Venture Down Under 2026 Building the Venture Capital Playbook of the Future
Community input · about 5 minutes

Building the Venture Capital Playbook of the Future

For the first time, we’re building a real playbook for the decisions ahead of us — together, as a community — and it starts with your thoughts on 5 possible VC future developments over the next 18 months.

Begin your VDU experience today → Type or talk · this is diagnosis, not strategy
How this works

Five minutes now. A sharper room in August.

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What we’re building

The Venture Capital Playbook of the Future — 5 possible VC future developments, examined by the whole community and turned into a shared playbook you keep.

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Why your input matters

These futures weren’t handed down by Innovation Bay — 147 of you shaped them. The live workshop is only as sharp as the intelligence we gather now. Your five minutes becomes the VC Mission Brief every table works from.

3

What to do right now

Open your featured scenario and just talk for about five minutes: what’s real, what’s shifting, what you’d watch, what you’re assuming. Diagnosis, not strategy. Do one — or all five.

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What you’ll get

Before VDU, your VC Mission Brief — the whole community’s thinking, distilled. After VDU, the full playbook.

The four phases at VDU
Phase 1 · Now, online
360 Observations
Your observations on the 5 possible VC future developments.
You are here
Phase 2 · Aug 4
Collective Diligence
A second look, in the room, across investor types.
Phase 3 · Aug 4
Strategic Response
Your peer group’s strategic response to the future.
Phase 4 · Aug 4
VC Future Showcase
Every group’s Strategic Responses, brought to life.
5 Possible VC Future Developments

Five plausible developments for venture by early 2028.

Each is a specific, plausible future that would reshape how we invest. Start with your featured scenario — then explore any of the others. Assume it’s real, and tell us what you see.

The room only works if the room shows up before the room shows up.

Add your thoughts now, and arrive at VDU already ahead.

Begin your VDU experience today →
Contributions close Thursday 30 July, 9:00am
With thanks to our partners
Platinum Sponsor
HSBC Innovation Banking
Innovation Bay Partners
ASXGilbert + TobinGoogle CloudCanaccord Genuity
Supporting Sponsors
GXEKPMG High Growth VenturesKC VenturesMooreScytale