FRAME Conference 2025

A community conference for VCs and LPs to inspire more collective engagement around ESG and responsible investing in venture capital.

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8.30 - 10.00 AM

Safari Breakfasts

Hosted at 10 LP/VC Offices around London

Responsible
Dual Use

Albion
NSSIF

Making human rights count in venture capital

Atomico
AP6
BHRRC

From Green Shoots to Green Giants: Scaling Europe’s Climate Tech Unicorns

Blume Equity
BPC

Responsible AI in VC: moving from theory to practice

EQT
StepStone

Widening access to capital: practical lessons on gender-lens investing from GPs and LPs

BGV
M&G

Emerging Markets & Governance

BII
FMO
Venture Platforms

Starting the journey - ESG for emerging VC managers

Form
BBB

Scaling Under Scrutiny - The New Infrastructure Needs of Growing Companies

Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sofina

Financial impact of ESG integration

Antler
UCIM

Climate risk is business risk.

2150
Snowball

11.00 - 10.45 AM

Opening Remarks

11.15 - 11.30 AM

Lightning Speech

ESG - What Good ESG Looks Like and Why It Matters for Investors

Ioannis Ioannou @ London Business School

11.30 - 12.00 PM

LP / GP Panel

Maya Horgan Famodu @ Ingressive Capital
Cornelia Gomez @ General Atlantic
Matteo Millone @ APG Asset Management
Ian Connatty @ British Business Bank

12.00 - 12.15 PM

Lightning Speech

Responsible Dual Use

Robert Murray, CEO @ DSRB Development Group

12.15 - 1.30 PM

Lunch

1.30 - 3.00 PM

Breakout Rooms

Ten breakout rooms, each led by a community expert

Distributing responsibility: Investors pulling their ESG-weight

Dr. Carolin Althoff (Cusp Capital)
Leo Ringer (Form)

Emerging regulation

Simon Witney (Travers Smith)

Proving the ROI of Inclusive Investing

Paige Hendrix Buckner (Allraise)
Nora Bavey (Unconventional Ventures)

ESG evolved — what works, what doesn't, and what’s next for VC

Marie Bos (HV Capital)
Damien Didier (daphni)

Beyond the Backlash: What should an ESG believer learn from the ESG naysayers?

Laura Weidman Powers (Base10)
Rebecka Elming Saidac (Kinnevik)

Governance at Growth

Caitlin Joss (General Atlantic)
Raya Schrauwen (General Atlantic)
Anaïs Blarel (Revaia)

How to do impact VC well around IMM

Leslie Kapin (Astanor)
Cecile Blilious (Pitango)
Douglas Sloan (BSC)

VC + Policy: Should VCs now have Policy Teams?

Paul Fehlinger (VC+Policy & Project Liberty Institute)
Kat Borlongan (European Innovation Council)
Tom Wehmeier (Atomico)

From stick to carrot - ESG beyond compliance

Louisa Mesnard (Elaia)
Lukas Hänle (Blueyard)
Catherine Passmore Jones (Eight Roads)

Boss Tech: Investing in tech to manage workers

Catherine Howarth OBE (ShareAction)
Audrey Mocle (OpenMic)
Louise Marston (Resolution Foundation)

3.00 - 3.15 PM

Break

3.15 - 3.30 PM

Lightning Speech

Ellen Pao @ Project Include

3.30 - 4.00 PM

VC / Founder Panel

Niklas Zennström @ Atomico
Eileen Burbidge @ Passion / Fertifa
Additional Speakers TBC

4.00 - 4.15 PM

Lightning Speech

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
@ Humane Intelligence

4.15 - 5.00 PM

Fireside Chat

Future of VC

Paige Hendrix Buckner @ All Raise
Uli Grabenwarter @ European Investment Fund
Lyel Resner @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nicolas Colin @ Drift Signal / The Family
Marta Juhasz @ FMO
Marie Ekeland @ 2050

5.00 - 5.15 PM

Closing Remarks

5.00 PM Onwards

Drinks Reception

8.30 - 10.00 AM

8.30 - 10.00 AM

8.30 - 10.00 AM

Safari Breakfasts

Safari Breakfasts

Hosted at 10 LP/VC Offices around London

Hosted at 10 LP/VC Offices around London

Hosted at 10 LP/VC Offices around London

Responsible Dual Use

Responsible Dual Use

Responsible Dual Use

AlbionNSSIF

AlbionNSSIF

Making human rights count in venture capital

Making human rights count in venture capital

Making human rights count in venture capital

AtomicoAP6BHRRC

AtomicoAP6BHRRC

From Green Shoots to Green Giants: Scaling Europe’s Climate Tech Unicorns

From Green Shoots to Green Giants: Scaling Europe’s Climate Tech Unicorns

From Green Shoots to Green Giants: Scaling Europe’s Climate Tech Unicorns

Blume EquityBPC

Blume EquityBPC

Responsible AI in VC: moving from theory to practice

Responsible AI in VC: moving from theory to practice

Responsible AI in VC: moving from theory to practice

EQTStepStone

EQTStepStone

Widening access to capital: practical lessons on gender-lens investing from GPs and LPs

