ROPEA Conference 2025: Mobilizing Capital for Growth

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27 May 2025

ROPEA Conference 2025: Mobilizing Capital for Growth

Private equity has the potential to accelerate long-term growth—so what will it take to deploy it more broadly in Romania?

The ROPEA Conference 2025 will bring together key players in Romania’s private equity and venture capital ecosystem to address the challenge of fundraising in turbulent times.

The event will focus on unlocking long-term institutional capital, removing structural barriers and learning from successful models in Central and Eastern Europe.

Over 100 industry stakeholders - fund managers, limited partners, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and advisers - will engage in focused discussions on capital mobilization, regulation and regional cooperation.

Topics at ROPEA Conference 2025

How LPs are allocating capital in turbulent markets

How do local and regional investment funds adapt their fundraising strategies according to the changing environments

Lessons from the regional players on how to scale institutional investments

What steps Romania needs to take to attract long-term domestic capital

AGENDA for ROPEA Conference 2025

09:00 – 09:30

Registration & Networking Coffee

09:30 – 09:40

Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:40 – 10:30

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

ULI GRABENWARTER, Director - Equity Investments, European Investment Fund (EIF)– online address

GABRIELA HORGA, Member of the Senate, Chairman of the Committee for Budget, Finance, Banking Activity and Capital Market

ALIN ANDRIEȘ, Secretar de Stat, Ministerul Finanţelor

Launch of ROPEA 2024 Industry Report - Deloitte & ROPEA

Launch of Romania Gender Diversity 2025 Report: “Women in Private Equity and Venture Capital” - LEVEL 20 & ROPEA

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

10:30 – 11:15

PANEL DISCUSSION: INVESTING IN TURBULENT TIMES–MARKET TRENDS & LP EXPECTATIONS

Moderator: DANIELA ILIESCU, Executive Director, ROPEA

Confirmed Speakers:

CRISTIAN NACU, Senior Country Officer for Romania, IFC;

CAMELIA DRĂGOI, Senior Mandate Manager, EIF;

MUGUR POPESCU, CIO, BCR Pensii;

ANDREI SVORONOS, Senior Banker, EBRD;

IULIAN PORTASA, CEO, Inspire AM

How macroeconomic shifts impact LPs’ allocation to private equity
The importance of long-term commitments from institutional investors
The impact of geopolitical risks on fundraising and challenges identified by LPs in the fundraising process

PANEL DISCUSSION: INVESTING IN TURBULENT TIMES–MARKET TRENDS & LP EXPECTATIONS

11:15 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00

FIRESIDE CHAT: STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

HORIA MANDA, Managing Partner, Axxess Capital

JACEK SIWICKI, President, Enterprise Investors

Key barriers to attracting capital from institutional and private LPs
Lessons learned from fundraising in the past two years
How experienced fund managers adapt their fundraising strategies across market cycles

FIRESIDE CHAT: STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

12:00 – 13:00

PANEL DISCUSSION: CHALLENGES & LESSONS FROM LOCAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

Moderator:

RUDOLF VIZENTAL, CEO, ROCA INVESTMENTS, Board Member ROPEA

Confirmed Speakers:

DRAGOȘ ROȘCA, Partner, Boldmind Capital;

CRISTIAN MUNTEANU, Partner, Early GameVentures;

DAN MIHĂESCU, Founding Partner, GapMinder Ventures;

GABRIELA DUMITRU, Partner, Morphosis Capital;

DAN FĂRCĂȘANU, Managing Partner, Mosaik Investments

Overcoming the challenges of raising capital from local and international LPs
The role of DFIs (Development Finance Institutions) and European investors in regional fundraising
Strategic considerations for regional investment strategies

PANEL DISCUSSION: CHALLENGES & LESSONS FROM LOCAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

13:00 – 14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: PRIVATE EQUITY AND PENSION FUNDS: A SUCCESS STORY FROM CROATIA

Moderator:

ANDREI GEMENEANU, Managing Partner, Morphosis Capital, President ROPEA

Speakers:

IGOR CICAK, Founder, Provectus Capital Partners

KRISTIJAN BUK, President, Allianz ZB d.o.o