Lenders
Venture debt and growth credit managers, private credit funds, specialist finance providers and banks.
New York · Planned 2027
Undiluted Summit North America
Venture Debt & Growth Credit Conference
The Venture Debt & Growth Credit summit for the lenders, investors and companies financing North America’s most innovative companies.
The North American growth lending market, in one room
Undiluted Summit North America is being developed as a new gathering for the people shaping how high-growth and innovative companies are financed.
The Summit will bring together venture debt and growth credit lenders, institutional investors, venture and growth equity firms, founders, CFOs and specialist advisers from across the US and Canada for a focused day of market intelligence, discussion and high-value networking.
Planned for 2027, the emphasis will be on quality and relevance, not scale.
Who it's for
Institutional investors
LPs, allocators, asset managers and other providers of capital to lending strategies.
Venture & growth investors
VC, growth equity and technology investors using debt across their portfolios.
Companies
Founders, CFOs, finance leaders and executives considering or already using growth debt.
Advisers & ecosystem
Law firms, corporate finance advisers, ratings providers, data platforms and specialist service providers.
What we'll discuss
The programme is still being shaped, but areas of focus are expected to include:
- Venture debt
- Growth credit
- Pricing, structures and lender economics
- Covenants, warrants and borrower protections
- What LPs want from growth lending strategies
- Winning deals: origination and competition
- Debt in the venture and growth capital stack
- How VCs are using debt across portfolios
- Financing AI, software and the innovation economy
- Funding life sciences without dilution
- Refinancing, extensions and second-time borrowers
- Managing downside in growth lending
- Building and financing the next generation of lenders
- The outlook for growth lending in North America
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Questions
Is there a venture debt conference in New York?
Undiluted Summit North America is a venture debt and growth credit conference planned for New York in 2027. It will bring together lenders, investors, growth companies and advisers from across the US, Canada and the wider North American growth financing market.
Dates, venue details and attendance information will be announced as plans for the Summit are finalised.
Who is the North America venture debt conference for?
Undiluted Summit North America is designed for professionals across the venture debt and growth credit ecosystem, including specialist lenders, banks, private credit funds, institutional investors, venture capital and growth equity firms, founders, CFOs, lawyers, debt advisers and other specialist service providers.
Is Undiluted Summit North America a US venture debt conference?
The Summit will take place in New York but is being developed as a North American event. The programme and audience will cover venture debt and growth credit activity across the United States, Canada and the wider North American growth financing market.
What will be discussed at the venture debt conference?
The programme will focus on the issues shaping venture debt and growth credit in North America, including lending activity, pricing, deal structures, covenants, warrants, lender economics, fundraising, origination, institutional capital, borrower demand and the role of debt within the venture and growth capital stack.
Sector-specific discussions are also expected to cover areas such as technology, AI, software, life sciences and the wider innovation economy.
Will venture debt lenders and growth credit funds attend?
Yes. The Summit is being designed specifically to bring together venture debt funds, growth credit managers, banks, private credit firms and other providers of debt capital to high-growth and venture-backed companies.
The event will also include institutional investors, venture and growth equity firms, borrowers and advisers active across the market.
Is the conference relevant to founders and CFOs looking for venture debt?
Yes. Undiluted Summit North America is intended to include founders, CFOs and finance leaders from growth companies alongside lenders and investors.
For companies considering debt financing, the Summit will provide an opportunity to better understand the lender landscape, hear how financing structures are evolving and meet organisations active in venture debt and growth credit.
Will lawyers and advisers attend the venture debt conference?
Yes. Law firms, debt advisers, corporate finance firms, data providers and other specialist advisers are an important part of the venture debt ecosystem and will be represented at Undiluted Summit North America.
The Summit is designed to bring together the wider market around financing high-growth companies, rather than focusing only on lenders and investors.
Can I sponsor or partner with Undiluted Summit North America?
Yes. Undiluted is speaking with organisations interested in sponsoring, partnering with or contributing to Undiluted Summit North America.
Potential partners can register their interest to receive more information as sponsorship opportunities, research initiatives and the event programme are developed.