Overview
UK Private Capital's LP-GP Breakfasts are topic-specific breakfast forums, taking place throughout the year in London. These forums are held under the Chatham House Rule to encourage as much interaction as possible for a productive discussion.
This forum will focus on the topic of Software Investing in the Age of AI: Defending Moats, Creating Value.
Please note this is a UK Private Capital LP and GP member only event.
Speakers
Imogen Richards
Imogen Richards is a Partner and Head of Primaries in Pantheon’s European Private Equity team and also a member of the Global Primary Committee, ESG Committee and Allocation Committee. Imogen joined Pantheon in 2005, and prior to joining the primaries team, she was a member of Pantheon’s secondary team and also headed up the Investment Structuring and Strategy division. Imogen is also on the board of Level 20 and chairs the Senior Leader’s Committee.
Prior to Pantheon Imogen worked on small and mid-market private equity and mezzanine transactions for Anglo Irish Bank. She holds a master’s degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. Imogen is based in London.
Ben Blume
Ben Blume is a Partner on the Investment Team at Atomico, where he leads early-stage investments in AI-driven enterprise automation across functions, and vertical solutions for complex, real-world industries, including platforms that combine software and hardware.
Ben has a strong interest in sectors like manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare, where impact is tangible and measurable. Atomico partners with ambitious tech founders at the earliest stages through to IPO.
John Maclean
Awaiting speaker's biography.
Scott Penwell
Scott is a Managing Director and Head of Private Equity for M&G’s Impact & Private Equity Team. Prior to M&G, Scott oversaw diversified European and Asian private equity portfolios at Parish Capital (acquired by StepStone Group) and BancBoston Capital in London, and before that, was an investment banker with Robertson Stephens & Company in San Francisco. Scott has a BBA from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Scott is certified as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a former member of the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s Board of Directors.
David Toms
David Toms is a Managing Director at Hg, leveraging over two decades of technology sector experience to provide broad market context to Hg’s deep cluster knowledge, researching how market trends and data impact new investment opportunities, existing portfolio companies, and potential exits.
David joined in 2018, after nearly twenty years in the public markets. Prior to Hg, he was Director of Technology Research at Numis, following the full-size range of UK-listed public Software/IT services companies where he and his team were top-ranked for over a decade by investors and companies in the industry-wide Extel surveys.
David holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Date and Timings
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
08:30-10:30
Location
Atomico
29 Rathbone Street
London, W1T 1NJ
Dress Code
Business attire
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