What we have done so far

European Women in VC Annual Slush Breakfast, 150+ investors, founders, LPs, and partners disscusing US investor sentiment, LP-GP transparency, and Europe’s growing role in DeepTech, AI, and ClimateTech. A powerful gathering shaping the future of European innovation.

We kicked off SLUSH week together with the wonderful House of Impact (The Impact Office (TIO))

Kasia Piasecki joined the panel “Mansion House, Fiduciary Duty & Investing for Impact” alongside: Diandra Soobiah of Nest Pensions, Matthew Roberts of Fulcrum Asset Management and James Monk of Fidelity International

Empowering Equity 2025 event brought together fund managers, LPs, policymakers and ecosystem leaders committed to driving gender balance across private markets. Designed as an interactive afternoon session, the room quickly turned into a dynamic forum: live polls, Q&A moments, and honest conversations about partner-track ambitions, confidence, LP access, and what women in investing need most right now.

Three days in Barcelona showed EIT Urban Mobility’s mission in action: curated startup–investor matchmaking, a high-energy pitching contest crowned by Everimpact, Rhyde, and PANTOhealth, and ecosystem-scale momentum at Nexus and Tomorrow.Mobility. Europe isn’t just innovating in mobility - it’s deploying and scaling it, with EIT Urban Mobility driving the charge.

We were happy to have Diva Tommei, from 28DIGITAL, partner of the “Mapping Pension Funds’ Attitudes: Venture & Growth Capital in Europe” research, deliver a keynote presentation of the report at the 0100 Conference in Milan last week.

The Pension Fund and VC Roundtable 2025 at the European Commission’s Berlaymont 🇪🇺

Reflections on the BVCA Annual Meeting 2025. Thanks go to Michael Moore, Chris Elphick, and the entire BVCA team for curating such a well-organised and engaging event.

Kinga Stanisławska led a panel discussion on “The Role of Pension Funds in Unlocking Europe’s Innovation” with Kerstin Cooley (Course Corrected), Camilla Richards (Atomico), Daniel Keiper-Knorr (Speedinvest) and Chris Elphick (British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA))The conversation explored how pension funds can drive next-generation innovation, deliver strong long-term returns, ensure fairness for pensioners, and reduce dependence on public funding.

Nov 4th marked a major milestone for the European Parliament's project on the Gender Gap in Investments, initiated by MEP Lina Gálvez. We joined European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) - which managed the project, for the final study launch event gathering over 100 policymakers, investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders.

TechBBQ 2025 conference and Gender Gap in Investments in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Conversation with Gitte Bedford from Bosch Ventures proved why CVCs truly are a species of their own, as Iwona quoted MIT Sloan article, “two VCs can be like apples of different varieties, but two CVCs? That’s a carrot and a watermelon.”

European Women in VC were proud to join the launch of the 5th annual Investing in Women Code report at the 🇬🇧 House of Commons.

We met for our final Lunch & Learn session before the summer break, discussing the relationship between fund structure and LPs’ liquidity.

Our team member, Alicja Stelmach was moderating a panel on a topic "Startup is a Sport - Train Hard, Play Smart, Win Big". She was joined by incredible and fearless founders ‍Katarzyna Goch, Co-founder and CEO of iYoni‍, Hubi Zielinski, Founder, Cora AI / Coraz Zdrowiej‍, Marcin Pery, Founder and CEO of Reclimb‍, Piotr Sędzik. CEO & Founder, Momentum