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A chess club for founders. Strategy, focus, and conversation across the board.
A private club for the world's most ambitious founders, investors and cultural leaders. Raw insight, real capital and rare introductions — in the experience, and never on camera.
Since 2022 · London · Paris · New York · Dubai · Los Angeles · San Francisco
Talks are never recorded. What an exceptional founder says here is candid, off the record, and said nowhere else.
A hundred founders and investors, chosen by hand. The introduction that changes the year happens here, not on a feed.
Raise it, or deploy it. Rounds and SPVs come together within the experience, on terms found nowhere else.
Direct time with the guest and the people around them. Relationships, not business cards.
A private members club, by invitation only. Quietly, the most powerful community in the world.
CREATE convenes intimate experiences for exceptional founders, investors and cultural leaders. What happens inside is never filmed. The point is not the talk. The point is what you leave with: capital, partnerships, and the few relationships that change a company's trajectory.
It is not an events platform. It is a club. Membership is earned by contribution and granted by invitation, and the experience stays small on purpose.
CREATE is a private membership of more than three thousand founders, investors, operators and cultural leaders across our cities. Membership is by invitation, granted on contribution rather than status — read in by the founders and alumni.
CREATE is a private club of founders, investors and cultural leaders. Membership is by invitation, granted on contribution rather than status.
A short application is all we need to begin. Every application is read by our founders and alumni. Those who fit are invited to an interview with the founders.
Natalia Vodianova Arnault brings a rare combination of global cultural influence, philanthropic credibility, luxury-world trust, and long-term relationships with founders, families, and institutions. Her work sits at the intersection of culture, capital, impact, and human connection.
“CREATE was born from a desire to hear the real stories — the raw, unfiltered truths that founders rarely share on stage. Too often, talks are filled with safe, rehearsed answers. We wanted to create a space where leaders can be honest about their struggles, breakthroughs, and what truly drives them.”
Timon Afinsky is an entrepreneur, investor, and community builder focused on creating high-trust environments where founders, investors, family offices, and cultural leaders can build meaningful long-term outcomes. He is the architect behind Create What You Wish Existed and its private, founder-led experiences.
“We started CREATE because the world needs a highly curated private space where visionaries can bring their ideas to life. It’s not just about access and networking — it’s about building a movement where founders, creators, and dreamers can collaborate, challenge each other, and make things happen.”
Supported by an advisory board and a trusted network of global advisors, mentors, and investors.
A conversation on the future of intelligence and the responsibility of building it.
Tradition meets innovation, and the future of luxury.
On scale, discipline, and financial infrastructure.
On building as a female founder.
On creativity, intuition, and stillness.
On the future of luxury in the Middle East.
On building from frustration and focus.
On science, brand, and patience.
On focus, privacy, and independence.
Director of two of the world’s most storied estates. Bordeaux.
View the experience →A fireside with one of the world’s most celebrated DJs. Nevada.
View the experience →A special edition in Malibu with the founder of Represent.
View the experience →The British Grand Prix weekend — the CREATE way, at an iconic London venue. Guest revealed to members.
View the experience →An evening with founder Artem Sokolov, and a member allocation.
View the experience →The art of haute jewellery — a rare public conversation. London.
View the experience →A private chess salon for founders. George, Mayfair · London.
View the experience →The Hospitality Playbook — an experience with the Founder. London.
View the experience →The Arts Club, London · 4 May 2026.
Tramp, London · 10 April 2026.
Freuds, London · 6 March 2026.
The future of luxury in the Middle East. Fashion Trust Arabia, Doha.
A private conversation on creativity, intuition, and stillness. Shangri-La Studio, Los Angeles.
Paris · Arc de Triomphe · 17 December 2025.
On sustainability, luxury, and creative leadership.
On natural design and building a movement brand.
On consumer health and category growth.
On building a category-defining health platform.
On early-stage investing across cycles.
On media, culture, and the next chapter of publishing.
Conversation details to follow.
Conversation details to follow.
On art, identity, and creative practice.
Tradition meets innovation, and the future of luxury. The Arts Club, Dubai.
On building a wellness category from scratch.
On scale, discipline, and financial infrastructure. The Arts Club, Dubai.
On craft, quiet luxury, and creative direction.
On quantitative investing and building global teams.
On founding, backing, and building companies.
On image, taste, and cultural direction.
On comedy, narrative, and creative leadership.
On building together and family-led investing.
On AI, authenticity, and the next platform shift.
On technology, taste, and the operator's mindset.
On creators, community, and platform growth.
On building as a female founder, with Natalia Vodianova. White City House, London.
On science, brand, and patience. Marylebone, London.
On habits, brand, and intentional living.
On frontier capital and emerging markets.
On hospitality and building restaurant brands.
On private equity across Central Europe.
On storytelling, dystopia, and independence.
On games, IP, and building studios.
On cinema, screenlife, and new formats.
On craft, silhouette, and creative direction.
On wellness, ritual, and building a consumer brand.
Conversation details to follow.
On the future of intelligence. The Londoner, London. 400 guests chosen from 100,000+ requests.
On building from frustration and focus. 1 Warwick, London.
An earlier conversation on scaling fintech.
On mission, science, and category creation.
On clean beauty and conscious building.
On building a portfolio of health companies.
On consumer products and brand.
On platforms, virality, and global scale.
On directing, energy, and independent vision.
On building and backing companies.
On the metaverse, simulation, and ambition.
On consumer apps and scaling.
On community for women and product.
On media, travel, and brand building.
On fitness, performance, and brand.
On sport, capital, and second acts.
Where it began.
On creativity, communication, and meaning.
On design, property, and patient building.
By Invitation
Create is for those who value discretion, trust and long-term consequence over visibility. If you believe you belong here, apply.