Capital Raising Summit 2026. Thursday, 27 Aug 2026

A free, live, global online build day: Your HNW and Family Office Capital Raising System.

One day. You arrive with a raise in your head. You leave with it built. The narrative, the target investor list, the outreach engine and the follow-up system, live, before the day ends.

Built on 17 years running Australia’s private capital ecosystem. 1,500+ companies presented. A network of 45,000+ HNW, professional and family office investors.

This is not startup school

No pitch competitions. No demo days. No theory. You have raised before, or you have watched a raise go sideways from the inside. You do not need another masterclass on what a cap table is.

This is a build day. Every session ends with something made, not something noted. The whole day runs on the Capital Engagement System, the method we have refined across 17 years and 1,500+ raises. You will execute it live.

The VC playbook everyone teaches. The capital almost nobody explains.

Yes, we cover the VC process. How the funnel actually works, what a partner meeting decides, why most terms die in diligence. It matters and we will make you sharp on it.

Then we show you the part most founders never see. Private investors and family offices lead rounds before the VCs arrive. They complete the rounds VC money starts. And they stay for the next one. For 17 years we have sat in the middle of that capital. On this day, you learn how it thinks, what it needs to see, and how to engage it without burning the relationship.

Leave with it built

• Your capital raise brief. The one-page brief that forces the decisions investors will force on you anyway.
• Your investor narrative. Rebuilt from claims to evidence. No invented traction, ever.
• Your target investor map. Who leads, who follows, who completes. Matched to your stage and sector.
• Your outreach engine. Sequences drafted in your voice, ready to send from your own inbox.
• Your follow-up system. So the raise runs on signal, not anxiety.
• The 12-prompt portfolio. The exact AI prompts we use, with the evidence guardrails built in.

The day at a glance

All times AEST. Live and global. General registration includes a 48-hour replay.

• 8:30am. Doors open. Orientation and your readiness score.
• Morning. The system. The Capital Engagement System end to end, then your narrative rebuilt with evidence discipline.
• Mid-morning. Family office keynote. How a family office actually allocates, in its own words.
• Midday. The build begins. Target investor mapping and your raise brief.
• After lunch. Founder panel. Operators who have raised, on what they would never do again.
• Afternoon. The 90-minute live build block. Protected. You build your raise with the method, your tools and our team in the room.
• Late afternoon. Engagement and signal. Follow-up systems and reading investor intent.
• 5:30pm. Close. The path from ready to raising, and one clear next step.

Built for operators of substance

• Encore founders. You have exited before and you are raising again. This time you want it systematic.
• Backed executives. The board brought you in to lead the company and the raise. You need a machine, not a course.
• Scaled founders. Executive team, revenue or hard technical proof, often a round already behind you.
• Fund managers. Raising from LPs and wholesale investors, where consistency of engagement decides the outcome.

If your raise is earlier than that, you are still welcome. Your readiness score will route you to the right starting point on the day: build, prepare or launch.

Where structural capital gets raised

The day is calibrated for businesses that raise by structural necessity: life sciences, deep tech, renewable energy, medtech and advanced manufacturing. If your capital plan is measured in stages, not sprints, this was designed for you.

Your host

Steve Torso. Co-founder and CEO of Wholesale Investor and CapitalHQ. For 17 years Steve has run one of the region’s largest private capital platforms, presenting 1,500+ companies to a network of 45,000+ HNW, professional and family office investors.

Choose your access

• General. Free. Full live access to every session, plus a 48-hour replay.
• VIP. A$295. Two VIP seats on one pass, the VIP working clinic, a guaranteed room score within 24 hours with your top five fixes, VIP Q&A, 12-month replay access and the summit toolkit.
• VVIP. A$1,950. Everything in VIP, plus: Twenty places. A private 45-minute session with Steve the week after the summit, prepared in advance, with a written summary and 100% of your ticket credited toward an eligible package within 30 days.

Save your seat. It is free, and the replay is included.

This event is educational in nature and does not constitute financial advice. Participation does not guarantee introductions, investment or outcomes.