Investor Forum : Founder Governance Before the Board Exists
Sat 10 Jan
|Hotel Cafe Royal, London
A facilitated discussion for investors, opening with a keynote perspective and followed by moderated dialogue on early founder governance.
Time & Location
10 Jan 2026, 19:00 – 22:00
Hotel Cafe Royal, London, 10 Air St, London W1B 5AB, UK
About the event
An educational briefing for investors engaging with founders at the earliest stages, where formal boards are not yet in place but governance behaviours are already forming.
Moderated by experienced investors and governance advisors from the Bridgewater Alliance network, with first-hand experience supporting early-stage founders.
This session focuses on the early signals that matter, how founders make decisions, handle accountability, manage risk and respond to challenge, often long before governance structures are formalised.
The briefing explores:
What “governance” looks like in pre-board companies
Early behavioural signals that correlate with long-term leadership quality