Event Type |
Conference |
Themes |
Investors |
Tickets
N/A
Organiser
Daniel Donleavy | Dublin Tech Summit
dan@dublintechsummit.com
https://dublintechsummit.tech/investor-programme/#fundingthefuture
Date
Start 27 May 2025 | 2pm
End 27 May 2025 | 5pm
Venue
Minerva Room, RDS
Description
This half day invite only investor event will bring together some of the leading VC’s from around Europe. This is a great opportunity for any VC’s looking to build connections and explore co-investment and funding opportunities. Featuring dynamic pitches, panel discussions, and networking, the event provides a platform to spark partnerships and accelerate the next wave of tech success stories.
Event Plan & Schedule
14:00 – 14:20
Arrival & Welcome Coffee
Registration opens, coffee/refreshments served
Informal networking
14:20 – 14:35
Opening Remarks:
Setting the Stage for Investment in 2025
15 min keynote framing the setup for the afternoon and encourage interaction
14:35 – 15:15
Panel: Europe’s $10 Billion Question: Can We Build and Keep the Next Generation of Global Decacorns?
While Europe has proven it can produce unicorns, the next challenge is scale, building $10 billion+ companies that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Silicon Valley’s giants. Yet as capital, talent, and ambition often drift westward, Europe faces a critical moment: does the continent have the ecosystem, risk appetite, and regulatory clarity to grow decacorns at home, or will its best bets keep crossing the Atlantic?
This strategic panel gathers leading investors, founders, and LPs to tackle the hard questions:
What will it take for Europe to stop seeding America’s next tech success stories?
Can European VCs break out of conservative funding cycles to fuel genuine hypergrowth?
How do we unlock cross-border collaboration, tap sovereign capital, and create deeptech and AI powerhouses that stay and scale here?
Is the regulatory environment evolving fast enough or stifling ambition?
Join us as we explore how Europe turns bold bets into global wins and what it means for the next phase of capital deployment.
Bart Becks
Entrepreneur & Board Member, European Innovation Council
Dylan Scully
Seed Investor, Frontline Ventures
Amy Neale
General Partner, Delta Partners VC | Ex-Mastercard
