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Allocator One Global Alpha Summit 2026
Date & time
Thursday, Sep 17
09:30 - Sep 17, 23:00 BST +0100
Venue
The event location is only shown to approved guests.
Morning Session
09:00 – 10:30
Next-Gen Breakfast
Redefining Legacy through Capital Intelligence A breakfast for next-gen leaders of family capital
A private breakfast for the next generation of family capital to explore the future of investing in a rapidly changing world. Through thoughtful discussion and peer exchange, attendees will gain fresh perspectives on venture capital, private markets, and the responsibilities of stewarding long-term capital, before joining the wider Global Alpha Summit programme.
09:00 – 10:30
Breakfast Session
The Institutional Breakfast
An exclusive breakfast for a small group of leading institutional investors to connect ahead of the Global Alpha Summit. In a private, off-the-record setting, attendees will exchange perspectives on emerging managers, evolving capital flows, and the forces shaping the future of venture investing before joining the wider Summit programme.
09:30 – 11:00
Alpha Welcome: breakfast & collisions
Arrival, registration, breakfast & networking
Let’s begin the day over coffee and breakfast, where familiar faces and new connections come together. A moment to ease in, exchange first hellos, and spark the conversations that will carry through the summit.
11:00 – 11:20
Alpha Opening
The Fragmentation of Everything
Speakers
Michael Ströck
Founding Partner at Allocator One
Felix Staeritz
Founding Partner at Allocator One
Moderator
Iliana Oris Valiente
Managing Director and North America Innovation Hubs Lead at Accenture
11:20 – 11:50
Alpha Panel I
Winner-Takes-Most
Strategic capital is concentrating fast. Where corporates and sovereign-scale investors are placing the next round of bets, and what that leaves for everyone else.
Speakers
Marc Thom
Corporate Vice President & Head of Henkel Ventures
Yukiko Kato
Head of CVC, SBI Investments
Joshua Featherby
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
Moderator
Iliana Oris Valiente
Managing Director and North America Innovation Hubs Lead at Accenture
11:50 – 12:00
Alpha spotlight I
India's Growth Opportunity: The next wave of capital
A closer look at businesses redefining consumer and healthcare in the world's fastest growing large economy.
Speaker
Anjana Sasidharan
General Partner, Asthrum Capital
12:00 – 12:10
Alpha spotlight II
You Can See Everything Before Consensus
First money investing in the era of extreme concentration.
Speaker
Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director, Verdict Capital
12:10 – 12:20
Alpha spotlights III
When Everyone Agrees, Look Again: Betting on Unloved Physical Problems
Why overlooked physical industries can offer some of venture’s most compelling opportunities, and why fund design matters as much as sector choice. A personal view on investing early, staying specialist, and building for independent conviction.
Speaker
Kelly Chen
Founder & Managing Partner, Physical World
12:20 – 13:45
Networking Lunch
Alpha lunch: network, nurture, navigate
A shared meal and open networking. Lunch brings the room together, balancing good food with the conversations and connections that drive the summit forward.
13:45 – 14:10
Alpha Fireside : Infra One
When the Machine Does the Diligence — the agentic fund stack
Speakers
Michael Ströck
Founding Partner at Allocator One
Panayiotis Demetriou
Co-Founder at Unrest
Jacqueline Kressner
Commercial Lead at Infra One
Michael Brennan
Director at Allocator One Ltd.
14:10 – 14:45
Alpha Panel II
Atoms, meet Bits: A panel with top Unicorn Founders
Talent is moving faster than capital, and it is moving into the physical world. Three unicorn founders on what changed in company-building, and where the market has not caught up.
Speakers
Martin Varsavsky
Founder & CEO, Certuma | 5x Unicorn Founder
Paul Müller
Co-Founder, Adjust & Partner, EWOR | Unicorn Founder
Renaud Visage
Co-Founder, Eventbrite & GP, SlateVC | Unicorn Founder
Moderator
Sabrina Paseman
General Partner, Omni Ventures
14:45 – 15:15
Alpha Panel III
Learnings from Venture
Felix, Daniel, Jens, and Noa sit in different corners of venture: emerging manager selection, pre-seed founder conviction, a $1B+ specialist platform, and a first fund backing the markets everyone else skips. This conversation is about what each of them has actually learned from where they sit, what they are seeing at the moment and where they think the future of venture is going.
Speakers
Felix Staeritz
Founding Partner at Allocator One
Daniel Dippold
Co-Founder & CEO at EWOR
Noa Khamallah
GP at Don't Quit Ventures
Jens Hilgers
Founding General Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures
Moderator
Gigi Brett
Gigi Brett - Chief Investment Officer, EWOR
15:15 – 16:00
Interlude
Alpha Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:25
Cultural interlude
Vienna Philharmonic
16:25 – 17:10
Alpha Panel IV
How Capital Decides, East to West
Three capital centres, three sets of incentives. Allocators from Asia, the Middle East and Europe on what actually gets a manager to yes.
Speakers
Charles Cheng
Chairman, Société Générale (China)
Junaid Jafar
CIO at Al Muhaidib Investment Office
Larry Sullivan
Founder, Leo Lion Limited
Moderator
Dr. Céline Chi Hae Wong
Founding Partner & CEO Asia
17:15 – 17:30
Ceremony
Alpha Awards
17:30 – 18:05
Closing keynote
To Space for Earth | Piano Soundbath
What happens when the world's greatest investment opportunity isn't a technology or a company, but a shift in human consciousness? Family office Investor, entrepreneur and Rise Space founder Ravé Mehta shares an unconventional journey from building infrastructure and frontier technology on earth to bringing humans to space, with a singular mission: scale the "Overview Effect". A closing reflection on why expanding humanity's point of view may be one of the highest-leverage investments of our time.
Speaker
Ravé Mehta
Founder, Flow Capital & Rise Space
18:05 – 18:15
Alpha Closing
Reflections & what comes next
Speakers
Michael Ströck
Founding Partner at Allocator One
Felix Staeritz
Founding Partner at Allocator One
Dr. Céline Chi Hae Wong
Founding Partner & CEO Asia
Evening Session
18:00 – 19:00
Cocktail Hour
Alpha Reception
19:00 – 23:00
Dinner & Drinks
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