Investing in Scale Ups: Financing, Policy, and Action

World-class startups are built globally—the challenge is building the infrastructure that helps them scale.

This working lunch examines what enables scale-ups to grow: investment structures that support growth through later stages, tax frameworks that reward patient capital, secondary market mechanisms that create liquidity without forcing exits, and regulatory approaches that enable rather than constrain. We focus particularly on European markets, where structural barriers and opportunities are most pronounced, but insights apply globally.

Supported by health.tech

How the session works:

Expert input (11:00-12:00): Three speakers share what's working in scale-up investment, secondary markets, and supportive policy frameworks. Q&A sets context for the working sessions.

Sector tables (12:00-12:45, lunch served): Health, AI, Deep Tech, Finance. Mixed groups identify opportunities and priorities in your domain. What investment models are emerging? What policy changes would unlock growth? What's working elsewhere that could be replicated? Ideas captured and refined.

Theme tables (12:45-13:30): Regroup by function—early-stage finance, late-stage finance, talent, corporate collaboration, policy. Patterns emerge across sectors. Where are the common opportunities? What solutions work across different markets?

Synthesis (13:30-14:00): Each table shares findings. We create concrete commitments: investment syndicates forming around specific deals, corporate partnerships moving to action, policy advocacy with named champions, "10 Commandments" for corporate-scale-up collaboration. Named individuals commit to follow-through in 90 days.

Outcomes: Working groups that continue—investment syndicates co-investing in deals, corporate partnerships with clear next steps, policy advocates pushing concrete changes. Deliverables include practical playbooks that get used, policy frameworks with champions behind them, and investment conversations becoming term sheets. First check-in at health.tech in Basel (March) to track progress. The goal: collaborate on deals, partnerships, and policy that accelerate scale-ups globally, with European focus.

Who should attend:

• Investors — VCs, PE, family offices, sovereigns deploying late-stage capital and exploring co-investment opportunities

• Scale-up founders & CEOs — building companies across borders, navigating capital strategy and growth

• Corporates and CVCs — creating partnerships and strategic investments with scale-ups

• Policymakers — officials shaping tax policy, capital markets regulation, and economic development frameworks

• Infrastructure providers — building secondary markets, liquidity solutions, and enabling platforms

Limited to 40 participants. RSVP required by 15 Jan. Registration includes pre-session questionnaire on your priorities and how you'll contribute to the working sessions.