborations between participants ( to form smaller circles). This is to serve as a conversation starter. A thought piece to be released after the event to keep the attendees engaged post the Drop.

​Capture best practices for CVCs and VC also to collaborate for being founder centric.

​Format 🎙️

​Introducing the agenda and partners (5 min):

• ​Lightning Panel (25 min):

  • ​Topic and speakers to be aligned with the collaborators.

  • ​Short insights from 3 speakers: one founder, one VC, one CVC or LP

• ​Open Circles (30 min):

  • ​Group dialogues in interactive fishbowls with different case studies of collaboration and specific areas (for example, deep hardware tech, SW tech cases )

• ​Reciprocity circle (15 min):

  • ​One idea to take home: how do you build capital for stewardship?

  • ​Networking (45 mins):

  • ​One idea to take home: how do you build capital for stewardship?#

• ​A Founder/Investor Open Board Wall for people to contribute ideas for better VC/CVC alignment structures.

​This side event is part of The Drop in Malmö but is independently organized and run. Please direct any questions (or praise!) to the event organizers.