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
- Valerie Bures - Partner & Managing Director, XAnge
- Vikram Gupta - Founder and Managing Partner, Ivycap Ventures
- Max Bautin - Managing Partner & Co-Founder, IQ Capital
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 - Founder & Managing Partner, The Westly Group
- Sebastian Pollok - Founding Partner, Visionaries Tomorrow
- Christophe Maire - Founding Partner, Atlantic Labs
- Frederic De Mevius - Executive Chairman & Managing Partner, Planet First
- 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, Cambridge Associates
What are the practical ways VC can leverage AI? How are data insights disrupting finance?
- Andre Retterath - General Partner, 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?
- Kinga Stanislawska - Founder, European Women in VC
- 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?
- 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
- Lotan Levkowitz - Co-Founder & General Partner, Grove Ventures
- Andrew King - General Partner, Bastille Ventures
- Sarah Antor - Managing Partner, Helen Capital
- Howard Cooper - CEO, Cooper Family Office
- Ariella Vildan Young - Director of Ecosystem, Allocator One
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
- 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 Partner, Don't Quit Ventures
- Olu Oyinsan - Managing Partner, Oui Capital
- Maria Rotilu - Founder & General Partner, Openseed VC
- Filippo Chisari - General Partner, AgileGTM Blockchain Fund