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PORTFOLIO SUMMIT 2024

AGENDA

LA FINCA EL BOSQUE, NR MADRID, SPAIN

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8-9 october 2024

TUE 8 OCT

  • Meet, coffee & intros

Campus Ironhack Madrid  

  • Depart by coach

  • Arrive at La Finca El Bosque

Check & settle in

  • Lunch

  • ​Plenary Session 1: Scaling & Exits

Conversations with:

- Mathieu Nebra Co-Founder | Openclassrooms on Scaling

- Moderator: David Guérin Principal | Brighteye

- Bernhard Niesner Co-Founder | Busuu on Exits

- Moderator: Ben Wirz Founding Partner | Brighteye

  • Parallel Sessions 1

(See options below)

  • Break

  • Parallel Sessions 2

(See options below)​

  • Games & Networking

  • Break

  • Drinks reception

  • Dinner

  • Social

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22:00

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WED 9 OCT

  • Run Club

  • Breakfast

  • Walk / games

  • Parallel Sessions 3

(See options below)​

  • Break

  • Brighteye Thesis Update:

The Evolution of Edtech​

Alex Latsis & Ben Wirz Founding Partners | Brighteye ​​

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  • Plenary Session 2: Investor Panel

- Ainhoa Saralegui Acurio Ventures (All Iron Ventures)

- Jose Maria Hernanz JME Ventures

- Juan Santamaria Kibo Ventures

- Moderator: David Guérin Principal | Brighteye

  • Plenary Session 3: Founder Stories

- Patrick Patzig | Coachbetter

- Ranbir Arora | Oneday

- Daniel Zacharias | Sdui

- Héctor Mata | Shakers

- Jorge Moreno | Twenix

  • Oppenheimer intro and Edtech Report

- Mark Kingston​ MD, Head of HCM & Edtech Investment Banking

- Kieran Yoo​ Director, Edtech Investment Banking

  • Lunch

  • Wine-tasting by 

Winery Cuarto Lote (at La Finca)

  • Depart by coach for Madrid

  • Arrive at Madrid Airport

  • Arrive in Madrid​​ (Atocha station)​​

11:45

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10:30

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14:00

Parallel sessions (Group conversations)

Parallel SESSIONs 1  |  Tue 8 Oct 15:15-16:00

A. Building your first Senior Tech Team

How to hire and structure for success?

Based on asks we have seen from the portfolio

Led by Kareem Zaher Brighteye Engineering Mentor

 

B. Founder Wellbeing

How are YOU doing? Positive practices for looking after your wellbeing

Led by Magnus Liungman PeakPath

C. Exits - how to prepare for and execute

Following on from the plenary panel, more time for questions in a more intimate setting​

Intro & AMA by Simon Hay Brighteye Executive Mentor

PARALLEL SESSIONS 2  | TUE 8 Oct 16:30-17:15

A. Landing & Expanding

​Selling to new vs existing customers. How to develop Customer Success in the transition from founding to Series A/B, and a 5-minute guide on how to help the team to get the customer to use the product the way it is designed

Led by Andrea Spillman-Gajek PeakPath

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B. How to incorporate LLMs when building your business

LLM are commodities now, owned by large companies – how do you leverage them and AI to build differentiated businesses?

Best practice intro by Tobias Dickmeis Tandem

C. Fundraising Academy - with pitch training

Intro to the Brighteye Fundraising Academy - available to all companies. Portcos fundraising, or preparing to, can pitch to other Founders who have done it before for feedback

Led by David & Mattheus Brighteye

PARALLEL SESSIONS 3  | WED 9 Oct 10:00-10:45

A. Pivoting – making changes and framing the positive narrative

As companies are having to fight tooth and nail against a lot of headwinds, we’ll share a couple of pivots and portfolio companies who are eyeing a pivot or who are going through one to talk it through and help them frame it in a positive narrative.

Led by Jenny Coogan Brighteye Content Marketing Mentor

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B. B2C Sales Funnel

How to build a solid Funnel in B2C Sales – what to keep in mind

Intro by Ranbir Arora Oneday

C. Unconference - this is where you decide!

We’ll collect suggestions during Day 1 and decide on 1 topic for conversation during this session!

WHO'S COMING?

Founders

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Brighteye MENTORS

 

Find out more about our mentors here.

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guests​

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INVESTORS

COACH PIck-up POINT

10:30 Meet at Ironhack Campus for coffee

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11:30 Coach departs

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Look forward to seeing you there!

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