Investors Summer Drinks

Investors summer drinks

VCs & CVCs

Join Louis Lehot, Foley & Lardner, Murray Newlands, and Open Future Forum for a private summer drinks mixer bringing together venture capital investors, corporate venture capital leaders, and selected members of the strategic capital ecosystem.

This is a curated, invite-only evening designed for high-quality conversation between investors backing, partnering with, and advising high-growth technology and AI companies.

No panels. No pitches. No demo tables. Just a strong room of VCs, CVCs, and strategic investors meeting in a relaxed summer setting.

About the Evening

The venture market is changing.

Traditional VCs and corporate venture groups are increasingly looking at the same companies, but often through different lenses. Financial investors are focused on growth, category leadership, and returns. CVCs are also thinking about strategic fit, partnerships, distribution, ecosystem advantage, and long-term M&A optionality.

Strategic Capital Summer Drinks is designed to bring those perspectives into one room.

The goal is simple: create a high-quality environment for investors to meet, compare notes, build relationships, and discuss where capital is moving in AI, enterprise technology, infrastructure, security, fintech, healthcare, and other growth markets.

Who Should Attend

This event is designed for:

Venture capital investors

Corporate venture capital leaders

Growth equity investors

Strategic investors

Family offices active in venture

Select founders, CEOs, and operators by invitation

Attendance is curated to keep the room relevant, senior, and high-signal.

What to Expect

Summer drinks and informal networking

A curated group of VCs, CVCs, and strategic investors

Conversations around AI, venture, corporate venture, partnerships, growth, and strategic capital

Short welcome remarks from the hosts

No formal presentations

No startup pitching

No vendor booths

This is a relationship-first evening for investors who value thoughtful introductions and private, high-quality conversation.

Suggested Schedule

5:30 PM — Arrivals and drinks
6:15 PM — Short welcome from Louis Lehot and Murray Newlands
6:25 PM — Curated networking
8:00 PM — Event concludes

Hosted By

Louis Lehot
Partner, Foley & Lardner

About Foley & Lardner

Foley & Lardner is a nationally recognized top law firm with a Chambers-ranked venture and emerging companies practice advising founders and venture investors from formation through financings, commercialization, M&A, and scale. We bring the speed, experience, and practicality startups need, with the rigor and deep specialist bench investors expect, so deals get done efficiently and companies stay ready to go from garage to global.

Murray Newlands
Founder, Open Future Forum

Open Future Forum
Open Future Forum is a global executive community founded in Silicon Valley. Its network reaches tens of thousands of executives and investors worldwide. It runs a year-round calendar of events for senior executives and investors, including CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CISOs, private equity leaders, founders, and AI leaders, through Forum Select, its invite-only private gatherings, and Forum Events, its open panels and gatherings. Beyond events, Open Future Forum convenes peer groups and executive boards and publishes original research built on first-party survey and qualitative data from its executive network.

Approval Required

This is a private, curated event. Registration is subject to host approval to maintain the quality and relevance of the room.

Please request approval if you are a VC, CVC, growth investor, strategic investor, family office, or invited executive working in AI, enterprise technology, venture, growth, partnerships, or strategic capital.