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Podcast: EUVC
Episode: E556 | EUVC Summit 2025 | Kerry Baldwin (IQ Capital) & Chris Elphick (BVCA): Europe needs to do more to unlock pension investment
Description: At the EUVC Summit 2025, Kerry Baldwin (IQ Capital) and Chris Elphick led one of the most urgent conversations of the year:Can Europe mobilize its pension capital to fund innovation—or will it stay stuck on the sidelines?With £1 trillion expected to be funneled into innovation, growth, and venture by 2030, the opportunity is massive. But unlocking it will take more than speeches and slogans. It will take structures, translation, and a whole lot of education.Chris opened by setting the context:In July 2023, 10 of the UK’s largest pension funds agreed to in...