PE/VC Finance Get-together Berlin
Dear PE/VC Finance Community,
The Fund Finance Club, with the support of Forvis Mazars is pleased to invite you to a special get-together on December 3rd, from 9:15 to 16:00 in Berlin.
This event will feature five expert-led panels (in English and German) focused on fund finance and operational excellence, designed to deliver engaging, practical insights for fund CFOs, GPs, fund finance managers, and investment managers. Alongside the panels, participants will enjoy ample networking opportunities throughout the day.
As 2025 draws to a close, this will be the final chance this year to connect with peers from Germany. Each session will be led by recognized domain experts offering in-depth perspectives on current and emerging topics in fund finance.
The full agenda is included below.
---- Panels
1. Valuations (Language: German)
Investment valuation at the intersection of practice and statutory audit
Discretionary scope in investment valuation and impairment assessment
Exit readiness: preparation, structuring, and information requirements
Speakers
Brian Liebling, Valuation expert at Forvis Mazars
https://www.forvismazars.com/de/de/users/our-team/brian-liebling
Anna-Lena Flohr, Valuation expert at Forvis Mazars
https://www.forvismazars.com/de/de/users/our-team/anna-lena-flohr
2. Taxation (Language: German)
Update on Carried Interest Taxation
Access structures to German commercial (gewerbliche) funds
Speaker
Lukas Redler, PE/VC-tax expert at Forvis Mazars
https://www.forvismazars.com/de/de/users/our-team/lukas-redler
3. Portfolio Automation & Intelligence (Language: English)
Fireside Chat on the below listed topics
How do we, get meaningful data from our portfolio companies in the first place?
How does a fund structure its finance and data functions to generate real insights — not just collect reports?
AI, Automation & the Next Generation of Portfolio Intelligence
Short presentation on PE tech-stack
Speakers
Stella Xu, Transaction & Fund Management at 10x Founders
Marco Döring, Finance Manager at Seed & Speed Ventures
Michael Schuhmacher, Founder & CEO at Econio
Felix Ackermann, Senior Finance Associate at Yttrium
4. Portfolio Construction of a Private Equity Fund-of-Funds (Language: English)
Why portfolio construction matters in Private Equity
What are the main challenges?
How we solved them.
Speaker
Dr. Pei Pei Hsiung, Head of Fund Investments at Penguin Capital
5. Manager Selection – Understanding investment decisions by Fund-of-Funds (Language: English)
Three presentations showcasing various capital allocation strategies across multiple asset classes (from VC to PE)
Fireside chat with the panellists
Q&A session with the audience
Speakers
Dr. Pei Pei Hsiung, Head of Fund Investments at Penguin Capital (PE FoFs)
Benedikt Franke, GP at Emergence Ventures (VC FoFs)
Philipp Gatzemeier, Head of Germany at ACM Private Markets
As seats are limited, we encourage you to register as soon as possible.
Participation by service providers is generally not foreseen and kindly discouraged.
For inquiries & feedback, please contact philipp@fundfinance.club.
We look forwarding to hosting you!
Best,
Danijela & Philipp
Danijela Mijatov, Partner at Forvis Mazars
https://www.forvismazars.com/de/de/users/our-team/danijela-mijatov
Philipp Sivris, Founder at Fund Finance Club / CFO at Cadence Growth Capital