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The next symposium will take place on 21-22 May 2024. Register your interest for next year's event and we will notify you when ticket sales open so you can secure your early bird ticket.
We are proud to offer a global forum for debate. Here, academics and practitioners from around the world strengthen ties, exchange and debate academic findings and current industry topics.
Our annual Private Capital Symposium is a cornerstone of this remit. The symposium brings together influential industry experts and academic thought leaders for two days of inspiring, thought-provoking, open and lively debate.
The first day of the symposium is aimed at practitioners while the second day is for academics only.
Past topics have ranged from the technical aspects of deal origination, to discussions on social impact investing and the use of artificial intelligence in investment decisions.
In the ever-evolving landscape of private equity and venture capital, the 15th Private Capital Symposium in 2024 is set to be an insightful gathering. Hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC) at London Business School, this symposium promises two days of intellectual exchange, open debate, and thought-provoking discussions.
The call for papers is now open, inviting faculty and PhD students to submit their research focused on private equity or venture capital for presentation on the second day of the symposium.
The deadline for the submission of papers is Sunday, 10 March 2024.
Submit your paperWhat can you expect from the Private Capital Symposium at LBS? Explore the line-up of key-note speakers from previous years who we partnered with and what was discussed.
16-17 May 2023, London, UK
The symposium covered the latest trends and developments in private debt, family office partnerships, democratization of private equity investments, venture capital, and technology investing.
Learn moreIn the 2022 symposium we covered trending topics in private equity and venture capital. These included impact investing, PE in emerging markets, fundraising innovations in private markets, opening private markets to individual investors, VC investing and corporate VC.
Learn more27-28 June 2019, London, UK
As the global private equity industry grows in importance relative to public markets, our 2019 symposium focused on recent shifts in capital flow across sectors and stages and the increasing use of sophisticated technology in supporting investment decisions. We delivered this event with partners Harvard Business School and The Wharton School.
Learn more24-25 May 2018, London, UK
Hosted in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, day one of our 2018 private equity symposium explored the future of private equity and the growth of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing in the sector. Day two put the spotlight on venture capital contracts and loans and alternative investment vehicles used in private capital.
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29-30 June 2017, London, UK
A year after the UK’s shock vote to leave the EU, our flagship event for the global private equity and venture capital industry put the spotlight on the risks and opportunities facing private investors in two of the world’s biggest markets. Sanjay Patel, Head of Europe, Apollo Management International, and Hanneke Smits, CEO, Newton Investment Management, joined a stellar line-up of practitioners and leading academics to debate and discuss a range of topics at the 2017 event in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
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7-8 June 2016, London, UK
Our 2016 flagship event featured the world’s biggest names in private equity, investment buyouts, deal origination and valuations. Hosted in partnership with global business advisory firm and restructuring specialists AlixPartners, it focused on how to find pockets of opportunity, access financial returns and create value for PE investors in a difficult macro economic environment.
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If you are interested in sponsoring the Private Capital Symposium please email iepc@london.edu.
Professor Ilya A Strebulaev shares insights about his research on Corporate Venture Capital in conversation with Gary Dushnitsky at the Private Capital Symposium 2022 hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at LBS.
Are venture capitalists just good at picking companies that will ultimately be successful? Or do they actually help them become successful through their value-added work.
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