Beyond Capital: The Portco Hiring Insight Every VC Fund with 100+ Investments Needs in 2026 (EMEA Edition)
Hosted by Myrto Lalacos (The Emerging VC) with Mark Oliver (LinkedIn), this session unpacks the hiring trends reshaping how EMEA's fastest-scaling tech companies build their teams in the age of AI.
AI is reshaping hiring faster than most founders realise, and the Platform Managers who get ahead of this now will have a decisive edge. This invitation-only session brings together Portfolio Operations leads and Talent Partners at VC funds with 100+ portfolio companies for an exclusive look at LinkedIn's proprietary EMEA hiring data, drawn from over 1 billion members and not available anywhere else.
What we will cover:
How the hiring landscape for fast-scaling EMEA tech companies has shifted since 2024, and what the data is showing right now
The roles in highest demand and most competitive across EMEA, and where the talent actually is by city and market
How the best Portfolio and Platform teams are advising founders on hiring before they need to panic-hire
What it actually takes to attract AI talent when you are competing against the giants, and why the founding team story is your biggest asset
The employer branding moves that get results on LinkedIn, from executive presence to early role posting
You will leave with benchmarks, frameworks, and data points you can put in front of founders immediately.
This session is hosted by Myrto Lalacos, founder of The Emerging VC, and features Mark Oliver, Enterprise Partnerships at LinkedIn, drawing on LinkedIn's Economic Graph data and his direct experience helping scaling tech companies build their hiring infrastructure from the ground up.
This is an invitation-only event. Places are reserved for Portfolio Managers, Talent Partners, Portfolio Operations leads, and GPs who actively support portfolio company hiring at VC funds with 100 or more portfolio companies across the EMEA region. If you do not fit this profile but would like to attend, register and we will add you to the waitlist.