The Definitive Guide to GP/LP Events in 2026
Your calendar for the year’s most important venture capital networking opportunities
Whether you’re raising a fund, building LP relationships, or staying connected to the global venture ecosystem, the right events can accelerate your trajectory. This guide covers the must-attend GP/LP events happening worldwide in 2026.
We’ve organized them by quarter so you can plan your year strategically.
Don’t forget to check out our free, monthly events through VC Lab.
Q1 2026 (January – March)
February
Women’s Venture Capital Summit, USA February 2-4, 2026 | Half Moon Bay, Silicon Valley
An exclusive gathering of women leaders in venture capital driving diversity and innovation. One of the premier events for women in VC looking to connect with peers and LPs.…
Category: Venture Capital Sessions
Launching and managing a venture capital (VC) firm is a unique endeavor, distinct from other business ventures. The responsibility of managing investor funds for up to 20 years requires a specialized approach, careful planning, and strategic team building. Here’s a comprehensive guide to forming a solid venture team and scaling your VC firm effectively and to explore these critical strategies in detail, watch the recording of our session below.
Understanding the Structure of a VC Team
The foundation of any successful VC firm is its team. The structure and composition of your team can significantly impact your firm’s ability to raise funds, manage portfolios, and ultimately succeed. Here’s a breakdown of the key roles within a venture capital firm:
Managing Partners: At the top of the hierarchy are the managing partners, who are typically the firm’s founders.…
In this AMA, we meet the funds in Cohort 5 of VC Lab, who share their experiences in launching their dream VC firms with VC Lab. Our panelists give prudent advice to those looking to become GPs, and we also open up the floor to questions to get a better view into the minutia of venture firm building.
Watch the full interview with VC Lab Cohort 5 Fund Managers below.
The diverse panel of fund managers have domain expertise spanning from FemTech to Investment Banking as well as extensive regional experiences across Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia. All of our panelists are passionate about VC and are advocates in promoting their local ecosystem and particular sectors of focus.
The Panel:
Silvia Mah
Biola Alabi
Neeraj Saxena
Paolo Guida
Nicolas Loeillot
Table of ContentsDeveloping a winning thesis:Leveraging the past for future success: The perfect first fund size: Finding gaps in the market:Looking for the perfect partner: Apply to Cohort 16
Developing a winning thesis:
Developing a compelling thesis is important when launching a VC fund.…
As we are seeing NextGen VCs giving rise to new micro-funds, the venture capital industry is experiencing a shift in momentum. With changing founder preferences in the pre-seed to Series A stage, a new lineage of venture capitalists are launching their own firms with contemporary hands-on theses, offering founders much more than capital. Coinciding with said shifts, parallel transformations are also occurring with limited partners in these stages of venture capital.
Table of ContentsWhat are Micro-funds?Changing Market Conditions The Rise of Micro-fundsDefining VC Micro-FundsAdvantages of VC Micro-FundsChallenges FacedSuccess Factors for Micro VCFuture OutlookNew Avenues of FundingApply to Cohort 16
What are Micro-funds?
VC Micro-Funds represent a dynamic segment of the venture capital industry, focusing on small-scale, niche investments. These funds, typically with less than $50 million in assets, offer unique opportunities and challenges for investors and entrepreneurs alike.…
Watch Jason Calacanis, legendary angel investor and VC explore the ‘State of the Venture Industry’ and read the summary and key takeaways from this interview below.
Video Summary
This video features a profound dialogue between Jason Calacanis, a prominent angel investor, and Adeo Ressi, CEO of VC Lab, focusing on the current dynamics and future prospects of the venture capital industry. Their discussion illuminates the complexities of the venture ecosystem, offering strategic advice for both budding and seasoned investors and entrepreneurs.
Table of ContentsVideo SummaryVenture Capital Landscape: Investment Strategies: Advice for Entrepreneurs: Future of Venture Capital: Conclusion: Video HighlightsOn Early-Stage InvestingOn the MarketOn StrategyOn Sequoias New Fund Structure
Venture Capital Landscape:
The conversation delves into the state of the venture capital industry, highlighting its evolution and the emerging trends shaping its future.…
Watch the interview with Andy Zain, Managing Partner of Kejora Capital, a VC firm focusing on South East Asian tech companies.
