January 28, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main

This pioneering conference in Frankfurt, the heart of Europe´s financial center hosted its first groundbreaking gathering of global top investors and visionaries in the private markets sector.

This exclusive half-day event connected equity and debt investors as well as entrepreneurs in the tech, innovation and transformative economy to foster cooperation and accelerate investments in crucial areas such as energy transition, deep tech, and AI.

Hosting about 230 participants the conference aimed successfully at a wide range of participants from the private markets: Institutional investors and limited partners, family offices and corporate venture capital, private equity, venture capital, and angel investors, experienced and emerging fund managers and entrepreneurs, service providers, legal and tax advisors, and regulatory authorities.

Program Highlights

Keynote on the future of private markets

Panel discussions unveiling successful investment strategies and key market trends

Insights into innovative fund structures and technologies

Showcasing Frankfurt as Eurozones top destination for alternative investment funds

Top-tier networking with key market players

Scale-up pitch sessions

Workshop “Family Office and Venture Capital”

Evening networking dinner

Agenda

12:00 Get-Together
Networking
Foyer

13:00 Welcome
FrankfurtRheinMain as Investment Hub
Audimax

Eric Menges

FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region

Andreas Lukic

Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain

Prof. Dr. Nils Stieglitz

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

13:15 Keynote
Future of Private Markets
Audimax

Peter Brodehser

DWS Group & Federal Association of Alternative Investments

13:35 Panel 1
Private Markets: Investment Strategies 2025+
Audimax

Andreas Lukic

Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain

Manuel Häusler

Ardian

Sebastian Ahlhorn

Commerzbank AG

Julian Mattes

Yttrium

Jochen Butz

HQ Trust

Max Wirsching

KfW Capital

14:35 Impuls
Carry4Good
Audimax

Nikola von Pattay

Carry4Good Pledge

14:35 Panel 2
Democratization of Private Markets
Audimax

Tarun Nagpal

S64

Peter Brodehser

DWS Group & Federal Association of Alternative Investments

David Walsh

Bridgepoint

Christian Schneider-Sickert

LIQID

15:30 Coffee Break
Networking
Foyer

16:00 Pitch
8 Local, national and international Scale-ups
Foyer

Energy Robotics

Energy Robotics GmbH

Meet5

Meet5 GmbH

Focused Energy

Focused Energy GmbH

MarkHerz

www.markherzen.com/

BIOVOX

BIOVOX GmbH

Roq.ad

Roq.ad GmbH

Avextra

Avextra AG

DDG

DYNAMIC DRIVES Giessen GmbH

16:45 Panel 3
Venture and Growth Debt as an important Financing Alternative
Audimax

Dagmar Bottenbruch

Segenia Capital and P Capital Partners

Stephanie Heller

Bootstrap Capital Europe

Daniel von Canal

Foodji

George Bartlett

Thinksurance

Tobias Lechtenfeld

Tech for Net Zero

17:30 Panel 4
The Future of Fund Liquidity
Audimax

Armin Heuberger

External Senior Advisor for Deutsche Börse

Mark Schmitz

equation AG

Joe Schorge

Isomer Capital

Christian Stock

KfW Capital

Alex von Frankenberg

High-Tech Gründerfonds

17:30 Workshop
Venture Capital & Family Office
Hörsaal

Angela De Giacomo

Vinthera Advisor GmbH

Marlene Barth

HQ Trust

Noel Zeh

Wunderland Capital

18:30 Dinner
Networking
Foyer

The Frankfurt PRIVATE MARKETS Conference

Date: January 28, 2025
12:00 – 8:00pm

Location:
Audimax and Foyer, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management,
Adickesallee 32-34, 60322 Frankfurt

How to Get Here: https://www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/about/campus/directions

 

Premium Sponsors

Sponsors

Media Partner

Organization

Organized by FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH – International Marketing of the Region in cooperation with Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V. (BA FRM), this half- day event will take place at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, starting at noon. The renowned „Börsenzeitung“ serves as our media partner.

Funded as Project 1874/24-221 within the framework of Innovation Promotion Hessen under the initiative “Projects to Enhance Competitiveness and Entrepreneurial Motivation” by the Hessian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport, Housing, and Rural Development.