SuperReturn Tech Sovereignty
- Denis Gursky - Partner, 1991 Ventures
- Thomas Thurston - General Partner, 432 Legacy
- Jan Borgstädt - Partner, JOIN Capital
- Oscar Farres - Head of Tech VC unit, European Investment Fund
- Jörg Goschin - Chief Executive Officer, KfW Capital
- Henri de Perignon - Founding Partner, Quadrille Capital
- Alan Mak - Member of UK Parliament, Conservative Party of the United Kingdom
- David Rader - Deputy Director, Economic Defence Unit, United States Department of War
- Nicholas Nelson - General Partner, Archangel
The aerospace and defence industry's growth continues to attract global attention. Are private investors increasingly funding early-stage capabilities critical to national security? Where are the next frontier opportunities, and how should investors align with policy around them?
- Henry Philipson - Director of Marketing and Communications, Beringea
- Damian Perl - Founder & Managing Partner, Ultratech Capital Partners
- Thomas Fouquet - General Partner, Karista
- Cecilia Blacker Sy - Head of Planning, Strategy and Management Coordination Office, European Space Agency
- Will Porteous - General Partner, RRE Ventures
Allied security strategies are shifting from reactive spending to long-term capability planning. Capital allocation is increasingly focused on readiness, scale, and sustainment. How are policymakers enabling private fund managers for greater national resilience?
- Hugo Jammes - General Partner, EDT Ventures
- Katie Ramsey - Head of the Global Venture Capital Unit, UK Government Office of Investment
- Carsten Dirks - Innovation Manager & COO, Sprin-D - Germany's Federal Agency for Innovation
- Jo Słota-Newson - Managing Partner, Almanac Ventures
- Anne Kuleshova - Senior Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates
- Lars Kuppe - Head of Venture Capital, LBBW Asset Management
- Pierre-Alexander Balland - Visiting Professor at Harvard & Chief Data Scientist, Centre for European Policy Studie
- Marc Wietfeld - Founder & Managing Director, ARX-Robotics
- Eric Slesinger - General Partner, 201 Ventures
- Jan Hendrik Boelens - Co-founder & CEO, Alpine Eagle
- Nazo Moosa - Managing Director, Paladin Capital Group
Energy independence combined with supply chain security has re-emerged as a national and investment priority across global markets. Where are the most durable returns from this convergence? How are investors approaching the demand for capital across logistics, materials, and infrastructure?
- Jeffrey Altman - Senior Advisor, Finadvice AG
- Pierre Abadie - Group Climate Director, Private Equity Executive Committee Member, Co-Head of Tikehau Capital’s Private Equity Decarbonisation Strategy, Tikehau Capital
- Nina Litman-Roventa - Investment Manager, Extantia Capital
Discussion group run under the Chatham House Rule and closed to press. Click here for pre-registration.
- David Rader - Deputy Director, Economic Defence Unit, United States Department of War
- Sophia Martin - Managing Partner, 1st Kind
- Sam Cash - Founder, Entropy
Data flows, data infrastructure, and the advent of foundational AI models increasingly define/limit what sovereign nations can do. How will this drive trends in cyber, defence, and AI investing? What will be the future areas of conflict, and how should private capital and nations think about this future?
- Denis Gursky - Partner, 1991 Ventures
- Carlos Alberto Silva - Managing Partner, 33N Ventures
- Joe Schorge - Founder and Managing Partner, Isomer Capital
- Daniel Carew - General Partner, Archangel Ventures
End of the SuperReturn Tech Sovereignty