SPEAKERS
From bold founders to future-shaping investors, we bring the best minds to the stage each year.
And 2025 is no different — except it might just be our best lineup yet. Meet the speakers leading the charge into a new era.
SPEAKERS
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Judith Dada
PARTNER
VISIONARIES -
Kitty Mayo
CEO
PROJECT EUROPE -
Leyla Holterud
PARTNER
VINTAGE IP -
Reshma Sohoni
MANAGING PARTNER
SEEDCAMP -
Olivia Jacobsson
BizOps
LOVABLE -
Amy Lewin
EDITOR
SIFTED -
Anna Jones
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR MERCURI
-
Cathy White
FOUNDER & CEO
CEW COMMUNICATIONS -
Chiara Cairelli
VP, PRIMARIES
HarbourVest Partners (U.K.) Limited -
Chloe Timsit
PARTNER
KIMA VENTURES -
Claudia Rowe
PRINCIPAL - GROWTH INVESTING
BALDERTON CAPITAL -
Danielle Le Toullec
CMO / ADVISOR
EREVENA / UNLOCK VC -
Dr. Tanja Emmerling
PARTNER & HEAD OF HTGF BERLIN
HIGH-TECH GRÜNDERFONDS (HTGF) -
Eileen Burbridge
FOUNDING PARTNER
PASSION COMPANY -
Ellen Dewhurst
ASSOCIATE
COOLEY LLP -
Elsa Deseilligny
ASSOCIATE INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL (EMEA)
CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES -
Enni Rautio
INTERIM DIRECTOR, FUND INVESTMENTS
TESI -
Evelyn Rusli
CO-CEO
YUMI -
Sophia Nabil
COMMUNITY & GROWTH
LOVABLE -
Iynna Halilou
GENERAL PARTNER
THE MBA FUND -
Sally Shin
VENTURE PARTNER
COMCAST VENTURES -
Maxine Rior
PRINCIPAL
NORTHZONE -
Rania Belkahia
PARTNER
EQT VENTURES -
Luna Schmid
PARTNER
GOOGLE VENTURES (GV) -
Helga Valfells
FOUNDING PARTNER
CROWBERRY CAPITAL -
Natalie Otwoma
INVESTOR
SIBELL FAMILY OFFICE -
Omolade Adebisi
PRINCIPAL
ISOMER CAPITAL -
Sonia Fernandez
PARTNER
KIBO VENTURES -
Katie Stanton
FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER
MOXXIE -
Itxaso Del Palacio
GENERAL PARTNER
NOTION CAPITAL -
Sara Rywe
PARTNER
BYFOUNDERS -
June Angelides MBE
VENTURE PARTNER
SAMOS INVESTMENTS -
Ruth Foxe Blader
GP
FOXE CAPITAL -
Jyoti Hirani Driver
COO
NATO DIANA -
Katie Marrache
PARTNER
JAMJAR INVESTMENTS -
Laura Connell
PARTNER
ATOMICO -
Lauren Jackson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, THE MORNING
THE NEW YORK TIMES -
Maria Rotilu
FOUNDING PARTNER
OPENSEED VC -
Marrie Outtier
GENERAL PARTNER
OVNI CAPITAL -
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
SIFTED -
Milly Tamati
FOUNDER
GENERALIST WORLD -
Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell
CEO
THE 10,000 INTERNS FOUNDATION -
Roxanne Varza
DIRECTOR
STATION F -
Susannah Nicklin
CHAIR / NON-EXEC DIRECTOR / IC
FROG CAPITAL / CORNERSTONE VC -
Isabelle O'Keeffe
VENTURE PARTNER
MERCURI VC -
Janhavi Dadarkar
CEO & FOUNDER
ACADEMY FOR BOARD EXCELLENCE -
Kadi-Ingrid Lilles
PARTNER
IRON WOLF CAPITAL -
Kasia Piasecki
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VENTURE CONNECTIONS / EUROPEAN WOMEN IN VC -
Katharine Spooner
PARTNER
ROSC -
Marta Wysoczynska
TEAM LEADER – COORDINATION & ANALYTICS
EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL -
Mina Mutafchieva Van Ingelgem
PARTNER
HV CAPITAL -
Monik Pham
GP
PACT -
Natasha Lytton
VENTURE PARTNER
SEEDCAMP -
Sarah Kunst
CEO / MANAGING DIRECTOR
CLEO CAPITAL -
Vera Baker
PARTNER
4P CAPITAL -
Hannah Gubbins
PARTNER
DAWN CAPITAL -
Hélène Falchier
