Hosted by Join Capital, this closed-door event brings together a trusted circle of LPs, founders, and strategic partners to explore the technologies reshaping modern defense, industrial infrastructure, and economic security. From sensing platforms and chips to photonics and quantum communications, the agenda spans systems that matter because they’re built to lead, scale, and last.
Event Agenda
Registration & Coffee
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote 1: "Europe at a Crossroads: Rethinking Defence in an Age of Strategic Uncertainty"
10:05 - 10:20
Keynote 2: "European Resilience: Rebuilding Defence Capabilities"
11:15 - 11:30
Panel 3: "Space Race 2.0: Security, Sovereignty, and the Economics of Orbit"
12:15-12:45
Impulse: "Macro, Markets and the (new) Power Law"
13:45 - 14:00
Panel 4: "The Industrial Edge: The Future of European Manufacturing"
14:20 - 15:00
Welcome
10:00 - 10:05
Panel 1: "From Dependency to Deterrence: Europe's Sovereignty in Focus"
10:20 - 11:15
Panel 2: "Building a Strategic Edge: How Defence Is Fuelling Technological Progress"
11:30 - 12:15
Lunch & Networking
12:45 - 13:45
Keynote 3: "Germany and Europe 2025: A Reset Amid Historic Upheaval"
14:00 - 14:20
Fireside Chat: "The Final Convergence: Software, Hardware, and the New Geopolitics of Manufacturing"
15:00 - 15:15
Panel 5: "Building the Backbone of AI: What’s Next for Compute and Infrastructure"
15:15 - 15:45
Pitch Session
16:15 - 16:45
Drinks, Flying Buffet & Networking
17:00 - 21:00
Coffee & Networking
15:45 - 16:15
Closing Remarks
16:45 - 17:00
Speakers
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About Join Capital
Join Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund with offices in Berlin, London, and Milan.
Since 2017, we’ve been backing founders building foundational technologies that power industries, secure economies, and define markets. Our focus spans deep tech across enterprise, industrial, and defense sectors with solutions built to lead, scale, and last.
Join Capital currently invests from its second fund generation, managing over €150 million in assets. Our investors include the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), KfW Capital, CDP, Isomer Capital, leading funds of funds, and prominent family offices.
To date, we’ve backed 34 portfolio companies and successfully realised five exits.
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