Attendees will engage in focused, challenge-oriented discussions, and hear from the people at the vanguard of acceleration and incubation.
- What business models make the most sense and why?
- How can I help to build a sustainable startup ecosystem?
- What makes a great mentor network?
- How can I achieve agenda alignment between corporate partners and startups?
- What can be done to fill the scaleup gap?
- How do I make conservative investors comfortable with the tech space?
- How can accelerators, and similar initiatives, stimulate long-term economic growth?
Attendees will hear from the world’s leading angel investors and angel investing platforms.
- What does the future of Angel Investing look like?
- How are angel investing platforms changing the industry?
- Which crowdfunding models are proving most successful and why?
- What makes a great angel investor?
- How can I deliver the greatest value for my portfolio?
Attendees will hear from the world’s leading investors and in particular Micro VCs.
- What’s driving the emergence and success of Micro VCs?
- How is the overall ecosystem changing and what implications has this for investors at all stages?
- How can I deliver the greatest value for my portfolio?
- Why are terms offered by investors to startups changing?
- What makes a great Micro VC?
Attendees will hear from the world’s leading venture capital funds, as well as those attempting to disrupt the traditional model of venture investing.
- How is the overall ecosystem changing and what implications has this for investors at all stages?
- In the last 5 years a new vanguard of venture funds has emerged, what’s driving this change?
- How can I deliver the greatest value for my portfolio?
- Why are terms offered by venture funds to startups changing?
- What trends and technologies will impact on venture in 2016?
Attendees will hear from the most active corporate venture capital funds in the world.
- How can corporate VC be value-added investors?
- What will the corporate venture landscape look like?
- How to integrate startups to the bigger corporate picture?
- How valuable is the venture capital scene to corporate VCs?
- Should corporate VCs consider starting an accelerator programme, and how do they go about it?
Attendees will hear from the world’s leading late stage investors who are helping reshape the trajectory and timing of technology companies everywhere from private companies to public companies.
- Why are more high growth companies staying private?
- Is the surge in new unicorns going to persist or will it pop?
- Who are the new entrants to late stage investing and what does that mean for the rest of the ecosystem?
- If public markets correct in the coming year what will be the impact for technology investing?
- Are new regulatory frameworks needed to improve private markets?
We are bringing together leading family offices, institutional investors and funds from around the world.
- What are the shifting dynamics in the LP-GP relationships?
- How are LPs allocating across countries in emerging markets?
- Why are LPs seeking active participation in deals today?
- How do LPs choose GPs for good co-investment deal flow?
- How has the relationship between family office and fund managers developed over the last few years?
