Legacy Lounge × Antler: Building Durable Companies in the Intelligence Era
Capital, market access, defensibility, and global scale for founders building beyond hype.
As AI reshapes every major industry, the next generation of enduring companies will not be built on product alone. They will need stronger intelligence infrastructure, smarter capital strategy, global market access, trusted partnerships, and the operational discipline to scale across regulated and complex markets.
Hosts
Teresa Ge — Founder, Legacy Lounge & Succedia Ventures
Teresa is building Legacy Lounge as a high-trust access layer for founders, investors, operators, and strategic partners shaping durable companies in the intelligence era.
Ryan Green — Principal, Antler
Pre-seed investor and company-formation leader at Antler, one of the world’s most active early-stage VC platforms, with 12,000+ founders supported and 1,800+ portfolio companies.
Featured Speaker
Rio Hodges — Associate Partner, Antler US
Rio Hodges works with founders at the earliest stages of company formation through Antler US, one of the world’s most active early-stage venture platforms. He brings experience across growth strategy, innovation, growth equity, and early-stage investing, with a focus on helping founders move from raw insight to fundable companies before the market has consensus.
Omri Amirav-Drory, PhD — General Partner, NFX Bio
Scientist-founder, operator, and investor at NFX Bio. NFX has seeded 25 unicorns and built one of the most founder-focused seed platforms in venture.
Brett Horton — Chief Investment Officer,Paris-Roubaix Group
Investor at a $6B+ global single-family office based in San Francisco, with 25+ years of experience across venture capital, private equity, real assets, alternatives, and direct investments.
Arnaud Auger — Director & Deputy Head of C.Lab, Cathay InnovationGlobal innovation leader at Cathay Innovation, a multi-stage VC platform with over $1.5B under management and a $1B vertical AI fund focused on global industry transformation.
One more major investor to be announced at the event.
We will explore
• How investors identify category-defining companies before consensus
• Why intelligence infrastructure is becoming the foundation of durable growth
• What founders need to prepare for capital and global expansion
• What separates a venture-backed product from a sustainable global business
Format
Private panel, off-record discussion, curated reception, and high-trust networking.
It is a curated founder–investor salon for serious builders, capital allocators, and market makers who want access to the right room before the market catches up.
Audience
This event is designed for:
• Founders building AI-native, data-driven, or infrastructure-enabled companies
• Investors, angels, venture partners, and strategic capital partners
• Operators and executives scaling across complex markets
• LPs, family offices, and ecosystem leaders interested in durable venture creation
• Legal, banking, GTM, and corporate innovation leaders supporting company growth
About Legacy Lounge
A capacity-limited salon. Confirmed attendance will be prioritized for future Legacy Lounge private salons, investor dinners, partner briefings, and member-only gatherings.
Hosted by
Legacy Lounge is an invitation-only community founded by Teresa Ge-connecting the people building at the frontier of health, capital, and technology, powered by Succedia Ventures-an IP-led venture studio investing in applied longevity.
Community Partner
Antler ranked #1 by deal volume by PitchBook in 2024, with 1,800+ portfolio companies across 24 locations worldwide backs founders from day zero — before the product, before the team, before the market has named the category.
