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