Global Partner Host Partners

Host Partners
Global Partner
Klaas de Boer
Simon Andrews
Managing Partner
The Entrepreneurs Fund
President
Smart Capital 2015
Director
Octopus Investments
Vice-President
Smart Capital 2015
The IVC and Tech Tour have been running mission
critical events for Europe’s VC community for many,
many years. Smart Capital 2015 brings all that
experience, insight and network together for a very
special summit meeting of venture capital partners.
Venture deals don’t happen overnight. They also
don’t happen with strangers. Smart Capital will
bring over 100 senior venture practitioners together
to forge new relationships, deepen existing ones,
and with dedicated co-investment sessions – do
business.
We have organized Smart Capital to take place in a
spirit of collaboration and trust. Through sharing
best practice and insight we will address the most
pressing issues for partners in venture capital.
Over fifty of Europe’s leading investors have
contributed to Smart Capital’s design. This is a
summit level meeting – focused, productive and
fun. I’m positive this is set to be the international
meeting of investors in European high-tech for
many years to come.
Why attend Smart Capital 2015
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1.5 Days to engage with fellow partners in corporate and venture capital funds
Deep-dive workshops and discussion sessions on key issues affecting VC partners
Deal syndication sessions in key sectors such as digital, life sciences and cleantech
Designed and delivered by an active club of leading international VCs
Limited attendance of 100 partner level participants from EU and US, including corporate
innovation leaders, venture capital, family offices and institutional investors
Informal and social – a chance to really meet and collaborate with your peers
Key themes and sessions for 2015
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Overall theme: Accelerating Venture Capital Investment
Exit horizons – senior facilitated discussion on managing the highs and lows of selling portfolio
firms
Fundraising tactics – what is the current appetite and needs from different investor groups
wishing to gain exposure to fast growth tech businesses
Portfolio company board and management team structuring
Measuring performance in corporate venture programmes
Building and managing international venture firms – everything from corporate culture to
international expansion
Session Leaders:
Some of the most experienced venture partners in Europe
Klaas de Boer
Managing Partner,
The Entrepreneurs
Anne Glover
Founder & CEO,
Amadeus Capital
Sasha Galitsky
Founder & Managing
Partner, Almaz Capital
Mike Lynch
Founder & Managing
Partner, Invoke Capital
Prior to The Entrepreneurs Fund, Klaas created and led a corporate venturing
team at Vanenburg Group whose investments included WebEx. Following this, he
spent time as a consultant with McKinsey and Company in both Amsterdam and
St Petersburg. Behind Klaas’ achievements are an MSc in Physics and an Insead
MBA.
Anne joined Apax Partners in 1989 after working in manufacturing and
consultancy in the US. She became COO of one of her investee companies,
Virtuality Group plc, after taking it public in 1993. Anne founded Amadeus in 1997
and today serves on the boards of Glysure, Covestor Inc, and Nomad plc. She is
the Chairman of the EVCA and serves on a number of high-level governmental
advisory groups across Europe.
Prior to being a VC, Sasha founded and ran five successful companies in the
including Elvees, ELVIS+, Elvis Telekom, EzWim and TrustWorks Systems. With
ELVIS+, he brought WiFi and FW/VPN technologies to market. He was nominated
as the best European VC of the Decade by The Investor AllStars Awards in 2012.
Mike is Britain’s most successful entrepreneur. Mike founded Autonomy in 1996
based on technology invented at Cambridge University, where Dr Lynch studied
Information Sciences, received a Ph.D. and held a research fellowship in adaptive
pattern recognition. He served as CEO of Autonomy for over fifteen years.
Autonomy was acquired by HP for $11 billion in 2011.
