NZ Venture Summit 2025 Programme
NZ Venture Summit 2025 Programme
Building a thriving, innovative, venture capital community
Monday 31 March 2025
NZ Venture Summit Prelude
LP GP Dinner
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Somm, 22 Princes Street, Auckland
By invitation dinner for General and Limited Partners
Tuesday 1 April 2025
NZ Venture Summit Programme
Man O' War, Waiheke Winery, 725 Man O' War Road, Waiheke Island, 1971
More information on Summit registration
8:30am Registration at Pier 4 Waiheke Ferry Terminal & boarding private vessel
9:00am Private vessel departs
11:00am Brunch at the Lawn Cottage
12:00pm Keynote Speaker
John Brakenridge, CEO, From the Edge
1:00pm Building capability through diversity
- where ambition has realised benefit
Georgia Robertson, Blackbird
Sarah Park, Even Capital
John Kells, GD1
1:40pm Ka mua, ka muri: Looking back in order to move forward
- The future of Innovation in Aotearoa NZ and the opportunity that lies ahead
Duncan Mackintosh, Brandon Capital
Tori McNoe, Auckland UniServices
Dr. Sheryl Tan, Pacific Channel
Sam Butler, Aspire Fund
2:20pm One last round
- the vexed question and the relief of realisation
- are VC funds systemically inclined to ignore information about the likelihood of declining success
Kim Cunningham, EY
Jason Graham, Movac
Ngaio Merrick, Nuance
Kathryn de Ridder, Bridgewest Ventures
3:00pm Innovation in venture funding
- new ideas from home and abroad
Annabelle Glazewski, Invest New Zealand
Melissa Yiannoutsos, Booster Innovation
Paul Booth, ASB
Brent Ogilvie, Pacific Channel
3:30pm Ice break
3:40pm Rising company stars - companies that are ready to soar
Lance Wiggs, 2040 Ventures
Fiona Foster, Movac
Robbie Paul, Icehouse Ventures
Maria José Alvarez, WNT Ventures
4:20pm Making VC great again
- Is now the moment to embrace Aotearoa VC as part of a LP portfolio?
- How Family Offices and KiwiSavers view the landscape.
Vignesh Kumar, GD1
Tom Miller, Simplicity
Joe Climo, Reddy Group
4:55pm Closing Comments
5:00pm Canape Hour
6:00pm Venture Summit dinner
9:10pm Private vessel departs Man O' War (estimated arrival Auckland 10:00pm)
You can edit text on your website by double clicking on a text box on your website. Alternatively, when you select a text box a settings menu will appear. your website by double clicking on a text box on your website. Alternatively, when you select a text box
VENTURE SUMMIT PARTNERS


