The EUVC Summit & Awards Show 🏆
We can’t wait to welcome you to a full-day event dedicated to shaping Europe's future—while we celebrate the winners of this year’s EUVC Awards 🏆
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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 – 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 💤
This truly is the most powerful venture assembly of 2025.
And finally, a massive thank you to our core partners Google Cloud, HSBC Innovation Banking and Isomer Capital as well as our supporting partners: Synaptic, Haynes Boone, Fundcraft, Ace Alternatives, CEW Communications, & Goodwin 🙏
Go to euvc.events/summit for an overview of the speakers, awards and more.