SPRIND × Deutsche Börse
FROM BREAKTHROUGH TO IPO
Think Bigger. Think Europe. Think IPO!
Date: October 21, 2025 Location: Börsenplatz 4, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Time: 12:00–22:00 (Doors open 11:30) Lunch: 12:00–13:00 Content start: 13:30
Agenda
13:30 – 14:15 FOAK Financing: How to fund breakthrough tech before public markets 30 min talk and 15 min Q&A
14:15 – 15:00 IPO 101 – Legal and Audit Essentials 30 min talk and 15 min Q&A
15:00 – 15:45 Why a European IPO Matters: Investor access, index inclusion, retail participation and analyst coverage 30 min talk and 15 min Q&A
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00 Strategic IPO Considerations for VC-backed Companies 30 min talk and 15 min Q&A
17:00 – 17:45 From Startup to Stock Exchange: A Founder’s Perspective 30 min talk and 15 min Q&A
17:45 – 18:30 Private guided tour of the Deutsche Börse Visitors Center & Trading Floor
19:00 – 22:00 Networking Dinner at Kleinmarkthalle Frankfurt (tbc) with founders, investors and capital market experts
Who’s joining?
A curated group of 20-30 participants, including: CEOs & CFOs of SPRIND’s most IPO-ready portfolio companies:
- Craig Kelly, CFO, Transmutex
- Heike Freund, COO, Marvel Fusion (or Moritz von Linden, CEO or Nicolas Burghardt, CFO)
- Francesco Sciortino, CEO, Proxima Fusion
- Lennart Bock, CFO, Proxima Fusion
- Haik Mehmke, CFO, Carbon One
- Thomas Forner, CEO, Focused Energy
- Felix Fischer, COO, Reverion
SPRIND Olav Carlsen Till Moldenhauer Lorenz Höppl Antonia Schmalz
Deutsche Börse Carsten Huth Caroline von Linsingen Daniel Kaefer +1 (Stefan Maassen) Experts from leading growth-stage VCs, Investment Banks: TBD