Participants
Take a look at our investors and experts participating in this event and selection
President

David Farquhar
CEO
Northface Ventures
Vice Presidents

Osman Kent
Venture Partner
Atlantic Bridge

Mike Letchford
Director
Northface Ventures

Poonam Malik
Managing Director & Founder
PM InnoVatures
Presenting Companies

Jonathan Ballon
CEO
Iceotope

Andrew Bissell
Co-Founder & CEO
Sunamp

Ramon Borrell
Chief Technology Officer
Quantica

Manuel Botija
VP of Product Management
Axelera AI

Gary Brotman
CEO
Secondmind

Scott Crae
Co-Founder
Talking Medicines

Hugh Craigie Halkett
CEO & Founder
Stamp Free

Brice Cruchon
CEO
Dracula Technologies

Sverre Dale Moen
CEO
sensiBel

Andrew Dunn
Chief Operating Officer
Quantum Brilliance

Antonina Fedoruk
Head of Finance
ATLANT 3D

Hans Hasselby-Andersen
CEO
Lotus Microsystems

Patrick Heissler
CEO
Scrona

Hero Hovinga
Strategy Associate
Fortaegis Technologies

Dave Hughes
CEO & Founder
Novosound

Kiki Lauwers
CEO
Thorizon

Alexander Lefterov
Founder & CTO
Tiger Technology

Peter Mendham
CEO
Bright Ascension

Patrik Möller
CEO & Co-Founder
CorPower Ocean

Jerome Monceaux
CEO
Enchanted Tools

Josep Montanyà Silvestre
CEO
Nanusens

Richard Murray
CEO & Co-Founder
ORCA Computing

Owen Nicholson
CEO & Co-Founder
SLAMcore

Ron Schaeffer
Chief Strategy Officer
pureLiFi

Dorian Selz
CEO
Squirro

Keith Steele
CEO
IOtech Systems

Andy Travers
CEO
Ceres Holographics

David Wither
CEO
Sofant Technologies
Expert Jury

Lajla Aganovic
Head of Venture Engagement
Logitech International

James Almond
Private Banking Relationship Manager
Lloyds Bank

Amelia Armour
Partner
Amadeus Capital Partners

Paul Atkinson
Founding Partner
Par Equity

Richard Baker
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Acuity Advisors

Myles Bax
Relationship Manager
Scottish EDGE

Rowan Bird
Investor Deeptech
British Growth Fund

Michael Blank
Partner
Verve Ventures

Carson Bradbury
Director, EU Chips Act & Co-Founder, Cre8Ventures Initiative
Siemens EDA

Eduardo Bundyra
Private Equity Investor
Essex Innovation

Matthew Byatt
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Acuity Advisors

Nuno Carvalho
Investment Director
KBC Focus Fund

Klaas de Boer
Investment Committee
QFWVentures

Michael Delage
Deeptech & Climate Expert

Jean-Michel Deligny
Chair of the Investment Committee
Triple B

Roland Dennert
Managing Partner
Cipio Partners

Amit Deshpande
Director, Catalyst Investments
M&G Catalyst

Craig Douglas
Partner
World Fund

J D Englehart
Investment Director, Tech + Global Security
In-Q-Tel

Susie Fisher
Strategic Investments
Scottish Enterprise

Albert Font
Principal
Walter Ventures

Calum Forsyth
VC Investments
Techstart Ventures

Paul Funnell
Head of Investment, Entrepreneurship & Investments
Scottish Enterprise

Alexander Galitsky
Managing Partner
Almaz Capital US

Paul Gillespie
Managing Director
Sheffield Haworth

Ben Graziano
Managing Director UK
Kineo Finance

Carl Gressum
EU Tech Collaboration & Investments
Samsung Electronics

Gokhan Guner
Managing Partner
ACT Venture Partners

Rick Hao
Partner
Speed Invest

Tom Haywood
Partner
24 Haymarket

Danny Helson
Head of Investor Relations
University of Edinburgh

Caspar Hogh
Founding Partner
Noon Ventures

Oliver Kahl
Principal
MIG Capital AG

Arfa Karani
Investment Manager
Alantra

Mungo Kilgour
Strategy & Innovation Manager
Natwest Group

Simon King
Partner, Deep Tech
Octopus Ventures

Miles Kirby
CEO
DeepTech Labs

Takenori Kumagai
Senior Manager Tech Scouting
JX Nippon Advanced Metals

Simone Lavizzari
Senior Investment Manager
Join Capital

Victoria Lietha
Investment Manager, Deeptech
Swisscom Ventures

Dan MacNeill
Director - Deep Tech
Sheffield Haworth

Maxime Mallet
Partner
Jolt Capital

Willi Mannheims
Managing Partner
eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners

Helen McBreen
Partner
Atlantic Bridge

Niki McKenzie
Joint Managing Director
Archangel Investors

Victoria McLaren
Investment Manager
Maven Capital Partners

John McNicol
Director
Kelvin Capital

Carolina Melendez
Founding Partner
Foras Ventures

Laura Mendera
Founder, Managing Partner
CLEAR Financial Advisory

George Mills
Investment Director, Deeptech and Co-Investment
British Business Bank

Falk Mueller-Veerse
Partner & Head of DACH
Stifel

Vishal Nayar
Senior Venture Development Manager
imec

Margaret Perchik
Partner
Prime Ventures

Baruk Pilo
Managing Director
Oakland Partners

Arthur Puig
Investment Manager
Supernova Invest

Anastasia Sagaidachna
Senior Investment Manager
Foresight Group

Carl Savage
Director
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Tobias Schmid
Investment Manager
Emerald Technology Ventures

Edward Schneider
Founder & Managing Director
Quan Technology Fund

Alessandra Scotti
Institutional Relations and Scouting Manager
LIFTT

Yusuf Shah
Investment Vice President
BlackRock

Peter Silver
Senior Investment Associate
The Scottish National Investment Bank

Arthen Sirola-Hashemi
Investment Manager
Karma Ventures

Sampa Sirvio
Investment Manager
Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment)

Tom Smits
Deeptech VC
Innovation Industries

Andrew Stirrat
Senior Director
Virgin Money Venture Debt

Pietro Strada
Managing Partner
Silverpeak

Ilya Sukhanov
In-House Counsel
First Imagine! Ventures
Speakers
Experts 16 May
Media Representatives
