London Counter: CVC Summit Presented by Counterpart Ventures
We’re excited to return to London for our third Counter Club summit in the region, bringing together corporate venture capital teams from across Europe.
This full-day gathering will focus on the evolving role of corporate venture in today’s market, with open and candid discussions around how CVC teams are navigating shifting corporate priorities. As always, our programming brings curated content, real talk, and practical insights from prior CVC leaders who’ve sat in the seat.
Tickets & Founder Networking Portion
The main program is geared toward active corporate venture investors.
The late afternoon networking portion (starting ~3:30 PM) will be open to founders and invited ecosystem partners.
The happy hour portion of the event will be held right below the Google Office at Drake & Morgan at King's Cross (6 Pancras Square).
Topics and speakers will include:
Google DeepMind: Research to Reality
Joanna Shan, Corporate Development Manager, Google DeepMind
Amit Vadi, Head of Community, Developer Experience, Google DeepMind
Oksana Stowe, Head of VC and Startup Ecosystem, UK & Ireland at Google Cloud (moderator)
Geopolitics: Capital at the Crossroads of Power and Policy
Erin Hallock, Partner, NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)
with Rich Bull, Partner & Vice Chair, Emerging Growth and Venture Capital at DLA Piper
London Stock Exchange: Capital Markets and Europe's Exit Reality
Neil Shah, Head of Tech & Tech-Enabled Sector, Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange
with Mark Gallagher, Head of Investor Coverage and Business Development at Silicon Valley Bank
Building Trust in AI
Kaare Helle, Venture Director, DNV Ventures
Lessons from a Corporate Venture Fund Wind-Down
Lina Arbelaez, fmr. Head and Founding Managing Director, Anglo American
with Patrick Eggen, Co-Founder and Partner, Counterpart Ventures
Corporate Accelerators as an Innovation Engine
Ofer Shayo, Managing Director, Ignite London (fmr. Intel Ignite)
Noa Havazelet, Head, Google Accelerator
Rosie Denée, Director, Innovation & Commercial Education at Lloyd’s, Lloyd’s Lab
Megumi Ikeda, Partner, Ode Growth Partners, fmr. MD, Europe, Hearst Ventures (moderator)
Beyond the Check: Inside the CVC Platform Playbook
Julien Fredonie, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Venturing Europe & Africa, Honda Xcelerator Ventures
Inga Grieger, Managing Director & Business Development Manager, BMW i Ventures
Deborah Kindermann, Operations Manager, eBay Ventures
Abbie Wolf, Director of Platform, Counterpart Ventures (moderator)
The full agenda and session times will be announced in the coming weeks.
More Background on Counterpart Ventures and Counter Club:
We are a San Francisco-based VC fund investing in B2B SaaS startups at Seed & Series A. We help build companies by providing meaningful access to real customers and strategic partnerships via our corporate venture capital community called the Counter Club. We are able to create this community as our founding General Partners bring 20+ years of CVC experience to Counterpart Ventures.
The Counter Club Community represents the most active and engaged network of CVCs among any traditional VC firm, with over 700+ unique CVC funds from all around the world. If you are a corporate investor, we request that you create an account (https://counterclub.vc/signup) to access all events, content, and networking opportunities with others in the ecosystem.
Partners
Thank you to our partners DLA Piper and Silicon Valley Bank, who have helped this event come to life.
Thank you to the Google and Google Cloud team for hosting us at their Kings Cross office.