Pathways Summit: The Female LP Report Launch
You're invited to the launch of the first data-driven report on female LP participation in European venture capital — live in Helsinki.
Over the past 6 months, FOV Ventures, Tesi, and 14 other partners across the ecosystem surveyed women across 21 countries about their relationship with venture capital as an asset class. What's drawing them in, what's keeping them out, and what would actually move capital.
The result: the first dataset on female LP participation in European VC — and a roadmap for building better pathways into venture capital for the next generation of LPs.
On May 6, we're launching it live — and turning findings into action.
PROGRAMME
PART 1 — REPORT LAUNCH
12:30 • Doors open, coffee
13:00 • Opening remarks by Tesi Why anchor LPs should care about this data.
13:15 • The Report Launch
↳ Sointu Karjalainen, FOV Ventures
→ "By the Numbers" — key insights
→ Key recommendations
→ What happens next
PART 2 — CREATING PATHWAYS
13:30 • Keynote: Fundamentals for building your LP journey
↳ Enni Rautio, Investment Director, Tesi
14:00 • Coffee & facilitated networking "LP buddy" introductions between first-time explorers and active LPs.
14:45 • Live Due Diligence Simulation A real fund, a real room, a real due diligence moment.
↳ Petri Rajahalme, FOV Ventures + Ville Solja, the Chair of the Board at Kiilto, the Finnish family-owned industrial group, and an active investor through the family office.
15:15 • Choose Your Path — parallel working sessions
→ Legal & tax essentials for new LPs: Krogerus, a leading Finnish law firm specialising in VC/PE
→ Your first VC allocation: Wastmäki Capital, Viggo Löfgrén and Irene Viinikkala, LP and Fiban board member
→ For GPs: rethinking how your fund engages new capital: Ada Ventures, Matt Penneycard
PART 3 — DRINKS & NETWORKING
16:00 • Drinks & networking
Who this is for
Women exploring or actively investing in VC funds
General Partners building a broader LP base
Institutional LPs and fund-of-funds rethinking access
Ecosystem builders working on LP infrastructure
Wealth managers, private banks
Anyone who believes the European VC funding base should be wider — and wants the data to back it up
Presented by
FOV Ventures FOV Ventures is an early-stage European VC fund backing bold technical founders. FOV led the Female LP Pathways research — designing the survey, analysing the data, and writing the report — as part of its commitment to building a stronger, more diverse LP base for European venture capital.
Tesi — Finnish Industry Investment Tesi is Finland's national investment company and anchor LP in the Finnish venture ecosystem. As co-host of the Pathways Summit, Tesi brings the institutional insights and ecosystem reach that turns research into structural change.
Survey data collection partners
This research was made possible by organisations across Europe who helped distribute the survey and amplify the call for responses. Thank you to:
FOV Ventures · Tesi · Unlock VC · Ada Ventures · Kvanted · Fund F · FiBAN · EUVC · Herizon · WakeUp Capital · FVCA · Crowberry Capital · Female Foundry · Impact Shakers · Diversity VC · EWVC · and many more
Questions & media
For questions about the event, partnership enquiries, or media requests:
Sointu Karjalainen
FOV Ventures
[email protected]