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INPHO Venture Summit

What’s the new frontier for deep tech investment?

22-23 October 2026

Palais de la Bourse – Bordeaux

the event

Where the world's top deeptech investors define what's next

Since 2008, INPHO® Venture Summit is a high-end and private gathering where LPs, investors, and large corporations meet to invest in promising solutions to shape the future. The event aims to tackle our world’s most pressing challenges through disruptive technologies.

Appreciated by top decision-makers looking to meet their peers, share insights, analysis, engage in deep and sometimes controversial expert discussions, INPHO® Venture Summit welcomes savvy investors, LPs and corporates interested in deeptech investments, as well as start-ups selected by investors to be challenged live.

As a private event, and in order to maintain a great experience for all our attendees, we have an invite-only format.

1000

Guests

Hand-picked decision-makers

150 Speakers

World-known and forward-thinking

24 Countries

from Europe, USA, Japan, Israel

+1.4

Billion

Euros Capital raised

Four questions.
One room. No easy answers.

Each session is designed to produce actionnable intelligence, not consensus. Expect unconventional discussions and real disagreement.

Deeptech as a Core LP Allocation Strategy

Driving Returns in a Shifting Global Economy What truly works today, and what will work tomorrow? How should LPs position deeptech within long-term portfolios?

Deeptech & Sovereignty

Strategic Autonomy, Economic Trade-offs & Industrial Power Defence, Semiconductor, cyber, AI: where are the real strategic opportunities? What are the blind spots investors should not ignore?

AI, Infrastructure & the New Industrial Cycle

Capital, Job Creation & the Infrastructure of the Future How AI is reshaping critical infrastructure, frontier technologies, skills transformation and employment impact

Building European Deeptech Leadership Clusters, CCC, Platforms & Capital at Scale

How AI is reshaping critical infrastructure, frontier technologies, skills transformation and employment impact

Discover the programme

Editorial commitee

The investors who build the programme

Our committee has designed the Summit for you to tackle our world’s biggest challenges through unconventional discussions and breakthrough technologies.

George ugras

Chairman of the INPHO Venture Summit Managing Director, AV8 Ventures

Hervé Floch

General Manager at ALPHA-RLH

Géraldine Andrieux

Chief Executive Officer at Blumorpho

Eric Benhamou

Founder at Benhamou Global Ventures

François Tison

General Partner at 360 Capital Partner

Aymerik Renard

General Partner at HCVC

Christian Reitberger

Partner at Matterwave Ventures

Mathieu Costes

Partner at Airbus Ventures

Nicolas Leterrier

Semiconductor Sustainability Business leader at Schneider Electric

Hind Beaujon

Chief Sales Officer at Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology

Olivier Tonneau

Founder and Partner at Quantonation

Gianluca Dettori

Chairman, General Partner at Primo Capital

Christian Claussen

General Partner at Ventech

Stephane Mutz

Technology Officer at DeepTechXL

Giovanni Bologna

Portfolio Manager at Santander Asset Management

The Chairman's Word

INPHO is a unique gathering of top-notch investors and entrepreneurs with candid exchanges on trends and value proposition impacting a diverse set of industries to invest for positive and sustainable impact on mankind.

George Ugras Managing Director at AV8 Ventures

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