Behind the Scenes: Understanding Venture Partners

​This roundtable event is part of the unlock VC Summit 2025. To attend, you must have a ticket.

​Behind the curtain of the venture partner role: what it really means, how incentives work, and how firms use the role to win.

​Discussion topics

• ​The many flavors of venture partners — from deal scouts to operators to fundraisers.

• ​Incentives and economics — how they differ from GPs and principals.

• ​Why firms use (or don’t use) venture partners in their strategy.

​Who should attend

​Emerging managers, aspiring Venture Partners, operators thinking about joining a fund, and anyone curious about the inner workings of venture firms.​

​Your hosts

​Join this conversation led by Anieke Lamers - Operating Partner at Borski Fund and Isabelle O'Keeffe - Venture Partner at Mercuri VC

​Anieke Lamers - Operating Partner at Borski Fund

​Anieke Lamers is a VC shapeshifter. From VC investor to founder, operator, and back into VC and VC coach. Besides being an Operating Partner at Borski Fund, a 50M fund in Amsterdam investing Seed-Series A in female founders accross Europe, she runs The VC Coach, where she mentors emerging fund managers and VCs across Europe, combining hands-on experience with sharp strategic insight.
She’s passionate about reshaping venture capital into a more inclusive, human-centered industry—without losing edge or ambition.

​Isabelle O'Keeffe - Venture Partner at Mercuri VC

​Early Stage investor with expertise in investing into early stage disruptive technology businesses in (AI/ML, B2B Saas, Cyber, Immersive Tech & Gaming) across Europe.