AI and Venture Capital: hype or revolution?

10 April 2025
hours 18:00

Event description

With France leading the global AI ecosystem, this event is ideal for debating how AI and VC intersect to create value in European innovation. The discussion will focus on AI's impact on dealflow and decision-making for VCs, emerging sectors driven by AI startups, and Europe's role in building a globally competitive AI ecosystem. Experts will examine the challenges and opportunities facing investors and entrepreneurs as AI revolutionizes investment strategies and startup evaluations.

Speakers:
Fabio Lancellotti, Partner Aster Capital
Marta Zava, Researcher Bocconi University
Giuseppe Sangiovanni, Co-founder and Managing Partner Exergon - Energy Transition Ventures

Moderator:
Giovanni di Francesco, Partner Ares & Co

#VC #AI #Innovation #EuropeanInnovation

In collaboration with: Bocconi Alumni & Polimi Alumni Paris Chapter

Details

  1. 1 hour

Speakers in this Panel

Giuseppe Sangiovanni

Nuclear engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector and investment banking. More than 25 deals closed comprising M&A and VC investments. Former energy analyst at the OECD/ Nuclear Energy Agency and then at the International Energy Agency. Equity analyst on...Read more

Fabio Lancellotti

Fabio Lancellotti, Partner di Aster, un fondo di Venture Capital con uffici a Parigi, Cambridge (UK), San Francisco e Tel AvivFabio comincia la sua avventura nel Venture Capital in Germania, con il Fondo EarlyBird nel 2009. A Fine 2010 si sposta a Parigi e diventa Sn. Associate in Aster....Read more

Giovanni Di Francesco

Giovanni Di Francesco is a strategy consultant with over 25 years of strategic consulting advisory with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Currently an Partner at Ares & Co in Paris, Giovanni leads the firm’s Private Equity practice with a strong sectoral focus on Financial Services,...Read more

Marta Zava

Marta Zava currently teaches and conducts her research at the Department of Finance in Bocconi University, Milan, and Goethe University, Frankfurt. Her PhD dissertation was nominated among the three best doctoral thesis in complex systems in France. Her research bridges the domains of...Read more