The EUVC Summit
& Awards show
May 14 | London
Convening the top 100
of european venture.
to chart the path to
european progress.
And Celebrate our champions
at the euvc awards
media coverage
EVENT AGENDA
11:00 – Doors Open
12:00 – Welcome
12:15 – Europe's Counter-Offensive: A VC-Led Response to the US Tech Agenda — Oliver Holle, Speedinvest
12:25 – Hall of Fame Award
12:40 – Breaking the ‘Europe vs. US’ Myth — William McQuillan, Frontline
12:50 – The Next Generation of European VC Franchises — Christian Meermann, Cherry Ventures; Elsa Deseilligny, Cambridge Associates; Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC
13:05 – The Path to Success for European Micro Funds — Sarah Drinkwater, Commonmagic; Anthony Danon, Rerail
13:15 – Newcomer of the Year Award
13:25 – Future of Medicine: How VC is Driving Healthcare Innovation — Nirmesh Patel, Amino Collective
13:35 – Lunch Break
14:20 – Navigating Geopolitical Turbulence — Shmuel Chafets, Target Global
14:30 – Financing the Future: Evolving the Capital Stack — Stephen Lowery, HSBC Innovation Banking
14:40 – Winning in European Secondaries — Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital
14:50 – Exit of the Year Award
15:00 – The Path to Unlock European Pension Capital — Kerry Baldwin, IQ Capital; Chris Elphick, BVCA
15:15 – Europe is Not Monolithic — Mehmet Atici, Bek Ventures
15:25 – Climate Tech in a Trump Era — Hampus Jakobsson, Pale Blue Dot
15:35 – ESG, CSR, DEI — Where Do the Acronyms Go? — Hampus Jakobsson, Pale Blue Dot; Romain Diaz, Satgana
15:45 – Impact Leader of the Year Award
15:55 – Lessons from Building Index — Bernard Dalle, Index Ventures; Thomas Kristensen, LGT Capital Partners
16:15 – Europe’s Flywheel Moment — Tom Wilson, Seedcamp
16:25 – Firm of the Year Award
16:35 – Sales Talent Over Experience — Will Maunder-Taylor, OutboundVC
16:45 – The Path to Superior Venture Returns in Europe — David Clarke, VenCap; Ertan Can, Multiple Capital; Chloe Dagnell, Isomer Capital; David Cruz e Silva, EUVC
17:00 – Networking Break
17:45 – The Need for Inspirational Leadership in Europe — Marius Istrate, Romanian Tech Angels
17:55 – The State of European Pre-Seed — Reece Chowdhry, Concept Ventures
18:05 – The Path to EU Inc: A Unified Future for European Startups — Andreas Klinger, Prototype Capital
18:15 – European Resilience Through Applied AI — Juliet Bailin, General Catalyst
18:25 – Emerging Manager of the Year Award
18:35 – The Path to Large-Scale Climate Impact — Natalie Tydemann, Kinnevik
18:45 – The Path to European Resilience — Sebastian von Ribbentrop, Join Capital
18:55 – Winning Through European Culture — Jörg Binnenbrücker, Capnamic Ventures; Andre Christ, LeanIX (SAP)
19:10 – Achievement of the Year Award
19:20 – The Path to CVC Success — Nicolas Sauvage, TDK Ventures
19:30 – Europe’s Path to Vertical SaaS Leadership — Videesha Böckle, Altitude; Lucile Cornet, Eight Roads Ventures
19:40 – Living a Meaningful Life in Tech — Fred Destin, Stride.VC
19:55 – Dinner
21:30 – Goodnight 💤
Awards categories
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Celebrating a lifetime of achievement in European Venture, this award is for those who have shaped the industry through their investments, contributions, and thought leadership over 10+ years.
Sponsored by:
HSBC Innovation Banking — The bank made for the innovation economy.
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Honoring the long-standing tried and true champions and stewards of our industry, this accolade recognizes a firm from a fully holistic view, including pure financial performance and portfolio performance as well as innovation, impact on the ecosystem, diversity, transparency, and fairness as well as team and culture.
Sponsored by:
Haynes Boone — Comprehensive lifecycle legal advisory services for LPs, GPs, startups, and scaleups.
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This accolade recognizes our industry’s emerging managers by the same criteria as firm of the year, but focusing on firms on fund I - III. Evaluation is thus with a holistic view, including pure financial and portfolio performance as well as innovation, impact on the ecosystem, diversity, transparency and fairness as well as team and culture.
Sponsored by:
Fundcraft — Digital-native fund operations for Luxembourg-based VC, PE and Fund of Funds.
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Honouring the true newcomers, this award goes to a fund that has had its first close in the past year, recognising their remarkable success in bringing something new and innovative to the European Venture market while building traction around their fund and vision.
Sponsored by:
HSBC Innovation Banking — The bank made for the innovation economy.
