KfW Capital-VC-Academy

• Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - Venture Capital: Responsible Investing in KI
• Wednesday, July 03, 2024 - A Breath of Fresh Air: Emerging Managers for the VC Market
• Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - Private and Public Capital - Strengthening the VC Ecosystem Together
• Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - Quo vadis, European Venture Capital?

The event starts at 5.00 pm at the KfW branch in Berlin. Registration is required!

• Begrüßung
  • Dr Jörg Goschin, Co-CEO KfW Capital
• European Venture Capital: activity, performance, impact, and policy
  • Eric de Montgolfier, Chief Executive Officer Invest Europe
• VC from the French perspective - challenges, status quo, and opportunities
  • Yasmine Terhzaz , VC Senior Associate BPI France
• The British view on European Venture
  • Ian Connatty, Deputy Chief Investment Officer British Business Bank
• Panel: The particular strength of European LPs and GPs
  • Ian Connatty, Deputy Chief Investment Officer British Business Bank
  • Dr Dmitrij Hristodorov, General Partner Forbion
  • Javier Santiso, CEO & General Partner Mundi Ventures
  • Yasmine Terhzaz, VC Senior Associate BPI France
  • Dr Jörg Goschin, Co-CEO KfW Capital (moderator)

Note: Participation in the event is free of charge. A photographer will be present during the event.

• Introduction
  • Jörg Goschin, Co-CEO KfW Capital, together with Dr Sabine Hepperle, Head of the SME Policy department at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
• The perfect pitch - what investors look out for
  • Julius Bachmann, Coach and Sparring Partner for Founders
• Successful legal DD from a GP and LP perspective
  • Dr Kati Beckmann, Partner Greenberg Traurig
• Strategies for successful fundraising
  • Ralph Guenther, Partner and Head of Investor Relations Continental Europe at Pantheon
• Requirements to investment - what Investors look out for
  • Olaf Koch, Partner at Zintinus
  • Ralf Kratzenberg, Senior Portfolio Manager Gothaer
  • Dr Alexander Witkowski, Investment Manager KENFO - German Nuclear Waste Management Fund
  • Max Wirsching, Head of Investor Relations KfW Capital (presentation)

• Introduction
  • Alexander Thees, Co-CEO KfW Capital
• Drawing of the scholarship holders of the "KfW Capital Fellowships Women in VC" and the BVK partial scholarships for the further education program of BVK and TU Munich for Investment Professionals 2024
  • Ulrike Hinrichs, Executive Member of the Board at BVK
  • Alexander Thees, Co-CEO KfW Capital
• "Predicting VC Performance - Art and Science of Emerging Manager Selection"
  • Mark Schmitz, CEO & Managing Partner equation
• "How it's different to back emerging managers"
  • Joe Schorge, Founder & Managing Partner Isomer Capital
• "Emerging Manager - a Practical Check"
  • Maximilian Schwarz, General Partner Nucleus Capital
  • Gülsah Wilke, Partner and Head of German Office DN Capital
• "A Breath of Fresh Air: Emerging Manager for the VC Market"
  • Dr Franziska Brantner, Parlamentary State Secretary at the BMWK
  • Ulrike Hinrichs, Executive Member of the Board at BVK
  • Zoé Fabian, General Partner Noteus and Member of the Board at the Startup-Verband
  • Alexander Thees, Co-CEOKfW Capital

• Introduction
  • Alexander Thees, Co-CEO KfW Capital
• "Responsible Innovation at the Intersection of Policy, New Technologies, Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital"
  • Paul Fehlinger, Director of Policy, Governance, Innovation & Impact @Project Liberty
• "AI - Chances and Risks - Ethical Implications"
  • Gina Neff, PhD, Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy
• "EU Regulatorik - Implications of the AI Act"
  • Dr. Peggy Müller, Rechtsanwältin Advant Beiten
• "A Look Into Practice: AI in Germay - Challgenges, Opportunities and Plenty of Tailwind?"
  • Dr. Oliver Schoppe, Principal UVC Partners
  • Rasmus Rothe, PhD, Founder & CTO bei Merantix, Board of "KI-Verband"
  • Elisabeth L'Orange, CEO Oxolo
  • Christian Röhle, Head of Investment Management KfW Capital
  • Sonja Höpfner, Spokeswomen KfW Capital (presentation)

• Female Investing - More Diversity for Better Investments (March 2023)
• VC Market in Europe: Strong Together? (June 2023)
• Venture Debt in the VC Ecosystem (September 2023)

• Diversity in the VC Ecosystem - Better Chances Through Diverse Teams (May 2022)
• Important Legal Framework Conditions for VC Fund Managers in Germany (September 2022)
• Family Venture Capital - Successful Collaboration Between Start-ups and Family Businesses (November 2022)