The EUVC Summit

 & Awards show

May 14 2025 | London

Convening the top 100
of european venture.

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And Celebrate our champions 

at the euvc awards

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media coverage

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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; David Cruz e Silva, EUVC
13:05 – The Path to Success for European Micro Funds — Sarah Drinkwater, Commonmagic; Anthony Danon, Rerail; Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC
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 – Building European Cloud Challengers — Itxaso del Palacio, Notion Capital
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 💤

Award categories

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Black and white halftone illustration of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a button-up shirt, with one hand on her hip, outlined with a white border against a black background.

    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

  • A black and white halftone image of a young man with dark hair, smiling slightly, wearing a dark shirt with a pattern of small dots.

    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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • Elsa Deseilligny

    Associate Investment Director, PE & VC (EMEA) at Cambridge Associates

    On Building The Next Generation of European VC Franchises

  • 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

  • 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

  • Black and white stylized photo of a smiling man wearing a jacket with the TDK Ventures logo.

    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

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    Itxaso del Palacio

    General Partner, Notion Capital

    Building European Cloud Challengers

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

  • Black and white halftone illustration of a man in a jacket with a collared shirt, looking directly at the camera against a black background.

    Chris Wade

    Founding General Partner, Isomer Capital, Chair of the Judging Panel

  • Douglas Sloan

    Managing Director, Better Society Capital

be amongst the best.