Featured session Austin · East End Ballroom Friday, April 10

Dealmakers Partnership Overview

Be in the room where capital, operators, and deal flow actually meet — with visibility that compounds month over month.

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Expert panel conversation at Dealmakers

Introduction

“A room full of your best prospects”

Dealmakers is built for sponsors who want real access — not booths collecting business cards. It is networking and sponsorship designed to connect businesses and professionals with high-value prospects across real estate, capital, and the investment ecosystem.

CEO

Community · Expertise · Opportunities

High-signal

Relationships that move paperwork, not just LinkedIn invites.

Target audience

“These are your people”

Attendees are curated for signal: people who can source, underwrite, fund, or execute — and who show up to do business, not to be pitched at.

  • Active builders & developers

    Ground-up and value-add teams looking for partners and paper.

  • Private investors & capital partners

    Allocators who want dealflow that cleared the room first.

  • Lenders & private credit

    Structured capital for projects that already passed peer scrutiny.

  • Deal-focused service providers

    Trusted operators whose work touches closings.

  • Local market leaders

    Faces the room recognizes — and listens to.

Curated attendees connecting at Dealmakers

Selection

Relationships are deliberate here: attendees are chosen so conversations default to relevance, reciprocity, and real deal-making.

Event structure

“What actually happens in the room”

The format is tight and intentional — built for genuine interaction instead of a tradeshow floor.

Open networking on arrival

Arrival

Open networking while the room finds its pace.

Community spotlight

Highlight the people and projects shaping the market.

Expert panel

Judgment-heavy conversation — not talking heads.

Live deal presentations

Real opportunities, unpacked in front of aligned capital.

Closing & networking

Where the best conversations spill past the programmed hour.

Partnership packages

Annual partnership tiers

Year-round visibility, recognition, and association with the Dealmakers community throughout the year.

Tier 1

Event Partner

Be Present Where Relationships Are Built

$10,000 annually

Event Partners receive visibility across all four annual Dealmakers marquee events and become associated with the conversations, relationships, and opportunities created inside the community throughout the year.

Includes

  • Presence at all four annual marquee events.
  • Recognition as an Event Partner.
  • Brand visibility across event communications.
  • Visibility on event materials and event signage.
  • Attendance and participation opportunities.
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Tier 2

Featured Partner

Become Known by the Community

$15,000 annually

Featured Partners receive recurring visibility across both marquee events and member experiences. This partnership is designed for businesses that want to move beyond simple exposure and become recognized, trusted, and remembered by the people inside the Dealmakers community.

Includes

  • Everything included in Event Partnership.
  • Featured recognition during marquee events.
  • Recognition in event communications.
  • Attendance at member dinners and select member experiences.
  • In-person recognition at community gatherings where appropriate.
  • Additional visibility throughout the year across Dealmakers communication channels.
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Premier

Ecosystem Partner

Align Your Brand with the Community

$25,000 annually

Ecosystem Partner is the premier annual partnership tier. This relationship is designed for organizations whose audience closely aligns with the Dealmakers audience and who want to be consistently present and featured alongside Dealmakers wherever the community gathers.

Ecosystem Partners become deeply associated with the relationships, experiences, and opportunities that define the Dealmakers brand.

Includes

  • Everything included in Featured Partnership.
  • Premier visibility across all marquee events.
  • Premier visibility across member experiences.
  • Priority recognition in communications.
  • Featured positioning at community gatherings.
  • Priority consideration for collaborative activations.
  • Custom partnership opportunities where appropriate.
  • Association with the Dealmakers community throughout the year.
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Sponsor visibility beside real operator conversations

Show up again

Familiarity is a moat in this room — trust accrues when people see you next to good judgment, repeatedly.

Long-term value

“This works best because it repeats”

The model rewards consistency. One-off impressions struggle here; sponsors who return become part of the fabric of the room.

  • 1

    Familiar faces beat one-time logos

    You are recognized as a participant in the room — not a pop-up brand.

  • 2

    Trust compounds with presence

    Credibility shows up the same way deals do: across multiple touchpoints.

  • 3

    Consecutive months win

    Best outcomes cluster around sponsors who plan for a rhythm, not a single night.

Performance & influence

“Influence compounds faster than promotion”

Compared to scattered advertising, anchored, in-person repetition builds recognition that actually transfers to trust.

5–7×

Trust multiplier from repeated in-person exposure versus one-off ads — because people buy who they remember in context.

25

minutes

Expert panel discussions sized for substance — not sound bites.

<5

seats on stage

Kept scarce so every voice carries weight.

80%

of attendees

Actively seeking deal flow or capital partnerships.

75+

in the room

Attendance that fills the ballroom without diluting the signal.

Sponsorship process

“How sponsorship works”

Designed to stay simple while protecting the chemistry of the room — limited participation, anchored in conversations and referrals.

01

Pick your tier

Exhibitor, panelist, or featured — weighted to how you want to lead the narrative.

02

Secure your month

Monthly rhythm; sponsors often stack consecutive months.

03

Show up recognizable

We handle logistics, visibility, recognition, and in-room placement.

Availabilities are conversational. Sponsorship opens by referral and direct conversation — if you belong in this room, we will find the right tier together.

Dealmakers evening event — sponsors in the room

Current terms

  • Flexible month-to-month when space permits
  • Limited sponsor slots each market cycle
  • Scoped to your annual partnership tier
  • Investment discussed conversationally

Overview

Premium, relationship-centric rooms for sponsors who allocate to credibility, not impressions — stacking trust and deal flow through curated, recurring in-person presence.

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Sponsorship interest

Start the conversation

For Event Partner, Featured Partner, or Ecosystem Partner — share your company, market, and goals. We'll align on scope together.