Name: Axios BFD Summit: New York 2025
Start: 2025-11-18T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-18T19:00:00-05:00
Location: SECOND

RSVPs Closed

WHEN:

Tuesday

,

November

18

,

2025

1:00pm

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7:00pm

1:00pm | Doors open for guests

2:00pm - 5:00pm | Mainstage conversations
5:00pm - 7:00pm | Reception

7:00pm | Event concludes

WHERE:

Axios BFD is our annual summit spotlighting the power players behind the year’s biggest deals in tech, finance, private equity, M&A, and more led by Axios business editor Dan Primack.

The people on stage aren’t just talking about market moves — they’re making them. Through sharp interviews and candid conversations, we get inside the strategies shaping valuations, exits, and the future of dealmaking. Join us November 18th in New York City to hear insights from real 'BFDs'.

Speakers

Roelof Botha

Partner, Sequoia Capital

Gerry Cardinale

Founder & Managing Partner, RedBird Capital Partners

Emilie Choi

President & COO, Coinbase

Jesse Cohn

Managing Partner, Elliott Investment Management

Shayne Coplan

Founder & CEO, Polymarket

Clem Delangue

CEO & Co-founder, Hugging Face

Emma Grede

Founder, Entrepreneur, and Host of ‘Aspire with Emma Grede Podcast’

Max Levchin

Founder & CEO, Affirm

Marc Lipschultz

Co-founder & Co-CEO, Blue Owl Capital

View from the Top

Sebastian Guth

COO of Bayer Pharmaceuticals and President of Bayer U.S.

Julie Bell Lindsay

Chief Executive Officer, Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)

Agenda

1:30 pm

Doors open for mainstage conversations

2:00 pm

Opening remarks with Dan Primack

2:04 pm

HGGC's Steve Young with Dan Primack

2:30 pm

Google's Dr. Karen DeSalvo with Ina Fried

2:50 pm

Perplexity's Aravind Srinivas with Kia Kokalitcheva

3:10 pm

View From the Top: Latham & Watkins' Rick Kline with Nicholas Johnston

3:20 pm

Programming break: enjoy snacks and mingle

3:40 pm

Yahoo's Jim Lanzone with Kia Kokalitcheva

4:00 pm

Haun Ventures' Kathryn Haun with Dan Primack

4:20 pm

Craft Ventures' David Sacks with Dan Primack

4:50 pm

Programming concludes

5:00 pm

Reception with networking and cocktails

7:30 pm

Event concludes

SECOND

Catch up quick: past BFD clips

A conversation with Dan Primack and Jared Kushner, BFD Miami 2024.

A conversation with Hope King and Mark Cuban, BFD NYC 2022.

A conversion with Kia Kokalitcheva and Cathie Wood, BFD San Francisco 2023.

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