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Fundraising Panel

 
 

We are pleased to announce that the following people will be speaking on the Fundrasing Panel:

Les Gabb, Partner, Advent Venture Partners
Mike Burt, Founding Partner, Promethean Investments Ltd
Erin Harrell, Director, 3i
George Anson, Managin Director, HarbourVest Partners
 
The panel is to be moderated by:
Andrew Bentley, Principal, Campbell Lutyens
 
 

The panel discussion will revolve around the following sub-themes:

The panel aims to understand the current fund-raising environment and consider the outlook going forward. In particular, it aims to consider:

• The changing expectations on investor returns from PE;
• The implications on deal flow of changing expectations for investors in terms of desired returns, management fees and fund focus;
• The tussle between smaller focused funds and larger funds in raising finance; and,
• The effect on fund-raising of hedge-fund (and other) capital pushing onto private equity.