September 23 & 24, 2026
Culture Shifting Deal-Making Summit NYC:
Family Office, Impact Investor & AI Innovators
Join a curated group of 175-200 Established and Next Gen Family Office Investors, Impact Investors, VCs, CVCs, Angel Investors, AI Executives, and Founders with traction. This deal-driven summit is designed to accelerate capital deployment, partnerships, and knowledge sharing.
Discussions will challenge how family offices source opportunities, conduct diligence on innovation, structure capital, and create measurable social and financial returns in a rapidly evolving and highly charged geopolitical landscape.
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September 23-24, 2026 | PwC NYC
300 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST
From Family Office, Impact Investing, and AI Innovation Conversations to Partnerships and Signed Deals
An Invite-only, two-day summit in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank and PwC, bringing together established and next-gen family offices, investors, founders with traction, political experts, and leaders focused on turning conversations into real partnerships and signed deals.
200
Invite-Only Attendees
+$3B
Inked Deals for Attendees over the last 12 Years
17 Years
Hosting Deal-Making Summits
4 Markets
NYC, Abu Dhabi, Boston, London
Global Deal-Making Summit Series.
Culture Shift Lab's Deal-Making Summits are an annual, invite-only series hosted across New York, Boston, Abu Dhabi, and London
Each Summit brings together senior leaders, investors, entrepreneurs with traction, and innovators to support collaboration, deal-making, and long-term value creation. Think Access to Capital + Access to Deal Flow.
To date, our Summits have enabled over $3B in transactions. Our goal is to enable another $1B by 2027.
Summit Purpose
Capital & Deal-Making
Direct investor-founder engagement designed to support partnerships and capital movement within established and next-gen family offices, impact investors, and AI innovators.
Family Offices
Opportunities for established, next-gen, and emerging family office leaders to meet, partner, collaborate, and share deal flow.
Impact Investors
Conversations where impact and mission-driven investors are placing their bets now and in the future, as well as research-driven philanthropic capital.
Where Conversations & Connections Turn into
Collaborations + Deals
This NYC edition is intentionally curated with unique speakers and guests and is structured to maximize connections, investor-founder meetings, and live deal flow, alongside discussions that inform and challenge how family offices, impact investors and AI Innovators and Investors operate.
The format prioritizes access, relevance, and decision-makers in the room.
Who Should Attend
- Established, Next Gen & Emerging Family Offices
- Impact & Mission Investors
- Investors deploying capital in AI
- AI Founders with Traction
- Venture & Private Equity Investors, Corporate Venture Investors
Attendance is curated to maintain focus, relevance, and meaningful engagement.
The Brand Behind the Summit
Culture Shift Labs, a multifaceted global social impact consultancy established in 2006, tailors unicorn-like engagements for corporations, investors, social impact leaders, technology pioneers, and content creators. Across established and emerging markets, we help leaders rethink capitalism and impact at the intersection of business, technology, and demographic shifts.
Powered by our Knowledge + Network business model, our clients achieve measurable outcomes faster:
Knowledge = Intellectual Capital + Network = Human Capital.
A Preview of our Speakers
Dr Vivienne Ming
MD Motivator-Content Creator
Bill Spruill
Prof Chesko-Content Creator
Founders Apply to Pitch
We are seeking founders with traction who have AI-enabled businesses to pitch on September 24, 2026, at the NYC Deal-Making Summit.
Ten (10) Founders will be selected to present to a room of active investors
Criteria:
Companies with a minimum of $500K in revenue, ARR, or customer sales are required.
Apply by July 1, 2026
Applications will be reviewed on a first come/first serve basis. The selected founders will be notified in writing. You will not be contacted if you are not chosen.
Disclaimer: If you apply and do not meet the criteria, you will automatically be disqualified from participation.
What our attendees say
The Culture Shifting Deal-making Summit is the only conference where I've witnessed real-time deal-making and capital being deployed. I'm going to hit my Q1 goals solely from the connections that I made in one weekend at Culture Shift.
Meagan Williams
Silicon Valley Bank/Catalyst 2045
Culture Shift Labs has built one of the most powerful curated networks I've experienced. The Deal-making Summits convene executives, investors, and founders who are often difficult to reach through traditional channels - creating a rare environment for meaningful connections and real opportunities.
Cheick Camara
ServiceNow Africa
I have been to many summits and events, and it's clear you've built something special. I respect your focus on results: Investments, collaboration, opening doors, and relationships to change the ratio.
Deborah Jackson
Plum Alley
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