Widening access to capital: practical lessons on gender-lens investing from GPs and LPs

Widening access to capital: practical lessons on gender-lens investing from GPs and LPs

BGVM&G

BGVM&G

Emerging Markets & Governance

Emerging Markets & Governance

Emerging Markets & Governance

BIIFMOVenture Platforms

BIIFMOVenture Platforms

Starting the journey - ESG for emerging VC managers

Starting the journey - ESG for emerging VC managers

Starting the journey - ESG for emerging VC managers

FormBBB

FormBBB

Scaling Under Scrutiny - The New Infrastructure Needs of Growing Companies

Scaling Under Scrutiny - The New Infrastructure Needs of Growing Companies

Scaling Under Scrutiny - The New Infrastructure Needs of Growing Companies

Lightspeed Venture PartnersSofina

Lightspeed Venture PartnersSofina

Financial impact of ESG integration

Financial impact of ESG integration

Financial impact of ESG integration

AntlerUCIM

AntlerUCIM

Climate risk is business risk.

Climate risk is business risk.

Climate risk is business risk.

2150Snowball

2150Snowball

11.00 - 10.45 AM

11.00 - 10.45 AM

11.00 - 10.45 AM

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

11.15 - 11.30 AM

11.15 - 11.30 AM

11.15 - 11.30 AM

Lightning Speech

Lightning Speech

ESG - What Good ESG Looks Like and Why It Matters for Investors

ESG - What Good ESG Looks Like and Why It Matters for Investors

Ioannis Ioannou @ London Business School

Ioannis Ioannou @ London Business School

Ioannis Ioannou @ London Business School

11.30 - 12.00 PM

11.30 - 12.00 PM

11.30 - 12.00 PM

LP / GP Panel

LP / GP Panel

Maya Horgan Famodu @ Ingressive CapitalCornelia Gomez @ General AtlanticMatteo Millone @ APG Asset ManagementIan Connatty @ British Business Bank

Responsible
Dual Use

Responsible
Dual Use

Responsible
Dual Use

Albion
NSSIF

Albion
NSSIF

Atomico
AP6
BHRRC

Atomico
AP6
BHRRC

Blume Equity
BPC

Blume Equity
BPC

EQT
StepStone

EQT
StepStone

BGV
M&G

BGV
M&G

BII
FMO
Venture Platforms

BII
FMO
Venture Platforms

Form
BBB

Form
BBB

Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sofina

Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sofina

Antler
UCIM

Antler
UCIM

2150
Snowball

2150
Snowball

Maya Horgan Famodu @ Ingressive Capital
Cornelia Gomez @ General Atlantic
Matteo Millone @ APG Asset Management
Ian Connatty @ British Business Bank

Maya Horgan Famodu @ Ingressive Capital
Cornelia Gomez @ General Atlantic
Matteo Millone @ APG Asset Management
Ian Connatty @ British Business Bank

Maya Horgan Famodu @ Ingressive Capital
Cornelia Gomez @ General Atlantic
Matteo Millone @ APG Asset Management
Ian Connatty @ British Business Bank

Dr. Carolin Althoff (Cusp Capital)
Leo Ringer (Form)

Dr. Carolin Althoff (Cusp Capital)
Leo Ringer (Form)

Paige Hendrix Buckner (Allraise)
Nora Bavey (Unconventional Ventures)

Paige Hendrix Buckner (Allraise)
Nora Bavey (Unconventional Ventures)

Marie Bos (HV Capital)
Damien Didier (daphni)

Marie Bos (HV Capital)
Damien Didier (daphni)

Laura Weidman Powers (Base10)
Rebecka Elming Saidac (Kinnevik)

Laura Weidman Powers (Base10)
Rebecka Elming Saidac (Kinnevik)

Caitlin Joss (General Atlantic)
Raya Schrauwen (General Atlantic)
Anaïs Blarel (Revaia)

Caitlin Joss (General Atlantic)
Raya Schrauwen (General Atlantic)
Anaïs Blarel (Revaia)

Leslie Kapin (Astanor)
Cecile Blilious (Pitango)
Douglas Sloan (BSC)

Leslie Kapin (Astanor)
Cecile Blilious (Pitango)
Douglas Sloan (BSC)

Paul Fehlinger (VC+Policy & Project Liberty Institute)
Kat Borlongan (European Innovation Council)
Tom Wehmeier (Atomico)

Paul Fehlinger (VC+Policy & Project Liberty Institute)
Kat Borlongan (European Innovation Council)
Tom Wehmeier (Atomico)

Louisa Mesnard (Elaia)
Lukas Hänle (Blueyard)
Catherine Passmore Jones (Eight Roads)