📆 January 26, 2027

📍 Austin, TX

a [Rock Yard Ventures] initiative

FUTURE TITANS is a highly curated one-day event created to help emerging managers in VC, growth, secondaries, and venture debt who’re building tomorrow’s most significant firms. We’ll bring together industry leaders, emerging GPs, and the pioneering LPs that back them for a day of content, collaboration, and community. NOTE: Register interest at the link below to be notified when applications open for FUTURE TITANS 2027

Registered interest here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

FUTURE TITANS is not where people walk around staring at name tags to see if someone is worth talking to (aka, no hostage taking!).

There will be no name tags. You will have to talk to people without knowing who they are! Just like the good old days.

This ethos also means no pitch decks (except for the lucky few who get to share their fund on stage!) So when you do meet someone who could invest in your fund, don’t roll into a hard pitch.

BUT, we do hope this is the single best destination for emerging managers to meet new LPs and vice versa.

And that’s not all; you can read the whole section on WHAT TO EXPECT here.

AGENDA

January 25th, 2027 (night before)

  • 6:00-8:00 PM (Night-before activities in and around Austin)

January 26th (the main event)

  • 8:00-5:00 PM (Main Program)

    • FULL AGENDA IS RELEASED ONE WEEK PRIOR

  • 6:00-9:00 PM (official FT after-event with food + drinks)

THE content and format

We’re working hard to curate the best tactical and actionable content and speakers in the entire VC ecosystem. Sounds like an audacious goal? We know!

Wanna learn more? You can read the whole section on WHAT TO EXPECT here.

2027 SELECT SPEAKERS

  • ILYA FUSHMAN

    KLEINER PERKINS

  • Ho nam

    ALTOS VENTURES

  • Stacey Gerber

    SEQUOIA CAPITAL

  • Steven Keating

    CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

  • Oliver Sorenson

    STATE OF UTAH

  • Earnest Sweat

    SWIMMING WITH ALLOCATORS

STAY TUNED FOR MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED!

about the organizer

Hi, I’m Daniel Dart, founder of Rock Yard Ventures, where I back exceptional founders redefining technology across core and critical industries – from physical AI, quantum, and energy, to supply chain, healthcare, and pharma. I’m honored to work with some of the greatest founders in the world.

As an emerging manager myself, I know firsthand how hard it is to build something from nothing (it’s hard as hell!). That’s the motivation behind FUTURE TITANS. To create a community that brings together tomorrow's great GPs and LPs for learning, building, and backing the next generation of category-defining founders.

I believe everything in life (not just VC) is an apprenticeship business. FUTURE TITANS is my way of creating the next best thing to apprenticing under the legends at blue-chip firms.

I’d love you to join me for the ride.

— Daniel

 

  • Edgar Smith - Beyond 26 Advisors

    Steven Keating - ex-St John’s University

    Rob Tappero - iConnections

    Amir Kabir - Overlook Ventures

    WITH MORE TO TO COME!

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