Here, Andy dives deeper into his early insights and shares his strategy that took Kejora Capital from $5m to $600m AUM in 8 years.
He discusses the process of venture building in a developing market and explains why Kejora’s thesis has proven to be so successful.
Read more to get actionable insights from South East Asia’s top performing VC.
Table of ContentsVideo HighlightsOn Early InsightsOn Start-Up FundraisingOn the South-East Asia MarketOn ThesisVideo Transcript SummaryInitial Challenges and Growth: Investment Focus and Strategy: Market Dynamics and Opportunities in Asia: Future Outlook and Expansion: Conclusion
Video Highlights
On Early Insights
In emerging markets, you cannot be too niche You must focus on the infrastructure level of the digital economy
When we came into the South East Asian market 8 years ago, it was still an emerging market.…
Watch our interview with Steve Jurvetson, who has been supporting transformative businesses for over 25 years as an early investor with the likes of SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, and UPSIDE Foods; and as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (appointed by President Barack Obama).
Read our summary and distillation of video highlights below.
Table of ContentsVideo SummarySpotting Disruption: Long-term Investment Philosophy: Importance of Timing: Belief in Potential: Actionable Advice for VCs: Synthesizing Jurvetson’s Insights: Video HighlightsOn Fund SizeOn Team SizeOn the Importance of DebatingOn Fund and Partnership Dynamics On Thesis and StrategyOn Fund FormationOn Advice and Strategies for New Managers
Video Summary
Steve Jurvetson, managing director and founder of Future Ventures, is renowned for his ability to identify and support groundbreaking innovations, making him a pivotal figure in the venture capital world.…
Watch the interview with Joe DiPasquale, founder & CEO of BitBull Capital, a crypto hedge fund focused on multi-strategy active management:
You can read DiPasquale’s recent guest post on the FI blog here: Top 9 Questions about Investing in Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies.
Bitbull fund is an open-ended liquid crypto hedge fund that invests not only in liquid crypto assets but also in equity such as Coinbase. Under the leadership of founder and CEO, Joe DiPasquale Bitbull has flourished in many ways.
Here’s our interview with Joe DiPasquale.
Tell us about your background and experiences, (professional and personal), and how you became active with crypto.
I’ve been investing in crypto since 2013. By 2016, I started following full-time on my crypto investments.…
On February 14th, 2023, VC Lab hosted the first LP Roundtable event for limited partners to discuss the venture capital landscape in Q1 2023.
Learn how high net worth limited partners interested in emerging managers view the world.
Court Lorenzini, founder of DocuSign, and Martin Tobias, successful angel investor, discuss and debate their respective opinions on the current market conditions facing venture capital in the beginning of 2023. The turbulent markets have made investors nervous, but they have also created opportunities. Enjoy!
Watch the LP Roundtable below…
Hear firsthand stories about how three diverse managers launched a venture capital firm in 2022. Some key questions answered by the panelists during the virtual session include:
What inspired you to start at VC firm?
What opportunities excite you the most today and why?
What advice would you give yourself?
What would you have done differently if you had known today?
Connect with the four managing partners below:
Karen Sheffield
Gbite Oduneye
Brian Bell
To experience a live event, explore our upcoming offerings at Events.…
Watch this October 4th, 2022 VC Lab Information session featuring Adeo Ressi, CEO, and Mike Suprovici, Head of Acceleration at VC Lab. Hear about how to start and run a venture capital fund and how VC Lab’s leading and free accelerator can help emerging managers do so.
Early Application deadline for Cohort 9 is Sunday, October 9th, 2022.
To learn more about VC Lab, visit https://govclab.com
To experience a live event, explore our upcoming offerings at Events.…
Hear firsthand stories about how four diverse managers launched a venture capital firm in 2022. Some key questions answered by the panelists during the virtual session include:
What inspired you to start at VC firm?
What opportunities excite you the most today and why?
