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- Andrew King - Managing Partner, Bastille Ventures
- Victoria Chernykh - AVP, Research Insights, Preqin
- Hannah Leach - Co-Director, VentureESG & Partner, Houghton Street Ventures
- Tony Greenham - Managing Director, Sustainability, British Business Bank
- Hussein Kanji - Partner, Hoxton Ventures
- Ashton Rosin - Partner, Head of Capital Formation, Lowercarbon Capital
- Suzanne Tavill - Partner, Global Head of Responsible Investing, StepStone Group
A panel discussion on how impact and returns interact. Focusing on how building companies with impact in mind can drive financial success as well as improve outcomes for people and the planet.
- Douglas Sloan - Co-Founder at ImpactVC & Managing Director, Impact Venture, Better Society Capital
- Adrien Cohen - Founder & Managing Director, SCI Ventures
- Jon Coker - General Partner, Eka Ventures
- Alexander Domin - Partner, Trill Impact Ventures
- Emma Steele - Partner, Ascension
The EU's AI Act is leading the way in the international effort to regulate AI. This legislation raises several important issues. These include identifying key risks, balancing the speed of innovation and the desire for safety, ensuring competitiveness of European AI companies, leveraging global cooperation for enforcement, and applying lessons learned from the GDPR rollout.
- Heinz Blennemann - Principal, Blennemann Family Investments
- Patrick Murphy - Partner, Tapestry VC
- Anna Felländer - Board Member, EAIGG
- Ben Marrel - CEO & Founder, Breega
- Leo Ringer - Founding Partner, Form Ventures
What are the characteristics of a healthy venture ecosystem and what makes it attractive to invest in? A case study in the booming New Nordics tech sector from the perspectives of a local, a regional, and a global VC as well as an active LP.
- Eric Laiger - Founder & Managing Partner, byFounders
- Jonathan Becker - General Partner, Headline
- Jenny Hrafnsdottir - Founding Partner, Crowberry Capital
- Andri Heiðar Kristinsson - General Partner, Frumtak Ventures
- Chris Wade - Founder & Partner, Isomer Capital
Data shows smaller funds outperform consistently outperform larger funds, but can this continue in the current market? The panel will detail why micro VCs will continue to follow the trend and possibly beat current expectations.
- Dario de Wet - Founding Partner, LTV Capital
- Sarah Drinkwater - General Partner, Common Magic
- Noa Khamallah - General Partner, Don't Quit Ventures
- Francesco Perticarari - General Partner, Silicon Roundabout Ventures
- Maria Rotilu - Founder & GP, OpenSeed VC
Which paradigm shifting technologies are ripe for investment? Is it only sector specialists that can make the most of these opportunities?
- Sandro Stark - Co-Founder & General Partner, Vanagon Ventures
- Alastair Cooper - Head of Venture, Cibus Capital
- Seth Bannon - Founding Partner, Fifty Years
- David Dana - Head of Disruptive Tech & Innovation VC Investments, European Investment Fund (EIF)
- Andre de Haes - Founder & CEO, BACKED
What LPs should prioritise? DPI for assessing liquidity, TVPI for overall portfolio performance, or IRR for evaluating the investment's annualized return.
Discussion group run under the Chatham House Rule and closed to press. For LP pre-registration email nisa.pun@informa.com. For VC pre-registration email micah.passman@informa.com.
- John L. Bowman - President, CAIA Association
- Omar Morales Gómez, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Francesc Martínez Bailac - Alternative Investments Director, Orilla Asset Management