Corporate SUMMIT 2025
Connecting corporates, capital and innovation.
Explore the conversations from EUVC Corporate Summit 2025, held in Copenhagen on 26 August. From building resilient corporate venture programmes to backing emerging technologies, discover the insights and experiences shared by Europe's corporate venture leaders.
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Bringing Corporate Venture together.
EUVC joined forces with TechBBQ in Copenhagen for the Corporate Summit 2025, bringing together corporate venture leaders and investors to exchange ideas, share practical insights and explore the future of corporate innovation in Europe.
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Watch all sessions from the EUVC Corporate Summit 2025, from keynotes and firesides to panel discussions.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
The people who took the stage.
From corporate venture leaders and investors to founders and innovation experts, meet some of the people who contributed to the conversation.
Charlie Hayward
GLOBAL CORPORATE VENTURING
Marcus Behrendt
BMW I VENTURES
Nicole LeBlanc
WOVEN CAPITAL
Gina Domanig
EMERALD TECHNOLOGY VENTURES
Nicolas Sauvage
TDK VENTURES
Mike Smeed
INMOTION VENTURES
Ida Christine Brun
MAERSK GROWTH
Anne C. Fleischer
NOVO NORDISK
Henrijette Richter
SOFINNOVA PARTNERS
Simon Boas Hoffmeyer
CARLSBERG
Kasper Hulthin
FUTURE FIVE
Linn Clabburn
INTER IKEA GROUP
Nadia Carlsten
DANISH CENTRE FOR AI INNOVATION
PROGRAMME
One day.
Corporate venturing in focus.
A mix of keynotes, firesides and panels exploring corporate venturing, investment strategies, new technologies and collaboration between corporates and startups.
The programme brought together corporate leaders, investors and founders to share practical insights, lessons learned and perspectives on the future of corporate venturing.
Morning 08:30–12:15
08:30
Registrations
09:00
Welcome
David Cruz e Silva & Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC · Tony Waller, CMS
09:05
Breakfast & Facilitated Networking
10:00
Scale By Subtraction
Keynote · Dave Bailey, Delivery Hero / Founder Coach
10:20
From Contrarian View to a Consensus Bet, Twice and Counting
Fireside · Krishna Visvanathan, Crane · Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC
10:35
EUVC AWARD
Hall of Fame
Sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking
Chris Wade, Isomer Capital · Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC
10:40
€750 Million Says You're Missing Half the Market
Fireside · Debbie Wosskow OBE, Invest in Women Taskforce · Cathy White, CEW Communications
11:00
EUVC AWARD
Achievement of The Year
Sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Raphaël Gervais, LGT Capital Partners
11:10
Your Best Employee Is Doing Your Worst Work: The Future of AI in GTM
Keynote · Harrison Rose, GoodFit / Paddle
11:25
EUVC AWARD
Impact Leader of the Year
Sponsored by Zeren
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Douglas Sloan, Better Society Capital
11:45
Fixing the $900B Energy Problem
Fireside · Adam Chirkowski, AlbionVC · Joe McDonald, tem
12:00
Revolutionising European Manufacturing
Fireside · Tomaz Stolfa, Sunrise Robotics · Patrick Murphy, Tapestry VC
12:15
Lunch
Afternoon 13:15–17:00
13:15
Building a Quantum Unicorn From Europe
Keynote · Jan Goetz, IQM
13:30
EUVC AWARD
Firm of the Year - €200M+
Sponsored by Synaptic
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Stephanie Kempton, Adams Street Partners
13:55
1,000x: Basecamp Research Rewriting the Map of Life
Fireside · Oliver Vince, Basecamp Research · Lorenzo Cerchi, Singular
14:10
Why “European Resilience” Is Not a Fundraising Strategy
Keynote · Denes Ban, RAISE
14:20
Managing Liquidity as a Seed Fund
Fireside · Romain Lavault, Partech · Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital
14:30
EUVC AWARD
Firm of the Year - Under €200M
Sponsored by Zeren
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · David Birget, Sofina
14:50
Helping Fractured Companies Fundraise
Keynote · Elliot Cowan, CMS
14:55
EUVC AWARD
Emerging Manager of the Year
Sponsored by HubSpot
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Jonathan Sibilia, Bullhound Capital
15:15
Coffee Break
15:45
Venture as an Active Family Business
Fireside · Owen Reynolds, Innotek · David Cruz e Silva, EUVC
16:00
How European Pensions Learn to Back Venture
Fireside · Dario My, Deep Tech Nation Switzerland · Joe Schorge, Isomer Capital
16:15
Why & How a Czech Pension Fund Launched a €500M Venture Fund
Keynote · Pavel Mucha, Aspire11
16:25
Building AI Native Leadership Teams
Panel · Chris Preston, Zeren · Rhishab Kaul, Hoxton Ventures · Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC
16:35
Dementia's Venture Moment
Fireside · Georgia Frost, SV Health Investors · Ruth McKernan, SV Health Investors
16:45
EUVC AWARD
Exit of the Year
Sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Stephen Lowery, HSBC Innovation Banking
16:50
5 Biggest Learnings From Allocating €2.9B to European Venture
Keynote · Christian Röhle, KfW Capital
17:00
Coffee Break
Evening 17:30–20:00
17:30
From My Flat to 6.5M Parcels: Building Physical Businesses in Europe
Fireside · Murvah Iqbal, HIVED · Nick de la Forge, Planet A Ventures
17:45
EUVC AWARD
Newcomer of the Year
Sponsored by Mara Invest
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Chloe Dagnell, Isomer Capital
18:00
Capital Efficient, Market Dominant: The Forest Playbook
Fireside · Agustin Guilisasti, Forest · Laura González-Estéfani, TheVentureCity
18:15
Where Longevity Science Is Becoming Commercially Real
Fireside · Paolo Pio, Exceptional Ventures · Avi Roy, Longevous
18:30
The Rise of AI Roll-ups
Keynote · Sahil Patwa, Tenet
18:40
Search Funds and Why They’re Outperforming Private Equity
Fireside · Will Maunder-Taylor, EUVC & Unsung · Pascal Wittet, Orca Equity Partners
18:55
EUVC AWARD
Corporate VC of the Year
Sponsored by CMS
Laura Corrigan, Isomer Capital · Jeppe Høier, EUVC Corporate
19:15
Closing Remarks
David Cruz e Silva & Andreas Munk Holm, EUVC · Tony Waller, CMS
19:20
Canapés & Drinks