Accelerate is the BVCA’s dedicated event for venture capital investors. Innovation, creativity, and expertise will be brought together under one umbrella event for venture capital, looking at everything from start-ups to scale-ups and from pre seed to growth equity, providing a chance to network and connect with a like-minded crowd in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

Join senior business leaders, innovative entrepreneurs, and experienced investors in central London on 8 May to understand the latest developments in VC.

Key themes for the event:

  • Artificial Intelligence: How AI is impacting the economy and the VC asset class
  • Early-Stage Investing: Seeding the Future
  • Emerging Trends: Signals of Future Disruption
  • Navigating Exits: Unicorns, IPOs, and Beyond
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Building an Equitable Ecosystem
  • Access to Capital: The next steps in unlocking pension investment

CIC’s Ian Lane will participate in the Investing in Security – the future of defence tech in the UK and Europe Fireside Panel discussion focussing on developments in defence and dual purpose technologies. They will doscus on whether more VCs will enter this space and what can governement do to support investment.

  • Moderator: Edmund Phillips, Senior Investment Partner, NSSIF
  • Dr Daniel Carew, Partner, Defence & Strategic Technologies
  • Dr Ian Lane, Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital
  • Nicola Sinclair, General Partner, Twin Track Ventures

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