Session Leaders:
Some of the most experienced venture partners in Europe
Alex Macpherson
Head of Venture Capital,
Octopus Investments
Patrick Sheehan
Founder & Managing
Partner, ETF
Christian Nagel
Founder & Managing
Partner, Earlybird
Stephan Morais
Executive Director,
Caixa Capital
After exiting his own business Alex founded Katalyst Ventures in 2000, which
became Octopus Venture Partners. Octopus has grown its assets under
management from £20 million to more than £200 million, becoming one of the
leading venture houses in the UK building a diverse portfolio which includes
Secret Escapes, Calastone, Zoopla, Graze and SwiftKey.
Patrick has worked in venture capital since 1985, when he joined 3i and founded
and ran its Silicon Valley operation. Before this, he was a research engineer for
GEC and Marconi Space Systems. Patrick was an EVCA board member from 2007
to 2010, where he established and Chaired their Environmental Task Force. He
represents the Environmental Technologies Fund on the Boards of Metalysis,
Nujira and Industrial Origami.
Christian has 20 years+ entrepreneurial and investment experience. He is a board
member of Auctionata (Berlin), Smava (Berlin), Ubitricity (Berlin) and Versus
(Berlin). Prior to founding Earlybird in 1997, Christian acquired and ran a number
of former East-German state owned businesses. Christian’s early career was spent
with McKinsey & Co where he focused on restructuring, strategy and M&A.
Stephan oversees €750 million of venture fund and co-investments. He has a
diversified background as an investment banker, entrepreneur and CEO having
lived in eight countries in the last 18 years. He is a non-Executive Director and
Advisor to numerous innovative companies, Chairman of the European Venture
Finance Network. He was appointed as a Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum in 2010.
Session Leaders:
Some of the most experienced venture partners in Europe
Janke Dittmer
Partner,
Gilde Healthcare
Andre Moreira
Investment Manager,
BASF Ventures
Patrick Dunne
Chairman,
D30
Michael Brigl
Managing Director,
Boston Consultancy
Group
Janke joined Gilde in 2011 as a Partner. He led Gilde’s investment in Definiens,
Sapiens and Qinec. He currently represents Gilde on the board of Qinec. He served
on the supervisory board of Definiens and Sapiens until exit.. Prior to Gilde he was
Venture General Manager of Philips Corporate Venturing Healthcare unit. Janke cofounded a nanotech company in Silicon Valley after serving as a Fellow at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Andre Moreira joined BASF VC as Investment Manager (for the second time) in
April 2015, after a 4-year period in Hong Kong where he was Head of Business
Development, Chemical Intermediates Asia. In the past 10 years he held positions
in Marketing (Product Manager), Corporate VC (Investment Manager at BASF VC
from 2006 to 2009) and R&D.
Patrick was Group Comms Director for 3i and a member of its operating committee
until 2012. With over 25 years experience in VC/PE, he is a regular speaker and
commentator on boardroom issues. In addition to smart materials business D3O
and the EY Foundation Patrick also Chairs Boardelta, a consultancy focussed on
board transformation. He is a tutor on FT, BVCA, and ICAEW Board skills courses, a
visiting professor at Cranfield and founder of Warwick in Africa.
Michael is a core member of BCG’s Private Equity Practice and a topic expert in
Corporate Venture Capital. He has advised multiple corporations in the US, Europe,
Asia and Middle East on Corporate Venture Capital strategy.
