BUILDING FUNDS
Build your fund.
Turn your fund idea into a plan. Work through the strategy, structure, and numbers.
Fund strategy · Structure · Financial modeling
NOVEMBER 10–12LIVE ONLINE
FREE 3-day live event
FUND LAUNCH LIVE
Build your fund,raise capital, and scale.
For fund managers and people planning their first fund.
November 10–12, 2026
YOUR HOST. LIVE ALL THREE DAYS.Bridger Pennington
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
- Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Author of 10x Is Easier Than 2x
- John Pennington Jr.
Co-founded a firm that reached $28B+ AUM
- Lincoln Archibald
FLP: Over $61M in equity raised across two funds
PHOTOGRAPHY FROM FUND LAUNCH’S IN-PERSON EVENTS
- All three days
- Free
- Join from anywhere
- Online
FOR OPERATORS, DEALMAKERS & FUND MANAGERS
01 / THE THREE PROMISESBuild and grow your investment fund
Fund Launch LIVE Virtual is a three-day event for fund managers and people planning their first fund.
Spend three days with Bridger and our guests learning how to build your fund, raise capital, and grow. We cover all three every day.
RAISING CAPITAL
Raise capital.
See how Fund Launch Partners raised over $61 million in equity across two funds.
Positioning · Marketing · Capital raisingSCALING
Scale your fund.
Think bigger than your next deal. Plan for growth and learn what it takes to run a fund.
Bigger thinking · Planning · GrowthEACH DAY COVERS ALL THREE
New sessions each day. One free ticket gets you into all of them.
See the sessionsSPEAKER REVEALS COMING SOON
02 / THE LINEUPThe Fund Launch LIVE lineup
Learn from fund founders, investors, and operators about how they approach investing and running a fund.
YOUR HOST / LIVE ALL THREE DAYSBRIDGER PENNINGTON
Co-founder of three investment funds
Built and sold a private-credit business in 2022.
Learn from the funds Bridger has built.
Bridger teaches the Fund Launch Formula and takes your questions each day, drawing on his experience in private credit, digital assets, and GP stakes.
About Bridger’s background
Fund and exit history: Bridger Pennington’s published biography.
The future of money
John Pennington Jr.
Co-founded a firm that reached $28B+ in AUM.
Firm AUM at his retirement in 2021.
What does it take to build an institutional investment firm?
More about John
His background spans financial controls, compliance, and a family of investment funds that reached the public markets. He brings the perspective of an operator who has handled the complexity behind a large investment business.
Source: John’s publisher biography; historical firm AUM.
Bigger thinking
Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Organizational psychologist whose books have sold millions of copies.
What would have to change for your firm to grow beyond you?
More about Benjamin
An organizational psychologist and co-founder of Scaling.com, Ben studies how people and companies grow. His session on 10x thinking brings that work to the decisions you make as a founder.
Book sales: Benjamin Hardy’s official biography.
Global investing
Guest 03
REVEAL COMING SOONCo-founded a global investment fund.
Decades of firsthand global market research.
Look beyond the familiar markets. Think beyond the next headline.
Background
A global investor with decades of experience researching economies, commodities, currencies, and markets firsthand.
Capital raising
Oren Klaff
RECORDED SESSIONBusiness author on pitching and dealmaking.
A good fund idea still needs a pitch people want to hear.
More about Oren
An author whose work focuses on pitching, dealmaking, and how people make decisions.
Capital raising
Lincoln Archibald
Fund Launch Partners has raised over $61 million in equity.
Across two funds. Lincoln is a managing partner.
Go inside the raises and learn what FLP looks for in a manager.
More about Lincoln
Fund Launch Partners raised $31.8 million for Fund I and $30.05 million for Fund II so far.
Lincoln works in GP stakes and GP seeding. He previously served as Fund Launch CFO and worked at J.P. Morgan. He has helped emerging managers build their firms and now invests in those businesses.
Fundraising figures supplied by Fund Launch Partners. Career background: firm biography.
Fiduciary responsibility
Dustin Gomez
From rental properties to a $20M residential fund.
What changes when you become responsible for someone else’s capital?
More about Dustin
Dustin began investing in real estate in 2013 before moving into full-time investment operations. His experience running a residential fund brings a practical angle to the responsibilities of being a fiduciary.
Fund size: Dustin Gomez’s professional profile.
Buying businesses
Dan Pierson
Advised on $2B+ in transactions and capital formation.
How do you structure the capital to buy a business?
More about Dan
His experience spans business ownership, acquisitions, transaction diligence, and fund architecture.
Advisory transaction and capital-formation total, not assets managed.
Planning for 2027
Seth Merrill
Institutional portfolio strategist and chief investment officer.
Experience leading institutional portfolio strategy.
Plan your next year with the bigger portfolio in mind.
More about Seth
Investment leadership across asset and wealth management, including institutional portfolio strategy.
Hedge fund compliance
Peter Privon
Experience in portfolio management, operations, and compliance.
Fund management, compliance, and operations.
Your strategy needs a business that can actually run it.
More about Peter
Portfolio-management experience combined with the entities, processes, and compliance responsibilities behind a fund.
Private credit + positioning
Rhonda Klch
25+ years in real estate and a funding business founded in 2004.
Get your business ready to raise capital.
More about Rhonda
Experience connecting credit and funding strategies with financial preparation and business positioning.
Venture capital
Benjamin Reiter
50+ venture deals closed and 1,000+ prospects screened.
What separates an interesting company from an investable one?
More about Benjamin
Experience negotiating venture investments, managing portfolios, and supporting startups through an accelerator.
Career totals reported in the speaker’s professional biography.
Crypto + investment systems
Jeff Tiefenthaler
Built 300+ investment and execution algorithms.
How do you turn a crypto strategy into a fund?
