The Realm October Summit — Three days on Lake Tahoe with the people building what's next.
The Realm October Summit · October 11 to 14, 2026 · Edgewood Tahoe
Three days on Lake Tahoe with the people building the future.
A private, all-inclusive summit for founders who've exited and investors backing what's next. Your room on the lake, long dinners, excursions, and conversations that move your business forward.
A 20-minute conversation to see if the room is a fit, both ways.
The Room
And the people you'll spend it with.
Founders with multi-million dollar exits. Investors putting serious capital behind what comes next. Here's who's coming.
A serial founder who sold an ed-tech company to a major publisher for roughly $50 million, plus two analytics startups, before turning to angel investing.
A fintech founder who sold his first startup to a buy-now-pay-later platform and now runs a lending company operating in 100+ countries.
A 30-year gaming veteran who has led more than $3 billion in deals and was named one of the 100 most influential people in global iGaming.
An advisor to 500+ founders who has helped facilitate more than $3 billion in capital raises across 30 years in private equity and banking.
An investment firm based in the mountains above Lake Tahoe, quietly backing the next wave of technology and blockchain companies.
The founder of a global web3 investor network that runs invite-only gatherings connecting crypto founders with capital.
A capital markets managing partner and negotiation expert who has coached C-suite and government leaders across the US, Middle East, and Asia for 25+ years.
A former sports-medicine PT to Olympic athletes, now a bestselling author and TV host coaching CEOs on performance and burnout.
June 2026 · Reno
The last room was on fire.
In June, founders and investors flew into Reno from the UK, New York, and the Cayman Islands. Here's what they said when they got home.
A look inside the June 2026 Realm gathering in Reno.
If you want to connect you've got to sit down face to face and have a real conversation.
Alam G.
Investor·UK
I was amazed at how many truly great people were in the room that I would not have met anywhere else.
Rime S.
Founder/Investor, Fractl·New York
The caliber of people and the discussions we had behind the scenes were second to none.
Jamie C.
Multi-Exit Founder, Investor·Cayman Islands
Who It's For
This room isn't for everyone.
We keep the room small and the bar high. That's what makes three days together worth it.
Founders
You've built and sold at least one company. You're building again, or deciding what comes next. You're tired of being the most experienced person in every room you walk into.
Investors
You write meaningful checks into AI, blockchain, and frontier tech. You've sat on the cap table of multiple exits. You want conviction from operators, not another stack of pitch decks.
It's not for first-time founders raising a seed round, service providers looking to sell to the room, or anyone who wants a badge and a lanyard.
Not sure you qualify? That's what the call is for.
Pricing
$9,750. Everything but the flight.
Your ticket covers the resort, the meals, and the excursions. The connections you'll make are priceless.
Included
- 3 nights at Edgewood Tahoe, a MICHELIN One Key resort
- Daily lunch and dinner
- Excursions and curated activities
- All panels, workshops, and facilitated sessions
- Intros before you arrive to the people you most need to meet
Not included: travel to Tahoe.
Pay in Bitcoin and save 10%.
How to Join
Four steps to the lake.
Book a 20-minute call.
Tell us what you're building or backing and what you want from the room.
Get your private invite.
If it's a fit, you'll receive a registration link. It isn't public.
Book your flight.
Once you arrive at the resort, we handle everything else.
Meet the room before you land.
You'll join the attendee channel and get your first intros before you arrive.
FAQ
Questions.
The Sessions
Strategies and shortcuts from people who've already done it.
The sessions are built to get you moving faster. Practitioners run every panel and workshop, and you leave with things you can use the Monday you get home.
Expert panels.
Operators and investors deploying AI, blockchain, and quantum at scale, on what's working right now.
Facilitated breakouts.
Small groups working on real problems from the room.
Hot seats.
Bring your hardest decision and get it pressure-tested by people who've made it.
Stoicism for leaders.
Eric's session on staying clear-headed when the stakes and the speed go up.
What You Take Home
You leave Tahoe with four things.
Relationships that last.
Deep relationships with successful people who will be with you for years.
Deals that start at dinner.
Intros, partnerships, and co-investments that never happen over email or at typical networking events.
Strategies and shortcuts.
Playbooks from people a few steps ahead of you, so you skip the expensive mistakes.
Fresh energy and a clear next move.
You fly home invigorated, with your next big decision pressure-tested by people who've made it.
Hosts
We curate every seat personally.
Kevin Petersen
Silicon Valley native. Employee #13 at ASGN, which IPO'd with Sequoia backing in 1996. Twenty years advising Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, Barclays, and BlackRock. Founder of Saastermind and co-founder of Lift Pitch Tahoe.
Eric Weiss
Founder of Chaos to Clarity. Has coached 70+ technical founders and CTOs through hypergrowth. Helped OpenAI operationalize its GPT models. Former engineering and product leader at Qualcomm, Sony, and Raytheon. Author of Above the Chaos and Growth by Design.
The Experience
Three days on Lake Tahoe. Everything handled for you.
You book the flight. We take care of the rest: your room on the lake, every meal, the excursions, and a room full of people worth talking to.
Oct 11
Sunday, Oct 11: Arrive on the lake
Check in at Edgewood, drop your bags, and walk into a welcome social by the water. By dinner, you'll have new friends.
Oct 12
Monday, Oct 12: Dive in
Morning panels and breakouts. Afternoon excursion. Dinner at Edgewood, then a curated mixer that runs as late as the conversation does.
Oct 13
Tuesday, Oct 13: Go deeper
AI panels and workshops, a Stoicism session with Eric, an afternoon mixer, and a closing dinner you'll still be talking about in December.
Oct 14
Wednesday, Oct 14: Leave with momentum
Optional morning mixer over coffee. Stay for golf or the spa if you want one more day on the lake.
Edgewood Tahoe. A lakefront resort on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe.
No badges. No booths. No Zoom.
Secure Your Seat
If you've built something real and want to spend three days with people who have too, let's talk.
Room block closes September 30.