SuperReturn International 2025: Scaling Private Credit, AI-Driven Value Creation, & Climate-Focused Capital

SuperReturn International 2025 in Berlin is running at full throttle, drawing investors, GPs, LPs and advisors into a week-long debate on where private markets go next. Conversations on the ground coalesce around credit, tech and climate – all underpinned by a push for new capital-raising tools and deeper LP-GP connectivity.

Date

June 17, 2025

Special - Strategy

Thomas Allgeyer

Methodology: Every two weeks we collect most relevant posts on LinkedIn for selected topics and create an overall summary only based on these posts. If you´re interested in the single posts behind, you can find them here: https://linktr.ee/thomasallgeyer. Have a great read!

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Market & Deal-Making Outlook

German private-equity leaders flagged consolidation and intensified competition as core themes, while global panels warned that liquidity remains tight and continuation vehicles will be a key release valve for exits
Culture and leadership were repeatedly cited as the differentiator in tech-enabled value-creation plans, signalling that operational playbooks are moving beyond cost-cutting

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Fundraising & LP-GP Connectivity

A pragmatic “LP survival guide” set the tone for diligence meetings – efficient scheduling, clear asks and sharp follow-ups are table stakes in Berlin this year
CIBC Capital Markets highlighted flexible NAV facilities and margin loans for both GPs and LPs, underscoring a broader shift toward capital-structure engineering rather than headline fee cuts
Luxembourg was promoted as the launchpad of choice for new funds, with legal specialists positioning fast-track structures as a hedge against regulatory drift across jurisdictions

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Private Credit

Panels on niche direct-lending strategies, data-driven underwriting and infrastructure & energy credit drew standing-room audiences, confirming that private credit has moved from “alternative” to core allocation
APG and other asset owners signalled fresh commitments, while a late-day session on buzzword-free direct lending stressed disciplined covenants and transparent pricing

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Technology, AI & Data Infrastructure

Forgepoint and others pointed to cybersecurity and AI as the next secular growth vectors; investors view them as defensive plays in a volatile macro backdrop
Balentic officially debuted its Orca platform, positioning the tool as a streamlined marketplace for private-market capital-raising and allocation – early user demos attracted strong LP traffic
Deep-tech VCs argued that Europe’s computing, energy-storage and dual-use sectors need “re-armament” capital to stay globally competitive

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ESG, Climate, & Nature Tech

The Climate & Energy Summit framed decarbonisation as a “time-boxed opportunity”: capital-efficient infrastructure deals and passive index strategies for energy transition dominated debate
NatureTech and biodiversity sessions were oversubscribed, confirming emerging LP appetite for measurable natural-capital outcomes

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Women & Diversity in Private Markets

The Women in Private Markets Summit stressed the performance upside of diverse GP teams and urged senior leaders to “step outside comfort zones”; multiple speakers advocated for structured pathways to IPOs for women-led companies

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Sports & Entertainment Investing

Comparative sessions on US versus European sports assets highlighted higher franchise valuations stateside but faster growth levers in Europe; investors see media rights and data analytics as the value-creation engines

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Venture & Early-Stage Capital

SuperVenture interlocks added depth on CVC repositioning, global family-office syndication and digital-asset evolution, illustrating that early-stage capital is benefiting from private-market cross-pollination rather than retreating

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