More about Jeff
Developed investment-management and trade-execution systems across equities, options, and digital assets.
Algorithm count reported in the speaker’s professional biography.
Financial modeling
Jon Lelegren, CPA
Worked in fund finance as his firm grew to $38B+ in AUM.
Up from under $500M during his tenure.
Build the financial side of a fund that can handle growth.
More about Jon
Experience in fund finance, administration, and reporting across multiple investment strategies.
Historical firm AUM, not an individual fundraising total.
State of the markets
Jim Riggio
Quantitative investing and hedge fund operations.
Chief investment officer experience.
Turn a view of the market into an approach you can execute.
More about Jim
A background combining technology, quantitative models, and hedge fund operations.
AT FUND LAUNCH LIVE
03 / THE TOPIC LINEUPWhat you’ll learn at the event
The decisions behind your first fund, your next raise, and the firm you want to build.
BRIDGER PENNINGTON / ALL THREE DAYS
The Fund Launch Formula.
Bridger teaches how to build a fund, raise capital, and scale, with live Q&A each day.
03DAYS WITH
BRIDGER
BRIDGER
Build your fund.
A DEEP DIVE EVERY DAYSMALL-BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
What if your fund owned the whole business?
Buying small businesses and structuring a fund around an acquisition strategy.
SPEAKER Dan Pierson
VENTURE CAPITAL
How do you decide which startups deserve your capital?
Evaluating startups, choosing investments, and closing venture deals.
SPEAKER Benjamin Reiter
CRYPTO
Go from buying crypto to running a fund
The investment strategy and trading systems behind a crypto fund.
SPEAKER Jeff Tiefenthaler
FINANCIAL MODELING
Does your fund idea actually work on paper?
Test your fund’s assumptions with a financial model.
SPEAKER Jon Lelegren, CPA
Raise capital.
A DEEP DIVE EVERY DAYCAPITAL RAISING
Give investors a reason to keep listening
Make a clear, compelling case for your fund with a business author focused on pitching.
SPEAKER Oren Klaff
CAPITAL RAISING
How Fund Launch Partners raised over $61 million
Go inside Fund Launch Partners’ equity raises across two funds with managing partner Lincoln Archibald.
WITH Lincoln Archibald
PRIVATE CREDIT + POSITIONING
Why should an investor choose your fund?
Private credit, positioning, and giving investors a clear reason to consider your fund.
SPEAKER Rhonda Klch
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
What changes when you’re investing someone else’s money?
Dustin Gomez on the decisions and responsibilities that come with managing investors’ money.
WITH Dustin Gomez
HEDGE FUND COMPLIANCE
Know the rules before you raise your first dollar
The compliance questions a hedge fund manager needs to answer before launch.
SPEAKER Peter Privon
Scale your fund.
A DEEP DIVE EVERY DAY10X THINKING
What would you change if your goal were 10x?
Ben Hardy brings 10x Is Easier Than 2x to the way you build your firm. Rethink the goals you set and the work you choose to do.
WITH Ben Hardy
THE FUTURE
What a $28B+ firm co-founder sees coming
John Pennington Jr. on the future of funds, drawing on his experience co-founding an institutional investment firm.
WITH John Pennington Jr.
PLANNING FOR 2027
Plan for 2027 like an institutional investor
A CIO’s perspective on the year ahead, so you can think beyond your next deal when planning your fund.
SPEAKER Seth Merrill
STATE OF THE MARKETS
How a hedge fund CIO reads this market
The market risks and opportunities a quantitative hedge fund CIO is watching.
WITH Jim Riggio
Q&A WITH BRIDGER
Bring your questions.
Ask Bridger about building your fund, raising capital, or what’s holding you up.
FUND SETUP GIVEAWAY
Win a free fund or syndication setup
One eligible registrant who checks in live on Day 3 wins. If the winner registered through your personal link, you can win the same setup too.
- Choose your setupOne U.S. blind-pool fund or one U.S. single-asset fund for one deal.
- Formation documents and entitiesEntities, EINs, registered agent, core fund documents, initial Form D filing, and third-party counsel review.
- A referral bonusUp to one qualifying referrer receives the same prize.
Register free, then check in live on November 12 using the code shared during the broadcast. State filing fees and state securities filings are not included.
Get my free ticketNo purchase necessary. Giveaway details
FREE GENERAL ADMISSION
Get your free event ticket
Your ticket includes every session with Bridger and our guests. Join us online November 10–12.
Bridger, live every dayFund Launch Formula teaching and Q&A.
Every guest sessionCapital raising, acquisitions, venture capital, and more.
All three daysNovember 10, 11, and 12. 1–4 p.m. ET daily.
Join from anywhereBring your fund idea and your questions.
BEFORE THE EVENT
Frequently asked questions
Is this the in-person Fund Launch LIVE event?
No. Fund Launch LIVE Virtual is our virtual event series. Join us online November 10–12 for three days of teaching, guest sessions, and Q&A. The event photos shown here are from our in-person events.
Do I need to attend all three days?
Plan on all three. Each day has different sessions, and every day covers building funds, raising capital, and scaling.
What does the free pass include?
All main event sessions across three days, including Bridger’s teaching, guest speakers, and Q&A. Event recordings and private VIP sessions are part of the optional upgrade.
When does it happen?
November 10, 11, and 12, 2026. Join us from 1–4 p.m. ET each day.
Who is this event for?
People planning their first fund and fund managers ready to grow. You don’t need to have a fund already.
FUND LAUNCH LIVE / THE VIRTUAL EVENT
Register for Fund Launch LIVE Virtual
November 10–12, 2026 · 1–4 p.m. ET daily · Live online
Get my free ticket The whole event. Free to attend.PHOTO FROM A PAST IN-PERSON EVENT