Day Three 2025 agenda
- Alexander Zemlyak - Partner, Geek Ventures
- Cameron Joyce - Global Head of Research Insights at Preqin, BlackRock
Will a renewed focus on deeptech bring hardware back to the forefront of venture? How do you overcome the challenges of investing in a series A and B round when the company produces no revenue? Are we using the right valuation methods for deeptech such as AI?
- Heinz Blennemann - Principal, Blennemann Family Investments
- Oscar Farres - Head of Tech VC unit, European Investment Fund
- Simon Hirtzel - General Partner and COO, IQ Capital
- Valerie Bures - Partner & Managing Director, XAnge
- Vikram Gupta - Founder and Managing Partner, Ivycap Ventures
How has recent macroeconomics and geopolitics impacted the climate space? Will VCs and infrastructure firms collaborate on climate innovation? How would DPI work for VCs under this model?
- Raiyaan Shingati - Partner, Transition Venture Capital
- Steve Westly - Managing Partner, The Westly Group
- Sebastian Pollok - Founding Partner, Visionaries Tomorrow
- Christophe Maire - Founding Partner & CEO, Atlantic Labs
- Frederic De Mevius - Executive Chairman & Managing Partner, Planet First Partners
- Hannah Leach - Co-Director, VentureESG & Partner, Houghton Street Ventures
- Douglas Sloan - Co-Founder at ImpactVC & Managing Director, Impact Venture, Better Society Capital
- Sarah Drinkwater - General Partner, Common Magic
- Sandro Gianella - Head of EMEA Policy and Partnerships, OpenAI
- Marie Ang - Senior Investment Director & Sustainable & Impact Investing, Cambridge Associates
What are the practical ways VC can leverage AI? How are data insights disrupting finance?
- Andre Retterath - EarlyBird, Early Bird
- Tom Hopkins - COO, BACKED
- Dale Chang - Operating Partner, Scale Venture Partners
- Chloe Burles - Venture Partner, Sussex Place Ventures
Are corporate competitors to traditional VC? Is operating as a fund of funds the better strategy for CVCs?
- Kasia Piasecki - Managing Director, European Women in VC
- Irina Gorbounova - VP M&A, Head of XCarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal
- Kevin Rodrigues - Managing Director, Head of Europe & Africa, BP Ventures
- Saeed Amidi - CEO and Founder, Plug and Play
- Ivan Nikkhoo - Managing Director, N3 Capital
Pick from a choice of three roundtable discussions:
- The AI infrastructure: is there a gap to fill?
- How can family offices and corporate drive industrial transformation
- Emerging markets: which regions show the most potential?
- Defence and security: the safest way to secure our future
- Charles Schrager - Venture Partner, Isomer Capital
- Ola Brown - Founder & Managing Partner, HealthCap Africa
- Manuel Sussholz - Co-founder and General Partner, SpringHill Venture Partners
- Andrew King - General Partner, Bastille Ventures
- Sarah Antor - Managing Partner, Helen Capital
- Howard Cooper - CEO, Cooper Family Office
- Matthew Garver - President and Managing Partner, Liberty Street Capital
Are digital assets transforming global finance? Is there enough trust in these assets for institutions to wholly adopt them?
- Vincent Touati-Tomas - Marketing Advisor, Expression Capitale
- Stefan Cohen - Partner, Bain Capital Crypto
- Shauli Rejwan - Managing Partner, Masterkey VC
- Richard Muirhead - Managing Partner, Fabric Ventures
Data continues to show less established VCs outperform their peers by generating higher median returns and significantly better top-quartile results. Are Micro VCs perfect for LPs investing in venture for the first time?
- Francesco Perticarari - General Partner, Silicon Roundabout Ventures
- Noa Khamallah - General Manager, Don't Quit Ventures
- Olu Oyinsan - Managing Partner, Oui Capital
- Maria Rotilu - Founder & General Partner, Openseed VC
- Filippo Chisari - General Partner, AgileGTM Blockchain Fund