LUMUS ANNUAL GATHERING 2025
The third edition of our LUMUS Annual Gathering is coming!
Join us for two days of inspiration, knowledge-sharing, and connection.
The Gathering is exclusively for LUMUS Investment Collective members and consists of three distinct parts. This ticket grants you full access to the entire experience incl. all food and drinks):
Angel Dinner
She Invests: From Finding the Opportunities to Exits
Big (LUMUS) Party
📣 Not a member of the LUMUS Investment Collective? You can still join us! Register separately for the She Invests Conference + Big (LUMUS) Party (link here) or just the BIG (LUMUS) Party (link here)!
Now, let's take a look at the experience we curated for LUMUS members:
👉 Angel Dinner
Thursday, May 15th, 6:30 -10 PM in SOHO Restaurant | Podolské nábřeží 1, 147 00 Praha 4
We'll kick off the Gathering with an exclusive dinner for our LUMUS angel investors. Join us for an intimate evening of engaging conversation, exceptional company, and delicious food.
👉 She Invests: From Finding the Opportunities to Exits
Friday, May 16th, 9 AM - 4:30 PM in NEXT Zone, Preslova 5, Anděl
📅 SHE INVESTS Conference Program
9:00 Gates open: coffee, snacks & networking
9:30 - 10:00 Opening Circle
10:00 - 11:00 Dealflow Sourcing Strategies
Panel with: Andrea Zitná, Lead Partner for the Health & TechBio at Speedinvest, Jana Sedlakova, Founder of Sedlakova Legal, General Partner at StartGuide VC, and an active angel investor and Michala Gregorova, Investment Manager & Podcast Host at Miton
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00 She Supports: What Founders Look for in Angels
Panel with: Honza Siroky, CTO of United Founders, ex-CTO of Mews, Katarina Simkova, CEO of CloseRocket and Jan Slama, CEO & Co-Founder of FaceUp & JinejFond
12:00 – 12:45 She Maps: Finding Your Role in the Angel Ecosystem
Lucia Cerchlan, Vladimira Cincurova, Terezia Jacova and Zuzana Zamborska, LUMUS CoFounders
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 - 14:45 Navigating exits
Panel with: Silke Horakova, Co-Founder & General Partner, Tilia Impact Ventures, Jaroslav Zubak, Ex-CPTO of MINIT, acquired by Microsoft and Petr Ulvr, Co-Founder of Tensor Ventures
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00 Wealth by Design, Not Default
Lucia Demarquest
16:00 - 16:30 She Closes the Day, Opens the Future
Keynote: Sonia Slavtcheva: What Do Period Underwear and Drones Have in Common Through the Eyes of an Investor?
👉 Big (LUMUS) Party
As the grand finale of our annual LUMUS angels gathering, we're throwing open the doors to all our friends for one unforgettable night. The party will take place in NEXT ZONE, Preslova 25, Praha 5 - Anděl.
Who should come
The Angel Dinner is exclusively for LUMUS members, She Invests conference and BIG (LUMUS) Party are for everyone who is interested in angel investing and the startup ecosystem. ✌️
We extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners: Eldison and European Union Next Generation EU—for making this Gathering possible.
We're excited for an unforgettable time and can't wait to see you there!
This event is funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU, Component 10: Attracting and retaining talent, Investment 2: Strengthening relations with the diaspora, supporting civic initiatives, Call for support to strengthen relations with the Slovak diaspora with code 10I02-03-V01.