Capital
Where will capital go in 2027 beyond AI?
What investors and allocators are backing, and what they are waiting on.
An invitation-only dinner
Tech for Impact:
Munich Dinner
The evening before DLD, on the way to Davos.
Investors, corporate leaders and founders around the same table at the start of the year's busiest week. A dinner on where capital and technology are heading in 2027. Built to bridge Korea, Japan, the US and Europe.
Want to help run the day? Volunteer
- Date
- Time
- 6:30-9:30pm CET Munich time
- Location
- Munich Venue to be announced →
The conversation
What will 2027
reward?
Every January, much of the technology and investment world passes through Munich on the way to the Alps.
We use the evening before DLD Munich opens to sit down properly: drinks, a short fireside chat at dinner, then chaired conversations at each table. Bring a question from your work and hear how others are approaching it.
We want this dinner to bridge Korea, Japan, the US and Europe. Seira Yun, the host, works between Europe and Asia, so cross-border questions come up at every table: Japanese and Korean corporates as customers and partners, capital moving between US, European and Asian investors, and who builds where in 2027.
Part of the Tech for Impact series, ahead of Tech for Impact Summit in Tokyo (May 2027), the flagship, and Tech for Impact Europe in Munich (September 2027).
Who the dinner is for
- Investors
- Family offices, private investors, fund managers and corporate investors.
- Corporate leaders
- Executives responsible for innovation, partnerships and investment.
- Founders
- Teams building technology for climate, health, work and society.
Participation is by invitation. Seat requests are reviewed individually.
Endorsement
Prof. Dr. Helmut Schönenberger Co-founder and CEO, UnternehmerTUM “I know what makes such a gathering work, and Tech for Impact has it.”
For almost 25 years I have brought researchers, founders and investors together in Munich. It is by invitation only, its guest list curated by hand: founders, corporate leaders, family offices, investors and policymakers, from Japan, Europe and other regions, all senior decision makers. It cuts across industries, so energy, mobility, finance and manufacturing sit at the same table. It puts technology and impact on one agenda, with the people who can act on both in the room. Its Tokyo roots bring a Japanese corporate network into that room. It is built for collaboration: little time listening to a stage, much more working out what to do together, so people leave with a partner and a next step. The record shows it works: past gatherings have led to partnerships, corporate-startup collaborations and investment deals. In format and spirit it is truly creative and unique. I am glad to support Seira Yun in building it.
Four regions, one table
Built to bridge Korea, Japan,
the US and Europe.
Every Tech for Impact gathering brings these four regions to the same table. Each has its own event in the series, and each sends people to the others.
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Japan
Three summits in Tokyo so far. Tech for Impact Summit 2027 at the United Nations University, 18–19 May.
Tech for Impact Summit → -
Korea
Tech for Impact: Korea follows in October 2027. City to be announced.
Tech for Impact: Korea → -
United States
Tech for Impact: Silicon Valley in November 2026. A US gathering is in planning.
Tech for Impact US → -
Europe
Tech for Climate and The Allocators’ Table in Munich in 2026. Tech for Impact Europe follows on 29–30 September 2027.
Tech for Impact Europe →
Previous speakers
Who has spoken at
Tech for Impact.
Three summits in Tokyo and the Oktoberfest tables in Munich so far. A few of the people who have taken the stage and chaired the conversations. All speakers →
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Audrey Tang Taiwan's first Digital Minister -
Taro Kono Former Foreign, Defense and Digital Minister of Japan -
Kathy Matsui General Partner, MPower Partners; former Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan -
Charles Hoskinson CEO & Founder, Input Output Group -
Tshilidzi Marwala Rector, United Nations University; UN Under-Secretary-General -
Jesper Koll Expert Director, Monex Group and the Japan Catalyst Fund -
Megumi Ikeda General Partner, Ode Growth Partners -
Alexander Weber Venture Clienting Lead, AUDI AG -
Jens Kahrweg SVP & Managing Director, Samsung Semiconductor Europe -
Mark Windeknecht Principal, World Fund -
Clarissa Mayer Head of Partnerships & Innovation, UBS Optimus Foundation -
Lucio Milanese Co-Founder, Proxima Fusion
Discussion themes
One question per table.
Proposed themes. Tables and chairs will be confirmed before the dinner.
Adoption
What does it take for a corporate to buy from a startup?
Procurement, pilots and the step from a trial to a contract.
Across regions
How do companies in Europe, the US, Japan and Korea build together?
Market entry, partnerships and capital moving between the four regions.
Conversations follow the Chatham House Rule: you may use what you learn, without revealing any participant's identity or affiliation.
The evening
Drinks, dinner,
then conversation.
Wednesday, 13 January 2027
All times are CET (Munich).
- 18:30
Drinks
Arrive from the airport or the office and meet the people at your table.
- 19:15
Dinner and fireside chat
A short conversation at the table to open the evening. Speakers will be announced once confirmed.
- 20:15
Table conversations
One question per table, with a peer chairing the discussion.
- 21:30
Close
Early enough to be fresh for the first day of DLD.
Munich
Dinner in Munich.
Venue to be announced
The address will be shared with confirmed guests. The dinner is organised by Tech for Impact and is not part of the official DLD or World Economic Forum programmes.
13 January 2027 · Munich
Join us at the table.
Tell us about your work and the conversation you'd like to be part of. We'll email you if your request is approved.
Request a seatQuestions? [email protected]