Apply to the Future 100
For founders ready for institutional capital
One hundred companies are selected from the I20 Summit's thirty-six core themes to stand in front of the week's institutional investors. Every founder on the stage is matched to the allocators who actually invest in their sector, because the Future 100 is drawn from the same anchor and catalyst systems that structure the entire week.
Your selection is announced through the summit's press office and featured in the post-event book distributed to every attendee.
The Future 100 is how the room meets what comes next.
What You Get
Five minutes on the main stage. Ten on your sector forum. A booth for the week. Both talks filmed to broadcast standard.
Plenary Stage Presentation
Five minutes on the main stage in front of the full I20 Summit audience, including sovereign wealth fund principals, family office CIOs, and institutional allocators from 50+ countries.
Sector Forum Stage
Ten minutes on your sector's dedicated forum stage, presenting to the investors who are actively building mandates in your specific theme.
Exhibition Booth
A booth for the full week where attendees can find you between sessions. This is where the conversations that started during your presentation turn into meetings.
Broadcast-Quality Filming
Both presentations are filmed to broadcast standard. You walk away with professional video assets you can use in fundraising materials, investor decks, and press for years.
Press Office Announcement
Your selection as a Future 100 company is announced through the I20 Summit's press office during the week, reaching the event's full media footprint.
Post-Event Book Feature
A dedicated company profile in the post-event book distributed to every attendee, including the institutional investors who weren't in the room during your presentation.
Who's in the Room
The I20 Summit is an initiative of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, which has convened institutional investors from 50+ countries across 90+ events over two decades. The investors attending the I20 Summit collectively represent $15T+ Targeted AUM.
The Future 100 isn't a pitch competition. There are no judges holding up scorecards. The companies selected present directly to the allocators who deploy capital into their sector, because the summit's thirty-six themes map every founder to the investors who are actually writing checks in their space.
How We Select
One hundred companies. Five criteria. Review is rolling until every slot is confirmed.
Impact
The scale of the problem the company is built to solve.
Does this company address something that matters at a national or global level?
Scalability
The path from where the company is now to global reach.
Is there a credible route from current operations to a meaningfully larger footprint?
Cross-Border Relevance
Whether the company matters to capital across more than one region.
Institutional investors at this level think in markets, not cities.
Founder Quality
The judgement, track record, and clarity of the people building it.
The review team is evaluating you as much as your company.
Readiness
Whether the company is prepared to stand in front of institutional capital today.
Not next year. This December.
The Investment
Selected companies contribute a one-time US$50,000 participation allocation. It covers the build-out, not the stage: the booth construction, the filming of both talks, credentials for the week, the announcement through the press office, and the feature in the post-event book.
The stage is not for sale. Selection is made against the five criteria above, and the $50,000 covers production and infrastructure only. If your company doesn't meet the criteria, no amount of money changes the outcome.