PROGRAMME: DAY ONE TUESDAY OCTOBER 13th
12:00
REGISTRATION & MEETING DRINKS
WELCOME FROM CONFERENCE PRESIDENT
12:30
ROUNDTABLE LUNCH
DEAL SYNDICATON SESSIONS
Investors Present their Firm and Investment Opportunities
13:45
15:15
15:45
DIGITAL
LIFE SCIENCES
Session Lead:
Christian Nagel,
Earlybird
Session Lead
Janke Dittmer,
Gilde Healthcare
CLEANTECH
Session Lead
Patrick Sheehan
ETF
COFFEE BREAK
PLENARY ROUNDTABLE
CONNECTING CATALONIA WITH INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
16:25
CHAIRMAN’s wrap up of day one
17:00
18:00
THE IVC REGATTA
20:30
18:00
EVENING DINNER RECEPTION
PROGRAMME: DAY TWO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14th
08:30
COFFEE & CROISANTS
09:15
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
09:15
09:30
PLENARY: ATTRACTING ADDIONAL CAPITAL TO HIGH TECH INVESTMENTS
KEY NOTE
A first and exclusive presentation
andSPEECH
discussion of a high level study
conducted by IESE and Boston Consultancy Group
Stephan Morais, Caixa Capital & Michael Brigl, Boston Consultancy Group
BREAK OUT WORKSHOPS
10:15
PERFORMANCE MESUREMENT IN
CORPORATE VENTURE
FUNDRAISING MASTERCLASS
Daniel Demeulenaere
BPI France, EVFIN*
Michael Brigl, BCG
Claus Hackman, BASF
11:15
COFFEE BREAK
BREAK OUT WORKSHOPS
11:45
COMPANY BOARD SELECTON &
MANAGMENT
SUSTAINING AN INTERNATIONAL VC
OPERATION
Anne Glover, Amadeus
Sacha Galitsky, Almaz Capital
Patrick Dunne, D30
12:45
PLENARY: OPTIMAL EXIT ROUTES AND MANAGING THE PROCESS
Mike Lynch, Invoke Capital & Alex Macpherson, Octopus Investments
13:30
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
13:45
TAPAS LUNCH
*EVFIN
The European
Venture Fund
Investors Network
will support the
fundraising
masterclass and
attend the event as
a whole.
The EVFIN is
composed of 14
institutional
investors
representing 14
countries and €27
billion of capital.
The IVC Regatta 2015
“Victory cannot be guaranteed, a unique view of Barcelona’s
ever changing skyline is a certainty”
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No previous experience is required, but be
warned, this is not a passive “beer cruise”
rope work will be required.
Will your team be crowned the champions of
Smart Capital 2015?
In teams of eight Smart Capital attendees
will crew 12m racing yachts and race
against each other (and the clock), over
two courses outside Barcelona’s
emblematic Port Olimpic
The Venues
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Day one takes place in the Media TIC
building situated in the heart of the
new science and technology district of
22@Barcelona
The IVC Regatta will take place following
the sessions on day one
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Day two moves to the state-of-theart IESE north campus, set on the
wooded hillside of the Pedralbes
neighbourhood. This is a true
Olympian retreat well suited to the
“deep dive” nature of the
discussions.
How to attend Smart Capital 2015
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Each International Venture Club member gets one free place
Additional places at Smart Capital 2015 for IVC members are €490
Registration for non-IVC members is €1990
The IVC now has over 60 members who through their membership enjoy:
 Access to quality deal flow
 Building relationships with fellow deal makers across Europe
 Sharing best practices on the A-Z of high-tech investment
 Meeting investors in venture capital funds
 Complimentary attendance at between 3-6 Tech Tour meetings per year
 Complimentary attendance at annual IVC flagship event – Smart Capital
To apply to join the International Venture Club please visit www.iventureclub.com
Register at www.techtour.com/smartcapital2015 or
contact [email protected] or [email protected]
International Venture Club Members
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INVESTORS
INSTITUTIONAL
& GOVERNMENT
INVESTORS
Key Contacts for Smart Capital 2015
William Stevens
Managing Director
Europe Unilited/Tech Tour
[email protected]
Diego Fernandez
Founder
Biba Hub
[email protected]
Europe Unlimited SA
Service support to the Venture Club/TechTour
Place Flagey 7
1050 Brussels – Belgium
Tel +32 2 644 65 80
Alberto Ratti
Founder
Biba Hub
[email protected]
James Burnham
Conference Director
Europe Unlimited/Tech Tour
[email protected]
Biba Hub*
Pau Claris 139, 50 4a
Barcelona
Spain
Tel: +34 634 62 79 82
*Biba Hub is the official partner in Barcelona for the organisation of Smart Capital 2015