✦  The Ojai Outpost

Dispatches
from the
New Frontier.

BFA Annual Investor Conference 2026.

Dates 7 — 11 September 2026
Location Ojai Valley Inn · El Segundo · Palos Verdes

An invitation

Five Days at the Next Frontier of US Private Markets.

Each year, BFA hand picks a small circle of investors, founders, and managers to spend time with the companies and capital allocators shaping the modern economy — from the infrastructure and application of artificial intelligence, to new frontiers in space and defense and the opportunity in healthcare.

What to expect

Direct conversations between asset allocators and leading investment managers and founders. Insight from sector specialists in closed-door panels and breakouts. More conversation and less presentation. Time to consider new frontiers at the edge of the old frontier.

Programme

The Ojai Outpost Agenda.

Monday07 Sept · Day One
5:00pm
Drinks · New Frontier Saloon
Convening
6:30pm
Dinner · The Opening Drive
Convening
Ojai Valley Inn
Tuesday08 Sept · Day Two
Main Track
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
9:00am
Opening Panel · Investing in the New Frontier
Panel
10:15am
Panel 2
Panel
10:30am
Roundtable 1
Roundtable
11:15am
Panel 3
Panel
11:10am
Roundtable 2
Roundtable
11:45am
Roundtable 3
Roundtable
12:30pm
Lunch · The Rancher's Table
Convening
2:00pm
Roundtable 4
Roundtable
2:00pm
Roundtable 5
Roundtable
2:40pm
Roundtable 6
Roundtable
2:40pm
Roundtable 7
Roundtable
5:30pm
Drinks · Moonshine Hour
Convening
6:30pm
Small Group Dinners · The Homestead
Convening
Ojai Valley Inn
Wednesday09 Sept · Day Three
Main Track
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
8:00am
Morning Social · Rise & Ride (Choice of activity)
Convening
10:30am
Panel 1
Panel
10:30am
Roundtable 1
Roundtable
11:15am
Roundtable 2
Roundtable
11:45am
Panel 2
Panel
12:00pm
Roundtable 3
Roundtable
1:00pm
Lunch · High Noon Council
Convening
3:00pm
Roundtable 4
Roundtable
3:00pm
Roundtable 5
Roundtable
5:00pm
Drinks · Sundown Sessions
Convening
6:00pm
Dinner · The Campfire
Convening
Ojai Valley Inn
Thursday10 Sept · Day Four
8:00am
Ride Out · Leave Ojai Valley Inn
Convening
10:30am
Company Visit 1
Company
12:30pm
Lunch & Company Visit 2
Company
2:30pm
Arrival & Check In · Terranea Resort
Convening
5:00pm
Drinks · Stirrup Cup
Convening
6:00pm
Dinner · The Last Roundup
Convening
El Segundo & Palos Verdes
Friday11 Sept · Day Five
8:00am
Morning Social · One Last Ride (Choice of activity)
Convening
10:30am
Panel
Panel
12:30pm
Lunch · The Final Drive
Convening
3:00pm
Drinks · One for the Trail
Convening
Palos Verdes

*Topics, presenters, and final line-up to be confirmed. Final agenda subject to change.

Locations

Three locations. One conversation.

01

Ojai Valley Inn

The opening days unfold in the hills above Ojai — quiet enough for the conversations that matter, close enough for easy access from Los Angeles or San Francisco.

02

El Segundo

A working day among the companies redefining defence, space, and frontier infrastructure — on the floors where they are being built.

03

Palos Verdes

The programme closes on the Pacific bluffs — morning social, final panel, a long lunch, and closing drinks.

From the trail

Previous BFA US Conferences.

Each conference has gathered the people building, funding, and allocating to the companies redefining the modern economy. A look back at where we have been.

Latest Conference 2025
24 Executives
18 Investors
5 Days
2023

The inaugural tour, bringing investors to the heart of private markets.

2024

Continued knowledge exchange with the world's leading funds and operators.

2025

Expanded horizons, deeper conversations, more seats at the table.

Featured at previous conferences.

Selected companies & managers
Andreessen Horowitz
General Atlantic
Menlo Ventures
BAM Corner Point
Triatomic
Dorm Room Fund
Fuse
Databricks
d-Matrix
Groq
Crusoe
LLCP
OpenAI
PsiQuantum
Playground

Investments on the back of previous conferences.

Companies BFA has invested in since 2023
Anthropic
OpenAI
PsiQuantum
Databricks
Anduril
Groq
Crusoe
Lambda
SpaceX
xAI

In their words

I've attended my share of conferences. What stuck out about this one was the conversations between sessions, with founders and managers we simply couldn't reach on our own. I left with a far clearer picture of why these are the companies and managers BFA continues to back.
— Sydney-based Family Office · Attended 2025 Conference

Marquee Investors

Tier-one managers and operators
across the modern economy.

The 2026 line-up will include leading venture, growth, private equity, and hedge fund managers — alongside founders and operators of capacity-constrained, hard-to-access companies in AI, infrastructure, defence, space, and data.

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Apply

Spaces are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Apply to be considered for the programme.

Programme fee, flights, and accommodation apply. Attendance is by invitation and subject to BFA's eligibility criteria.

Request your invitation