EU Venture Capital Outlook
Amidst rising geopolitical and economic tensions at international level and a EUR 800 billion investment gap highlighted by the Draghi report, it has never been more urgent for Europe to find the means to finance its strategic autonomy. These historic challenges require the massive and coordinated mobilisation of private and public capital and innovation will have to be among the top spending categories if we want not only to regain competitiveness but also stand tall in global markets. This event, hosted at the European Parliament, will provide an updated analysis of private investment into innovation and foster a direct dialogue between policymakers, investors, and entrepreneurs on the future of the EU budget. The goal is to highlight challenges and opportunities to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy and competitiveness as a global innovation hub.
10.35-10.45 Introductory remarks
Pierfrancesco Maran, MEP (SD/IT)
Davide Turco, President- Italian Tech Alliance
10.45-10.55 Presentation - EU Venture Capital Outlook: Quarterly Observatory key findings
Fabio Mondini, General Partner - Growth Capital
10.55-11.05 Intervention by Sandro Gozi, MEP (Renew Europe/FR)
11.05-11.35 Panel 1 - Financing competitiveness: the role of Venture Capital
Chiara Castelli - Investment Manager - Moonstone
Andrés Dancausa, General Partner at The Venture City (international VC) and Vice-President of SpainCap
Alister Moreno, Founder at Clikalia and President of EsTech
Tomas Vaclavicek, Member of the Task Force on Startups and Scaleups at the European Commission, and Policy Officer at DG FISMA
Moderator: Raquel Jorge, Director for European Affairs and Brussels Office, Adigital
11.35-11.45 – Intervention by Elena Martines (Cabinet of Ekaterina Zaharieva - European Commission | Startups, Research and Innovation)
11.45-12.15 Panel 2 - Financing competitiveness: the next EU budget
Elina Berrebi - Founding Partner Board Member - RevaiaFrance Digitale
Damian Boeselager, MEP (Volt/DE)
Caroline Vandierendonck - Head of Task Force - DG Budget
Paul-Henri Charrier - Public Affairs Director - Platform.sh
Moderator: Agata Hidalgo, Lead, European Affairs - France Digitale
12:15 -12:25 - Closing remarks
Christoph J. Stresing, CEO - Startup Verband
For those who are not already in possession of the badge to enter the European Parliament and participate in the event, we ask you to present yourself between 09.45 and 10.10 in front of Station Europe, the accreditation centre located opposite the main entrance of the Parliament - Pl. du Luxembourg, 1050 Ixelles.
A member of staff will be present with a poster of the event to welcome you and guide you through the accreditation procedure before accompanying you to the room.
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