Private Capital Symposium 2022
The Private Capital Symposium 2022 took place between 30 June - 1 July. Find out more about our upcoming events.

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In the 2022 symposium we covered trending topics in private equity and venture capital. The session discussions included the pros and cons of being listed on a stock exchange, investment strategies, latest impact investing and ESG research and findings, fundraising innovations in private markets, opening private markets to individual investors, the journey of a unicorn founder, VC investing and corporate VC.
Opening remarks
Fireside chat
Session 1: Corporate Venture Capital Practices
Session 2: Venture Capital Investing
Fireside chat with the founder of a unicorn
Fireside chat: Opening Private Markets to Individual Investors
Session 3: Impact Investing
Keynote: Fundraising Innovations in Private Markets
Keynote: Finding Opportunity for Alternatives in Latin America
Closing remarks
Discussion 1
Discussion 2
Discussion 3
Discussion 4
Discussion 5
Discussion 6
High tea
All Clear for Take-off: Evidence from Airports on the Effects of Infrastructure Privatization
Conflicting Fiduciary Duties and Fire Sales of VC-backed Start-ups
Failed Venture Capital Fundraising Campaigns and Startup Growth: The Value-Add of Venture Capital Due-diligence for Venture Performance
Looking for Alternatives: Pension Investments around the World, 2008 to 2017
Private Equity and Local Public Finances
Optimal Allocation to Private Equity
Co-Founder and CEO, Razor Group
Associate Professor of Management Practice in Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC
Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Head of Research, BVCA
Managing Director, Salesforce Ventures
Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital
Senior Managing Director, Head of EMEA Private Wealth Solutions Group, Blackstone
Partner at Balderton Capital
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, HMC Capital
Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Imperial Business School
Managing Director, Funds at Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Head of ESG and Sustainable Finance, EMEA, Jefferies Group LLC
The David S Lobel Professor of Private Equity & Finance, Founder & Director, Venture Capital Initiative, Stanford University
Professor of Accounting
Professor of Accounting; Academic Director at the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at London Business School
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