GP
PORTAGE VENTURES -
Jessica Rameau
PARTNER & FUND MANAGER
WELLSTREET -
Keji Mustapha
CMO
PARTECH -
Mary Lin
CO-FOUNDER, CO-CEO
ODIN -
Rebecka Löthman Rydå
GP
NORRSKEN EVOLVE -
Sasha Trower
GP
CIRCLE & CO -
Suzanne Ashman
GP
LOCAL GLOBE -
Theresa Bardubitzki
SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
KFW CAPITAL -
Zoe Peden
PARTNER
ANANDA -
Anisah Osman Britton
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
UNLOCK VC -
Elina Berrebii
CO-FOUNDER
REVAIA -
Ghita Targhi
VC INVESTOR
BRIGHTEYE VENTURES -
Julia Barry
SALES ACCOUNT DIRECTOR,
EMEA DIGITAL NATIVES
MICROSOFT -
Kariel Parian
HEAD OF STARTUP AND VENTURE CAPITAL ECOSYSTEM
DELOITTE LLP -
Marie Outtier
GENERAL PARTNER
OVNI CAPITAL -
Marisa Nzekwe
HEAD OF STRATEGIC FUND BANKING
HSBC INNOVATION BANKING -
Nadya Petrova
INVESTMENT MANAGER
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUND -
Rita Sobra
SPECIAL COUNSEL
COOLEY LLP -
Caroline English
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND POLICY
BRITISH BUSINESS BANK -
Alice Albizzati
FOUNDING PARTNER
REVAIA -
Toni Thorne
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MANAGER - INVESTOR COMMUNITIES - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
INNOVATE UK
EVENT MCs
-
Clare Hunter
HEAD OF BRAND, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING
BACKED -
Francesca Baillieu
FOUNDER / ANGEL INVESTOR
SCOUT
VERTICAL HOSTS
-
Ali Morrow
PARTNER
CLAY CAPITAL -
Anaïs Blarel
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
REVAIA -
Camilla Dolan
FOUNDING GENERAL PARTNER
EKA VENTURES -
Céline Roger
MARKETING DIRECTOR
BREEGA -
Emilie Abrams
INVESTMENT DIRECTOR
THE YIELD LAB -
Gokce Ceylan
PRINCIPAL
OXX -
Julie Forel
ASSOCIATE
XANGE -
Lucile Beaume
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
BREEGA -
Maria Wasastjerna
MANAGING PARTNER
KVANTED -
Pauline Roux
MANAGING PARTNER
ELAIA -
Salomé Caillat
GROWTH EQUITY INVESTOR
REVAIA -
Saranyah Douse
INVESTMENT PRINCIPAL
OCTOPUS VENTURES -
Valerie Evans
INVESTOR
FIVE SEASONS VENTURES -
Carmel Rafaeli
FOUNDING PARTNER
THE TABLE -
Claire Houry
GENERAL PARTNER
VENTECH -
Coline Toulouse-Angeletti
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
PLANET FIRST PARTNERS -
Margaux Bussière
PRINCIPAL
MAKESENSE -
Daniela Raffel Torrebiarte
PRINCIPAL
DAWN CAPITAL
ROUNDTABLE HOSTS
-
Anieke Lamers
OPERATING PARTNER
BORSKI FUND -
Bettine Schmitz
GP
AUXXO -
Charlene Fletcher
PARTNER
KHEPRI -
Charlotte Palmer
VP
INTEGRA GLOBAL ADVISORS -
Colette Ballou
FOUNDER
BALLOU CAPITAL -
Deborah Zaman
CEO
WITH PR -
Maria Josife
PARTNER
EREVENA -
Megan Mojabi
ASSOCIATE
COOLEY LLP -
Ugne Musneckyte
INVESTOR
BYFOUNDERS -
Alison Imbert
PARTNER
PARTECH -
Evelyn Paris
CO-FOUNDER / EMERGING GP
EDGE.40 -
Filipa Neto
HEAD OF OPEN INNOVATION PROGRAMS
CHANEL OPEN INNOVATION -
Giulia Caglio
HEAD OF DATA
INNE BY FERAL GMBH -
Julie Rubenstein
VENTURE INVESTMENT MANAGER
BETTER SOCIETY CAPITAL -
Miia Laukkarinen
PARTNER
EREVENA -
Olga Porro
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
FUNDCRAFT -
Roxane Sanguinetti
FOUNDING PARTNER
ALMA ANGELS -
Yanhuan Wang
INVESTMENT MANAGER
SOFINA -
Paula Schwarz
INVESTOR / FOUNDER / ENTREPRENEUR
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