Day Three 2025 agenda
- Cameron Joyce - Director, Research Insights, Preqin
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
- George Arnold - Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers
- Oscar Farres - Head of Tech VC unit, European Investment Fund
- Simon Hirtzel - General Partner and COO, 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 - 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, Big Society Capital
- Sarah Drinkwater - General Partner, Common Magic
- Sandro Gianella - Head of EMEA Policy and Partnerships, OpenAI
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
Are corporate competitors to traditional VC? Is operating as a fund of funds the better strategy for CVCs?
- Mauro Yovane - Principal, Fund of Funds, Axon Partners Group
- Irina Gorbounova - VP M&A, Head of XCarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal
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
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