The Future 100
One hundred companies from the thirty-six core themes are selected to stand in front of the week's investors. Each takes five minutes on the plenary stage and ten on its sector's forum stage, holds a booth for the week, has both talks filmed to broadcast standard, and has its selection announced through the week's press office.
The Future 100 is how the room meets what comes next. The companies are drawn from the same anchor and catalyst systems that structure the week, so every founder on the stage is speaking to the allocators who actually invest in their sector.
The Five Criteria
Impact
The scale of the problem the company is built to solve.
Scalability
The path from where the company is now to global reach.
Cross-border relevance
Whether the company matters to capital across more than one region.
Founder quality
The judgement, track record and clarity of the people building it.
Readiness
Whether the company is prepared to stand in front of institutional capital now.
What the Participation Allocation Covers
Selected companies contribute a one-time US$50,000 participation allocation. It covers the build-out, not the stage: the booth build-out, 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 review is rolling until one hundred companies are confirmed.
How Selection Runs
You can't buy your way in. The stage isn't for sale and never will be. Selection is made against five published criteria, and review is rolling until one hundred companies are confirmed.
