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PORTFOLIO SUMMIT 2024
AGENDA
LA FINCA EL BOSQUE, NR MADRID, SPAIN
8-9 october 2024
TUE 8 OCT
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Meet, coffee & intros
Campus Ironhack Madrid
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Depart by coach
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Arrive at La Finca El Bosque
Check & settle in
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Lunch
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​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
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Parallel Sessions 1
(See options below)
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Break
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Parallel Sessions 2
(See options below)​
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Games & Networking
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Break
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Drinks reception
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Dinner
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Social
15:15
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16:00
16:30
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17:30
18:30
19:30
20:00
22:00
10:30
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11:30​
12:30
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13:00
14:30
WED 9 OCT
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Run Club
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Breakfast
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Walk / games
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Parallel Sessions 3
(See options below)​
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Break
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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
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Plenary Session 3: Founder Stories
- Patrick Patzig | Coachbetter
- Ranbir Arora | Oneday
- Daniel Zacharias | Sdui
- Héctor Mata | Shakers
- Jorge Moreno | Twenix
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Oppenheimer intro and Edtech Report
- Mark Kingston​ MD, Head of HCM & Edtech Investment Banking
- Kieran Yoo​ Director, Edtech Investment Banking
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Lunch
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Wine-tasting by
Winery Cuarto Lote (at La Finca)
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Depart by coach for Madrid
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Arrive at Madrid Airport
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Arrive in Madrid​​ (Atocha station)​​
11:45
07:00
08:00
09:00
09:45
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10:30
10.45​​​
15:00
16:00
17:30
11:00
12:45
13:00
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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Sarujan Ranjan | StudyStream, UK
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Brighteye MENTORS
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Andrea Spillman-Gajek | Customer Success Mentor
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Jenny Coogan | Impact/Content Strategy & Production Mentor
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Kareem Zaher | Engineering Mentor
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Simon Hay | Executive Mentor
Find out more about our mentors here.
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guests​
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Mathieu Nebra | Co-Founder Openclassrooms (Day 1)
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Bernhard Niesner | Co-Founder Busuu (Day 1)
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Kieran Yoo | Director Edtech Investment Banking Europe Oppenheimer (Day 2)
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Mark Kingston | Managing Director, Head of HCM & Edtech Investment Banking Oppenheimer (Day 2)
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INVESTORS
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Ainhoa Saralegui | Acurio Ventures (All Iron Ventures) (Panellist)
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Jose Maris Hernanz | JME Ventures (Panellist)
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Juan Santamaria | Kibo Ventures (Panellist)
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!