Venture Capital Conference 2025

Date: Wednesday 5^th March
Time: 9.00am to 3.20pm
Location: Croke Park, Dublin

This year’s conference will focus on the ‘Investment landscape in 2025’ and the day will feature a programme of keynote addresses, panel discussions and breakout sessions. There will be a number of scheduled breaks and networking opportunities providing an environment for collaborative innovation. The conference will also highlight the current sources of equity funding and help you navigate the fundamentals of raising venture capital.

08.00am

Registration & Networking – Level 5 Hogan Suite

Registration and hot beverage refreshments will be available all day. Water coolers also available so please bring refillable drinks bottles for own personal use.

	MAIN STAGE - Hogan Suite (L5)	VC FIRM SHOWCASE STAGE - Hogan Mezz 2 (L4)	INSIGHT STAGE - Hogan Mezz 1 (L4)
	*Founding and launching Global Startup champions from Europe*	*Five active Venture Capital investors on the island - hear about their team, their thesis and their portfolio*	*Key insights for founders planning an early-stage equity raise*
09.00am	Welcome Susan HayesCulleton
09.05am	Opening Remarks Margaret Hearty, Chief Executive, InterTradeIreland
09.10am	VIP Address Minister Peter Burke TD Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
09.20am	In Conversation with Marina Gorey Becoming a Founder, Scale Operator and Angel Investor

09.50am

Move to Sessions

	MAIN STAGE - Hogan Suite (L5)	VC FIRM SHOWCASE STAGE - Hogan Mezz 2 (L4)	INSIGHT STAGE - Hogan Mezz 1 (L4)
10.00am	Panel - Raising significant angel funding round in UK and Ireland Denise McQuaid, Awaken Angels Andrea Sinclair, Angel Investor Naomi McGregor, Movetru Niamh Sterling, HBAN	Atlantic Bridge Helen McBreen & Conor O’Sullivan, Atlantic Bridge Ventures Sean Mitchell, Ubotica Jason Lynch, Equal1 Ríona Ní Ghriallais, ProVerum Medical	Panel - Understand more about the IVCA framework for ESG reporting guidelines for venture backed start ups Laura Heuston, Sustainability Works Erika Blanckaert, Invest Europe Kathleen O’Regan, Enterprise Ireland Andrew Duigan, Seroba Mitchell O’Gorman, Xwave Sarah Slevin, RDJ
10.45am	Moats, Models & Money: The AI Investor's New Playbook DC Cahalane, Sure Valley Ventures	Seroba Sophie Hughes & Jennifer McMahon, Seroba Donal O’Shea, Deciphex Brendan Boland, Loci Sayan Bhattacharya, JP Morgan	How startups from the island of Ireland can potentially access investment capital from SEIS / EIS investors in the UK Michael McDowell, Seedlegals Stephen Doherty, Haatch Shana Chu, Tailr
11.30am	Founders Creating Startup teams with high momentum from inception Andreea Wade, Delta Partners Jack Cantillon, Founders Jane Dillon, Founders Aisling Browne, Glitch	ACT Venture Capital Andrew O’Neill, ACT Debbie Rennick, ACT Mairead Roche, ACT Paul Byrnes, Mavarick Daniel Izquierdo, Micron Agritech Brian O’Rourke, Cityswifter	DeepTech Funding Pathways Three deep-tech founders discuss their journey in raising both equity and grant capital Emmanuele Angione, (Moderator) Elaine Spain, Novus Diagnostics Vincent Forde, Gasgon Medical Elle Sander, Life Let Medical Manjari Chandran Ramesh, Amadeus Capital
12.20pm	The State of European VC and the start-up/ scale up ecosystem Bjorn Tremmerie, European Investment Fund	Clarendon Fund Managers Claudine Owens & Stuart Gaffikin, Clarendon FM Louise Doyle, Needi Gavin Shields, Stora Liam McStravick, Teamfeepay	What founders should understand about Term Sheets at Seed and Series A Barry Brennan & Eoin Fleck, Elkstone Partners Patrick Egan, Philip Lee LLP

1:00pm – 2.00pm

NETWORKING LUNCH
Lunch is served on Levels 4 & 5 until 2.00pm

	MAIN STAGE - Hogan Suite (L5)	VC FIRM SHOWCASE STAGE - Hogan Mezz 2 (L4)	INSIGHT STAGE - Hogan Mezz 1 (L4)
1:30pm – 2.00pm			Fintech Investments, a Different Cup of Tea with FINE Georgie Friederichs, Crowd Funding Hub Robert McConnell, Pinnacle
2.00pm	Opportunities for Irish Startups to raise capital from Pan-European Seed VCs Isabelle O’Keeffe, (Moderator) Will Bennett, Seedcamp Dylan Scully, Front line Akash Bajwa, Earlybird VC Emilie Abrams, Yield Lab	MiddleGame Ventures Patrick Pinschmidt, Middlegame Ventures Aidan Corbett, Wayflyer Feargal Brady, NoFrixion	Optimising tax incentives schemes for investors and founders when raising equity in an Irish startup Maura Ginty, Gintax
2.45pm	The story of AMCS - Building a world class tech business from Limerick In Conversation with Jimmy Martin, AMCS Group
3.15pm	Closing Remarks Susan HayesCulleton, Conference Chair

Venture Capital Conference 2025 - Event programme