Mirna Marovic, President, Croatian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (CVCA)

Alan Herjavec, Member of the Management Board, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR)
Sladjana Cosic, Head of Office, European Investment Bank (EIB) in Croatia
Miljan Zdrale, Director for Central Europe, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Zrinka Raguz, State Secretary, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Croatia, TBC

Prof. Dragan Primorac, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Trustees, St Catherine Specialty Hospital

Moderated by Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA

A practitioner-led perspective on how recent market shifts are reshaping fundraising dynamics, exit timelines, LP behaviour, and portfolio strategy across private markets

Dejan Ljustina, Partner, Vision Partners

Filip Filipovic, solo opera singer, Croatian National Theatre (HNK)

Lana Bradic, pianist

Award ceremony with a short presentation of the nominees by the expert jury in seven categories:

• Private Equity Investment of the Year 2025
• Venture Capital (Early-Stage) Investment of the Year 2025
• Venture Capital (Later-Stage) Investment of the Year 2025
• Founder of the Year 2025
• Exit of the Year 2025
• Fundraising of the Year 2025
• Investor of the Year 2025

Filip Filipovic, solo opera singer, Croatian National Theatre (HNK)

Lana Bradic, pianist

Sanja Ancic Curkovic, Director, ESG & Portfolio, Provectus Capital Partners

Kristijan Hundric, Investment Manager, Invera Equity Partners

Marko Perozic, Deputy Chief Content Officer, Bloomberg Adria

Dragos Petre, Partner & CFO, Morphosis Capital

Tomislav Tomljenovic, Regional Director, Adria, Enterprise Investors

Moderated by Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA

Aleksandar Dragicevic, Principal, MidEuropa

Darko Horvat, President of the Management Board of BOSQAR d.d.

Zvonimir Simic, CEO, Optika Anda

Mladen Veber, CEO, Mlinar

Moderated by Vladimir Nisevic, Forbes Hrvatska

Izet Zdralovic. Partner, Silicon Gardens

Bruno Coric, Co-Founder & CTO, Arkensight

Moderated by Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA

Nikolina Lauc, Co-Founder & CEO, GlycanAge

Nina Dremelj, Managing Partner, Vesna VC

Pedja Predin, Managing Director, Fifth Quarter Ventures

Moderated by Bernard Ivezic, CEO & Co-founder, Unicorn Underground

Filip Filipovic, solo opera singer, Croatian National Theatre (HNK)

Lana Bradic, pianist

Mirna Marovic, President, CVCA