Speaker: Peter-Thilo Hasler, Viscardi AG

Speaker: Jan Graf von Bassewitz, Managing Director, Sal. Oppenheim Private Equity Partners GmbH

Sal. Oppenheim Private Equity Partners GmbH is one of the largest private equity fund of funds managers worldwide with almost €5 billion assets under management. Jan Graf von Bassewitz, Managing Director, will speak about the private equity secondary market, high-volume secondary market transactions and the most recent developments regarding market supply and market players. Also, the pricing of such transactions will be explained using a real-life example.

Speaker: Michael Vollmann, Ashoka Deutschland gGmbH Johannes Weber, Social Venture Management GmbH Peter Parwan, LOHAS Lifestyle

Non-profit company Ashoka GmbH supports personally committed individuals who are highly motivated to reduce social problems in German-speaking countries. The “Ashoka fellows” are chosen by Ashoka employees, such as speaker Mr. Michael Vollmann, due to their sustainable achievements in improving social and ecological efficiency for a three-years funding. Every individual taking responsibility for the community and contributing to the improvement of the efficiency of the social welfare system is opened the chance to gain financial assistance by Ashoka. The Social Venture Fund provides private equity to already established, self-supporting business models aiming at social and ecological sustainability. With reference to current investment projects, founder Johannes Weber himself will present his investment philosophy, selection criteria and activities supporting Ashoka’s portfolio projects, particularly with regard to the so-called “smart capital”.

Speaker: Stanley W. Bronisz, GrapeVault Wine Investments GmbH

Speaker: Xaver Diermayer and Dr. Erwin Stahl, BonVenture Management GmbH

BonVenture Management GmbH is the first Social Venture Capital Fund in the German-speaking countries. BonVenture pursues a non-profit approach providing private equity to sustainable social projects. The founder of the company himself, Dr. Erwin Stahl, and one of the portfolio-managers, Mr. Xaver Diermayer, will exemplify the investment philosophy on the basis of portfolio-projects and illustrate the selection process, in which social impact plays a decisive role.