For founders building in the real economy, venture capital is only one piece of the puzzle. Scaling impact requires stitching together equity, venture debt, growth capital, project finance, and non-dilutive funding — often in parallel — and designing capital-efficient structures for capital-intensive businesses. This panel brings allocators and operators together to unpack how the best founder-funder partnerships get built, where impact and blended capital unlock the rest of the stack, and how founders can tell a capital story that resonates across investors.