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Honoring a firm that has demonstrated exceptional positive impact through their investments and practices alongside outstanding financial performance. Evaluation is based on a mix of financial and impact performance, impact practice, influence on industry practices, diversity, governance, and fairness.
Sponsored by:
Google — Start building today with GCP and receive from $2k to $350k in Google Cloud credits
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This category recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions made in the European VC ecosystem that has impacted our practices positively and helped usher in positive changes in our industry. Submissions are thus evaluated as specific projects or contributions to the ecosystem, rather than as individuals or organizations.
Sponsored by:
CEW Communications — We challenge the traditional way of doing things to get your message out there
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Honouring the firm that has had a company that has exited and created the most value back to the VC and therefore back to the European Venture ecosystem. This is about venture capital returns as opposed to “the biggest exit” and will also encompass strategic aspects of the exit such as timing in relation to market conditions and exit strategy employed.
Sponsored by:
ACE Alternatives — Full-service fund operations, admin, and tax for venture capital, private equity, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure.
Speakers & Topics
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Oliver Holle
Founding General Partner, Speedinvest
On Europe’s Counter-Offensive: A VC-Led Response to the US Tech Agenda
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Natalie Tydemann
Managing Investment Director, Kinnevik
On Achieving Large Scale Climate Impact
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Fred Destin
Founding General Partner, Stride
On Living a Meaningful Life in Tech
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Christian Meermann
Founding General Partner, Cherry
On Building The Next Generation of European VC Franchises
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Juliet Bailin
Partner, General Catalyst
On Building European Resilience Through Applied AI
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Jörg Binnenbrücker
Founding General Partner, Capnamic
On Winning Through European Culture
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Lucile Cornet
Partner, Eight Roads
On The Path to European SME Tech Leadership
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Andre Christ
Founder of LeanIX (acq. SAP)
On Winning Through European Culture
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Sebastian von Ribbentrop
Founding General Partner, Join Capital
On Building The Capacity to Defend Europe
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Videesha Boeckle
Founding General Partner, āltitude
On The Path to European SME Tech Leadership
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Shmuel Chafets
Founding General Partner, Target Global
On Navigating Geopolitical Conflict & Uncertainty
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Joe Schorge
Founding General Partner, Isomer Capital
On Winning in European Secondaries
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Mehmet Atici
Founding Partner, Bek Ventures
On Why Europe Can’t Be Considered Monolithic
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William McQuillan
Founding General Partner, Frontline Ventures
On Breaking the ‘Europe vs. US’ Myth
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Hampus Jakobsson
Founding General Partner, Pale Blue Dot
On Climate Tech in a Trump Era and Where The 3-letter Acronyms Go From Here?
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Andreas Munk Holm
Co-founder, EUVC
On Building The Next Generation of European VC Franchises
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Thomas Kristensen
Partner, LGT Capital Partners
On Lessons From Building Index with Bernard Dalle
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David Clark
CIO, VenCap International plc
On The Path to Superior Venture Returns in Europe
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Sarah Drinkwater
Founding General Partner, Commonmagic
On The Path to Success for European Micro Funds
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David Cruz e Silva
Co-founder, EUVC
On The State of VC fundraising in EMEA
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Chris Elphick
Head of Venture Capital, British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
Unlocking European Pension Capital
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Romain Diaz
Founding General Partner, Satgana
On Where The 3-letter Acronyms Go From Here?
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Elsa Deseilligny
Associate Investment Director, PE & VC (EMEA) at Cambridge Associates
On Building The Next Generation of European VC Franchises
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Andreas Klinger
Founding General Partner, Prototype Capital
On The Path to EU INC
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Anthony Danon
Founding General Partner, Rerail
On The Path to Success for European Micro Funds
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Marius Istrate
Ex-Chief People Officer at UiPath & Chairman, TechAngels Romania
On The Need for Inspirational Leadership in Europe
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Ertan Can
Founding Partner, Multiple Capital
On The Path to Superior Venture Returns in Europe
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Kerry Baldwin
Managing Partner, IQ Capital
Unlocking European Pension Capital
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Bernard Dalle
Partner, Index Ventures
Lessons From Building Index
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Chloe Dagnell
Principal, Isomer Capital
The Path to Superior Venture Returns in Europe
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Nicolas Sauvage
President, TDK Ventures
Winning with CVCs in Europe
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Nirmesh Patel
Partner, Amino Collective
Future of Medicine: How VC is Driving the Future of Healthcare Innovation on Tech Bio
THE EUVC AWards Judging panel
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Giulia van Waeyenberge
Managing Director, Sofina Group
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Joe Schorge
Founding General Partner, Isomer Capital
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Thomas Kristensen
Partner, LGT Capital Partners
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Stephen Lowery
Head of Investor Coverage and Business Development, HSBC Innovation Banking
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Jonathan Sibilia
Partner, Head of Fund of Funds and Secondaries, Molten
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Chris Wade
Founding General Partner, Isomer Capital, Chair of the Judging Panel
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Douglas Sloan
Managing Director, Better Society Capital