2025 NZ Venture Summit

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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)

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