SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITYWithin the Futura Innovation Conference
Funded House @ Futura
A private investor, founder and enterprise experience within the Futura Innovation Conference.
Connecting the people who build, buy and fund innovation.
A private experience inside Futura
Futura Innovation Conference brings together a global community around the future of innovation. Funded House creates a curated environment within Futura for investors, selected founders and enterprise leaders to connect more deeply and move opportunities forward.
DISCOVER
Promising startups, technologies and investment opportunities.
CONNECT
The people who build, buy and fund innovation.
ACTIVATE
Move relationships toward investment, pilots, partnerships and commercial opportunities.
Funded House extends the Futura experience with smaller rooms, curated relationships and focused opportunities for action.
Built together
Funded House @ Futura brings together partners with complementary capabilities across venture, investment, enterprise innovation and ecosystem development.
WITHIN
Host conference
IN COLLABORATION WITH
The people who can move opportunities forward
INVESTORS + CAPITAL
Venture investors, family offices, strategic investors and other capital partners seeking promising opportunities.
ENTERPRISE LEADERS
Innovation, technology, transformation and business leaders looking for solutions, partnerships and competitive advantage.
FOUNDERS + VENTURES
Selected startups ready to engage investors and enterprise partners.
TECHNOLOGY + RESEARCH
Technology companies, universities, researchers and experts who can help develop and deploy solutions.
ECOSYSTEM LEADERS
Organizations capable of accelerating adoption, investment and growth.
Curated participation is intentional. The value comes from who is in the room and what they can do together.
Three days. Three jobs.
MONDAY
CONNECT
Funded House Investor Welcome + Open House
Funded House begins during Futura's registration period, allowing investors and other invited participants to arrive early and begin making connections before the conference formally opens.
- Investor welcome
- Investor roundtable
- Curated introductions
- Informal founder conversations
- Enterprise connections
- Strategic partner connections
Schedule
- Funded HouseFunded House Investor Welcome + Open House
- FuturaFutura Welcome and Opening Speakers
Funded House programming ends before Futura's Welcome and Opening Speakers. Participants move together into the Futura opening program.
TUESDAY
ENGAGE
Funded House programming within Futura
Programming is coordinated around major Futura sessions rather than competing with them.
- Investor breakfast
- Selected deal flow
- Investor roundtable
- Founder/investor meetings
- Enterprise Innovation Exchange
- US ↔ Europe conversations
- Private partner conversations
Schedule
- Funded HouseFunded House Investor Breakfast
- Joint / PartnerEnterprise Innovation Exchange
- FuturaFutura Keynote Programming
Participants then rejoin major Futura programming, including keynote and evening experiences.
WEDNESDAY
ADVANCE
Funded House Office Hours + Follow-Through
Focus on turning relationships from the previous two days into next steps.
- Investor meetings
- Founder meetings
- Sponsor meetings
- Corporate introductions
- Office hours
- Follow-up conversations
- Private meetings
Schedule
- Funded HouseFunded House Office Hours + Follow-Through
- FuturaFutura Closing Reception
Funded House programming feeds into the Futura Closing Reception.
Funded House fills the natural relationship-building spaces around Futura, rather than forcing participants to choose between Funded House and major Futura programming.
Bring us a problem worth solving
Participating enterprises can bring a real business challenge into the Futura ecosystem.
01
DEFINE
Identify the enterprise challenge, strategic objective and decision owner.
02
ASSESS
Understand readiness, existing capabilities and barriers.
03
MATCH
Identify relevant technology, startups, research, expertise, workforce and capital.
04
EXPLORE
Evaluate existing solutions and potential approaches.
05
PILOT
Identify the strongest pathway toward implementation, partnership, investment or venture creation.
06
COMMERCIALIZE
Move validated opportunities toward deployment, revenue and scale.
For Futura 2026, the Enterprise Innovation Exchange demonstrates how relationships created at the conference can continue producing value after the event ends.
Be useful to the people you want to know
POSITIONING
Associate your organization with innovation, investment and enterprise problem-solving.
ACCESS
Meet selected investors, founders, executives and ecosystem leaders.
PARTICIPATION
Contribute to conversations and working sessions where your expertise creates value.
CURATED CONNECTIONS
Receive introductions based on strategic priorities rather than a generic attendee list.
CHALLENGE OWNERSHIP
Bring a real business problem into the ecosystem.
FOLLOW-THROUGH
Move conversations toward pilots, partnerships, investments and commercial opportunities.
Sponsors should be useful, not decorative.
Three ways to participate
Ecosystem Partner
$10,000
Be present.
- Funded House @ Futura recognition
- Access to selected private programming
- Curated networking
- Appropriate event communications
- Ecosystem inclusion
- Post-event follow-up
Strategic Partner
$25,000
Be part of the conversation.
Everything above, plus:
- Featured participation in a selected session or roundtable
- Enterprise Innovation Exchange participation
- Curated executive introductions
- Priority meeting support
- Post-event connection pathway
Enterprise Challenge Partner
$50,000
Put your challenge to work.
Everything above, plus:
- One Enterprise Challenge
- Pre-event challenge framing
- Readiness/opportunity assessment
- Curated ecosystem matching
- Working-session participation
- Pilot and commercialization pathway discussion
- Premium partner positioning
Something bigger in mind?
Longer-term partnerships can be developed around multiple challenges, pilots and commercialization opportunities.
Let's find the fit
Start with the outcome you are accountable for. Then build the right combination of:
Event
Funded House @ Futura
October 19–21, 2026
Limerick, Ireland
Contact
Elijah May
Funded House