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Investor insights Roundtables

Closed-door conversations shaping the future of capital, strategy and global investment

Step inside a curated series of invite-only roundtables designed for serious investors driving real outcomes. Hosted by leading GPs and LPs, these sessions bring together global capital leaders to tackle the most pressing topics, from emerging investment vehicles and portfolio strategy to sustainable finance and fundraising dynamics. Each roundtable is a high-value exchange where ideas are challenged, partnerships are formed, and the next wave of investment strategies takes shape.

Deeptech

Europe: powerhouse of Deep tech innovations but not in commercialization. What needs to be done ?

Europe is a global leader in deep tech innovation, yet much of the value created is captured outside its markets. While breakthrough technologies emerge consistently, Europe lacks sufficient late-stage, deep tech–focused capital to scale them into global champions. At the same time, market fragmentation across numerous innovation hubs disperses capital and talent, limiting the formation of concentrated ecosystems essential for scaling deep tech ventures efficient.

Hosted by:
  • Anssi Uimonen
  • Founding Partner
  • Nordic Science Investments
  • Finland
DPI Back to LP

How to deliver DPI back to LPs: Secondaries & Exits: The European late-stage exit and IPO landscape?

This roundtable explores how GPs can deliver DPI back to LPs amid a challenging European late-stage exit environment. It examines the growing role of secondaries, continuation vehicles, and alternative liquidity solutions as IPO markets remain subdued. Participants will share practical insights on navigating exits and returning capital in today’s evolving private markets.

Hosted by:
  • Julian Riedlbauer
  • Partner
  • Drakestar
  • Germany
AI

AI & Deeptech Scale-Ups: Where Strategic Capital Meets Financial Returns

An in-depth investor discussion examining how strategic capital, corporate partnerships, and go-to-market collaborations accelerate the scaling of AI and deeptech companies. The conversation will explore commercialization strategies, value creation levers, and M&A dynamics, highlighting how investors structure and time investments to balance technological risk, strategic alignment, and long-term financial returns.

Hosted by:
  • Sascha Berger
  • Investment Director
  • NEOM & Berger Invest
  • Saudi Arabia
AI

From Digital to Physical: Investing in the Next Wave of Industrial AI

As AI moves from software into the physical world, new investment dynamics are emerging. Physical AI, autonomous industrial AI agents, and industrial-grade cybersecurity are converging to reshape value creation across manufacturing, energy, mobility, and critical infrastructure. This investor-only roundtable explores where scalable returns will be generated, how risk profiles are changing, and what differentiated capital — particularly strategic CVC — can unlock in this new cycle.

Hosted by:
  • Galina Sagan
  • Principal
  • Hitachi Ventures
  • Germany
Deeptech

What Makes Pre-Seed Deep Tech Investable and De-risked in Europe?

Deep tech requires a distinct underwriting and risk appetite lens beyond TRL metrics. This roundtable examines how founding team architecture, non-TRL evidence, and aligned governance structures determine fundability at day one. Participants will leave with a practical checklist to structure investable deep tech ventures from inception.

Hosted by:
  • Ali Alam
  • Venture Partner (Earlybird) & Deep Tech Venture Builder (ESMT / DEEP Pioneers)
  • Earlybird & ESMT / DEEP Pioneers
  • Germany
Pitching to LPs

Behind closed doors: Investors on their best and worst pitches

An exclusive, investor-only roundtable moderated by a leading global family office. This candid session will explore real fundraising missteps, tough lessons learned, and the decisive factors that genuinely build investor conviction. Expect unfiltered insights into what differentiates compelling opportunities from immediate rejections — straight from active capital allocators.

Hosted by:
  • Claudia Marcusson
  • Managing Partner - LP
  • Zero Emission Fund
  • Singapore
AI

Where the Next $10B AI Companies Will Come From — And What Investors Are Actually Betting On

The next generation of multi-billion-dollar AI companies is likely to emerge and what investors are really looking for beyond the current hype cycle. While foundation models have captured most of the attention, many investors believe the biggest opportunities will come from vertical AI, proprietary data advantages, and companies that solve real problems in highly regulated or complex industries such as healthcare, finance, energy, and enterprise software.

Hosted by:
  • Gulsah Wilke
  • Head of German Office - Partner
  • DN Capital
  • Germany
VC Marketing

VC Marketing

How Top Funds Build Brand, Access, and Deal Flow in a Competitive Landscape

Hosted by:
  • Colette Ballou and Erika Reimann
  • LP and Chairwoman /Managing Director Germany
  • BALLOU Capital / BALLOU PR
  • Germany
Secondaries

Secondaries & the Evolving Liquidity Playbook

An investor-only roundtable examining how secondaries have become a core liquidity tool over the recent years. The discussion will address structured liquidity for founders, employees and VCs, cap table management, pricing discipline, governance implications, and how LPs and growth investors evaluate secondary transactions within portfolio construction.

Hosted by:
  • Olav Ostin
  • Managing partnery
  • Tempo Cap
  • UK