PORTFOLIO SUMMIT 2025
AGENDA
Ashridge House, Nr London, UK
22-23 September 2025
Mon 22 SEP
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Meet, coffee & welcome at
Brighteye, Colville Mews London
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Depart by coach
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Arrive at Ashridge House
Check & settle in -
Lunch
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​Welcome & Intros
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Session 1: Scaling, Exits & Leadership
Conversations with:
- Claudio Erba Co-Founder | Docebo
Taking Docebo Public & The Future of Corporate Learning
- Mod: Ben Wirz Founding Partner | Brighteye
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- Rupert Jones CBE Ex Major General of British Army
Leadership Lessons And How I Learned Them
- Mod: Rhys Spence Head of Platform & Research | Brighteye
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Breakout Block 1
(See 3 parallel options below)
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Short Break
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Breakout Block 2
(See 3 parallel options below)
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Short Break
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Fun & Games
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Break
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Drinks reception
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Dinner
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Social
15:30
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16:30
16:45
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17:45
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
22:00
11:00
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11:30​
12:30
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13:00
1414:00
14:30
TUE 23 Sep
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Run/Tennis/Gym/Swim Club (optional)
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Breakfast
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Breakout Block 3
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Break (check out of rooms)
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Oppenheimer Edtech Market Report
- Matt Johnson​ Edtech Investment Banking Lead
- Mark Kingston MD, Head of HCM & Edtech Investment Banking -
Brighteye Thesis Update:​
- Ben Wirz Founding Partner | Brighteye
Session 2: Investor Panel
- Fabian Burnett Small Felix Capital
- Laura McGinnis Balderton Capital
- Naza Metghalchi EQT
- Moderator: David Guérin Partner | Brighteye​
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Break
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Session 3: Founder Stories
- Eduardo Rodrigues Uphill Health
- Rajeshwari Iyer sAInaptic
- Jaime Castillo Shakers
- Emilia Molimpakis thymia​
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Lunch
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Walk-and-talk / Afternoon Tea
1-0n-1 meetings -
Depart by coach
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Arrive at Kings Cross Station, London
10:50
07:00
08:00
09:00
09:45​
10:15​​​
10:35
11:30
12:00
13:15
14:00
14:45
16:15
Parallel sessions (Group conversations)
BREAKOUT BLOCK 1 | MON 22 SEP 15:30-16:30
Parallel 1: People & Teams
You've just raised... now, how do you build your hiring plan?
Led by Roxana Dobrescu Brighteye People & Teams Mentor
Portfolio case: Wikifarmer | Ilias & Petros
Parallel 2: B2B Sales
Non-obvious B2B sales strategies - what to try when the typical approaches aren’t working
Led by Damien Boronat Brighteye Sales Mentor
Portfolio case: Uphill | Eduardo
Parallel 3: Operations & Growth
Scaling Consumer Businesses: Building Udemy - how Udemy scaled to 85m learners​
Frank Visciano Brighteye Operations Mentor
Portfolio case: Oneday | Ranbir
BREAKOUT BLOCK 2 | MON 22 SEP 16:45-17:45
Parallel 1: Marketing
Influencer marketing - how to use it to achieve growth
Led by Sophia Ahrel Brighteye Marketing Mentor
Portfolio case: Komi | Lewis
Parallel 2: International Expansion
Growing Perlego in new Markets - storytelling, frameworks and learnings
Led by Mariana Aristizábal Brighteye Int'l Expansion Mentor
Portfolio case: Adam | Jakub & Roman
Parallel 3: Scaling & Exits AMA
Following on from the plenary session for the opportunity to ask deeper questions in a more intimate setting.
Led by Claudio Erba Co-Founder | Docebo
BREAKOUT SESSION 3 | TUE 23 SEP 9:00-9:45
Founder Wellbeing
What does it mean to you and how do you maintain it?
Led by Magnus Liungman PeakPath​
WHO'S COMING?
PORTfolio
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Shelly Shrestha | Coachbetter, CH
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Kavitha Ravindran | sAInaptic, UK
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Sarujan Ranjan | StudyStream, UK
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Brighteye MENTORS
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Roxana Dobrescu | People & Teams Mentor
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Damien Boronat | Sales Mentor
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Frank Visciano | Operations Mentor
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Sophia Ahrel | Marketing Mentor
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Mariana Aristizábal | International Expansion Mentor
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Simon Hay | Executive Mentor
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guests​
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Claudio Erba | Co-Founder | Docebo (Day 1)
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Rupert Jones CBE | Ex Major General | British Army (Day 1)
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Matt Johnson | Edtech Investment Banking Lead | Oppenheimer (Day 2)
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Mark Kingston | Managing Director, Head of HCM & Edtech Investment Banking | Oppenheimer (Day 2)
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Arabella Reeves | UKI Head of Startup and VC Ecosystem, Google Cloud (Day 2)
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INVESTORS​​
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​Kasia Cheng | True Global
COACH PIck-up POINT
11:00
Meet at Brighteye Office for coffee
6 - 7 Colville Mews, London W11 2DA
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11:30
Coach departs for Ashridge House
Berkhamsted HP4 1NS
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Look forward to seeing you!