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21 Jan 2026
Are You Ready for the Future of Private Market Operations?
About this video
The "Old Market Ops" model is failing scientific progress. Are you ready for what comes next?
Traditional capital allocation is facing a crisis. The financial infrastructure designed for standard software deals is no longer sufficient for the complex, breakthrough technologies defining our future. In this panel, we explore why the "old way" of Private Market Operations is creating a bottleneck for scientific research, and how we fix it.
We dive deep into the new era of allocation: identifying the commercial potential of biology and deep tech early, and building the operational backbone required to support true value creation.
What We Cover:
The Science Bottleneck: Why traditional VC models struggle to support the long timelines and complexity of deep-tech and biological innovations.
The "Old Ops" Trap: How outdated private market operations kill commercial potential before it can thrive.
The Allocator’s New Role: Transitioning from passive financing to active partnership in the development of scientific breakthroughs.
Future-Proofing Funds: The blueprint for the next generation of private market infrastructure, focused on supporting scientific innovation and long-term value creation.
Event: Alpha Summit '25
Speaker: Andreas Klinger, Founder and Investor at Prototype & Peter Hughes, Founder & CEO of Apex Group Ltd.
Connect with the speaker: Peter Hughes- https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-hughes-7259783/
Andreas Klinger- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasklinger/
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Duration
8 min