Day One 2025 agenda
- Ross Morrison - Partner, Adams Street Partners
Is the market entering an upturn in 2025? How are seasoned VCs applying past lessons to the current investment environment? Has the AI bubble burst with the addition of DeepSeek? Will we see more institutional capital enter the asset class as the exit space continues to show promise?
- Anne Srader - Senior Reporter, Sifted
- Mel Williams - Co-founder and General Partner, TrueBridge Capital
- Steve Abbott - Partner, Sapphire Ventures
- Mike Collins - Chief Executive Officer, Alumni Ventures
- Matt Harris - Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
How much more can we expect from European growth investing? Is competition with US firms providing the right stimulus for European GPs?
- Lisa Edgar - Independent Venture Capital Advisor and Partner Emeritus, Top Tier Capital Partners
- Asaf Horesh - Co-Managing Partner, Vintage Investment Partners
- Karen McCormick - Chief Investment Officer, Beringea
- Frederic Court - Founder & Managing Partner, Felix Capital
- Bjorn Tremmerie - Head of Technology Investments, European Investment Fund (EIF)
- Joe Schorge - Founder and Managing Partner, Isomer Capital
- Aaron Filbeck - Managing Director, Global Content Strategy, CAIA Association
How strong is early stage VC today? How do pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages vary within different sectors and geographies?
- Mrinalini Lhila - Founder & Managing Principal, 360 Capital Advisors
- Adam Niewiński - Co-Founder & General Partner, OTB Ventures
- Jessica Weiss - Investment Director, Hamilton Lane
- Michael Mclean - Senior Investment Director, Schroders Capital
Has Europe taken advantage of its best-in-class talent? Have recent geopolitical events changed Europe in any way? Is there enough ambition for Europe to truly compete in the AI race?
- Miruna-Ioana Girtu - Principal, Heritage Holdings
- Anne Germain - Senior Investment Director, BPI France
- Gregor von dem Knesebeck - Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners
- Marcin Hejka - Co-Founder & General Partner, OTB Ventures
Are institutions unlocking more capital for venture? What can be done to increase allocations into venture from pension funds?
- Kinga Stanislawska - Founder, European Women in VC
- Ian Connatty - MD, British Growth Partnership, British Business Bank
- Alex Seddon - Head of Impact and Private Equity, M&G
How does the entry of North America's most established firms affect Europe? What do North American LPs want to see from the region? Will we see greater alignment between the two regions?
- Reem Mobassaleh Wyndham - Founding Partner, Pact VC
- Jonathan Heiliger - Founder & General Partner, Vertex Ventures US
- Sean Engel - General Partner, Top Tier Capital Partners
- Stephen George - Founder, InterAlpen Partners
Have secondaries proven themselves to be a new form of exit for small-cap companies? What can we expect from secondaries as the exit markets open?
- Olaf Neubert - Managing Director, TopCap Partners
- Dror Glass - Founder & Managing Partner, Israel Secondary Fund
- Omolade Adebisi - Principal, Isomer Capital
- Tom Fitzherbert-Brockholes - Managing Director, StepStone Group
- Jerome Chevalier - Founder and CEO, Quadrille Capital
Have VCs with platform’ arrived in Europe? How do firms develop such an edge?
- Eric Lagier - Founder & Managing Partner, byFounders
- Andre de Haes - Founder & CEO, BACKED
- Uwe Horstmann - General Partner, Project A
- Lina Wenner - Partner, First Minute capital
- Oliver Holle - CEO & Founder, Speedinvest