MONDAY
November 3
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Welcome to London! Reception at Mercato Mayfair
TUESDAY
November 4
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Fellow Connect
Intentionally connect with Fellows across cohorts
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Welcome Address
Kauffman Today, Kauffman Tomorrow
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
From Fund to Firm to Franchise: The Creandum Story
Going deep in a fireside chat
Hear From:
Staffan Helgesson, Creandum (KF 10); Fernando Fabre, Kauffman Fellows (KF 14)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
London Calling: The EU/UK VC Landscape Unpacked
Hear From:
Saul Klein, Phoenix Court; Julia Hawkins, LocalGlobe (KF 18)
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
LP Guests Break
(*Kauffman Fellows participating in Fellow-Only Session)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
LP Panel
Hear From:
Laura O'Brien, Cambridge Associates; Ainhoa Manterola-Solans, Sofina; Ben Choi, Next Legacy (KF 11); Vishal Harnal, 500 Global (KF 22)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Hot Topics
Small Groups, Big Conversations
Hear From:
Tim Jackson, Walking Ventures (KF 20); Jack Crawford, Impact Venture Capital (KF 16); Caio Bolognesi, monashees+ (KF 27); Ahmad Takatkah, KingsCrowd Capital (KF 17); Nicolas Sauvage, TDK Ventures (KF 28); Patricio Aznar Leon de la Barra, Nazca (KF 29); SC Moatti, Mighty Capital (KF 25); Andy Hwang, Wavemaker Partners (KF 29); Rob Freelen, Sozo Ventures (KF 29); Lucanus Polagnoli, Calm/Storm Ventures (KF 27); Collin West, Ensemble VC (KF 17); Spencer Foust, Sozo Ventures (KF 28); Phil Wickham, Sozo Ventures (Charter Class); Jehan Chu, Kenetic (KF 24); Itxaso del Palacio, Notion Capital (KF 18); Alex Lazarow, Fluent Ventures (KF 19); Tomasz Swieboda, Inovo.vc (KF 29); Samantha Lewis, Mercury Fund (KF 27); Chris Lyons, Andreessen Horowitz (KF 19)
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Pre-Game the Spark
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Kauffman Ignite
Bold Ideas. Short Time. All Fellows.
Hear From:
From Reading to Rewriting: A Quarter-Century of the Human Genome Era, Jenny Rooke (KF 11)
Entropy, Energy, and Opportunity: what change do you want to drive?, Steven Kan (KF 11)
The Neoprime Club, Ernestine Fu Mak (KF 17)
Lessons from an Arctic Expedition, Lexi Novitske (KF 22)
Made You Look: How to decipher any Artwork in 5mins or less, Jehan Chu (KF 24)
How Korea Weaponized Beauty (The Beauty Obsession That Built an Industry), Heeeun Park (KF 30)
$360B Women’s Health Ghost Market, Carli Sapir (KF 30)
The Importance of Luck in M&A, Edgar Auslander (KF 11)
Can AI replace clinicians?, Gal Noyman Veksler (KF 28)
Super AI Agent on the Rise, Elana Lian (KF 22)
The Finish Line Is in Every Mile, Consuelo Valverde (KF 19)
Your Next Exit Starts Here: Unlocking the CPO Alpha Effect, SC Moatti
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Exclusive Post-Kauffman London Summit Cocktail
Join us after dinner for an intimate evening of informal drinks with a select group of national and international LPs. No pitch — just good conversations and fun.
Hosts:
Itxaso del Palacio, Notion Capital (Class 18)
Mia Morisset, Inovia Capital (Class 28)
WEDNESDAY
November 5
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Fellow Connect
Intentionally connect with Fellows across cohorts
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Funder & Founder
Depop: Behind the Bet, Beyond the Exit
Speaker:
Fredrik Cassel, Creandum (Class 12)
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Founder, Funder & Lifelong Builder
Unfiltered: From Skype & Wise to Plural & Skaala, a mission of disproportionate impact
Hear From:
Reshma Sohoni, Seedcamp (KF 16); Taavet Hinrikus, Plural
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
LP Guest Break
(*Kauffman Fellows participating in Fellow-Only session)
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Networking Lunch
**LP guests are asking to depart following lunch as the reminder of the program is Kauffman Fellow-only Content