What advice would you give yourself?
What would you have done differently if you had known today?
Connect with the four managing partners below:
July Andraous
Jukka Alanen
Martin Tobias
Ike Eze
To experience a live event, explore our upcoming offerings at Events.…
Are you thinking about starting an enduring venture capital firm in 2022? Watch our AMA of the most commonly asked questions from aspiring general partners. Receive tips and tools to avoid challenges and costly mistakes.
VC Lab is the leading venture capital accelerator for emerging managers worldwide. Admissions are now open for Cohort 9.
Apply here.…
Hear firsthand stories about how four managers launched a venture capital firm in 2022. Some key questions answered by the panelists during the interactive online session include:
Why did you start in VC?
What advice would you give yourself?
How to overcome fundraising challenges?
What does diversity look like in VC?
What are useful tools?
Connect with the four managing partners below:
Mamokete Ramathe
Nardo Manaloto
Anitha Vadavatha
Walied Albasheer
To experience a live event, explore our upcoming offerings at Events.…
Hear firsthand stories about how five managers launched a venture capital firm in 2022. Some key questions answered by the panelists during the interactive online session include:
Why did you start in VC?What advice would you give yourself?How to align your interests and track records?How to position yourself in the venture capital market?How to leverage an atypical background?
Connect with the four managing partners below:
Mamokete RamatheMano KulasingamLoretta TioielaDave NemetzRobyn Leary
To experience a live event, explore our upcoming offerings at Events.…
Hear firsthand stories about how five managers launched a venture capital firm in 2022. Some key questions answered by the panelists during the interactive online session include:
Why did you start in VC?
How to de-risk the fundraising process?
What if you don’t have a track record?
What are big challenges other than fundraising?
How important is deal warehousing?
Connect with the five managing partners below:
Orrin Ailloni Charas
Sriram Sundararajan
Pankaj Jain
Mat Gantar
Pablos Holman
To experience a live event, explore our upcoming offerings at Events.…
Watch the interview with Court Lorenzini, co-founder and former CEO of DocuSign, and LP in 15 funds with over 60 additional investments in early-stage companies across the world.
On the VC Asset Class
VC typically performs equally or better than other less risky assets
If you look at the asset class of private equity and sub-segment that down into startups you are looking across the ecosystem and saying “Where is this performing relative to other assets in my portfolio?”.
I’ve got many options to put capital to work and as an asset class even though this one is riskier it typically performs equally or better than what others would classify as less risky. To me, it’s a combination of asset allocation performance but also when you find managers who are outperforming they are generally radically outperforming.…
Watch the interview with Simon Olson, alumni of VC Lab and the founder & managing partner of XY Ventures, a seed-stage fund that bridges the Nordics and Silicon Valley startup ecosystems.
On Simon.
I have an entrepreneurial background.
At MIT, as part of an accelerator program, we raised some venture capital and worked on our startup Y-Box. After that experience, I ended up working with a big IT company in the Nordics called TietoEVRY. Heading up the ‘Innovation Studio’ and later on the ‘Ideation and AI’ program I was looking for “the next big thing“. From there, through my network and accelerators, I took on a lot of pro bono work in the Nordics and in the States. That eventually led me to the opportunity to join VC Lab, after I was invited to apply.…
Alumni of the VC Lab accelerator have raised over $100 MM, and are building innovative new venture funds across the globe. On July 8, 2021, VC Lab hosted a live ‘Meet the Funds’ online event, where 250+ attendees heard directly from the new managers that built their funds in the accelerator. Participating GP panelists included:
Brittany Barreto, Ph.D., Co-Founding General Partner of Coyote Ventures (VC Lab Cohort 3): Coyote Ventures is a $10M Seed-stage venture fund in the US to invest in companies innovating in women’s health and wellness, founded by General Partners who are scientists and industry experts, and supporting founders leveraging our thousand-plus member network and media platform FemTech Focus.
Sidney Nakahodo, Founder & General Partner of Seldor Capital (VC Lab Cohort 2): Seldor Capital is a pre-seed fund based in New York City that invests in startups in the U.S.…