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Co-founder and CEO of Fuse Energy and an early Revolut executive who served as its chief revenue officer. He started Fuse to build a vertically integrated renewable-energy and battery business.
Serial UK entrepreneur who founded Cazoo, the online used-car retailer, after building Zoopla and LoveFilm. A prolific consumer-internet founder, he took Cazoo public via SPAC in 2021.
Co-founder and CEO of Wayve, pioneering end-to-end deep learning for self-driving rather than hand-coded rules. A Cambridge PhD, he raised one of Europe's largest AI rounds from SoftBank, Microsoft and Nvidia.
Co-founder of Wayve and a machine-learning researcher who completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge alongside co-founder Alex Kendall before starting the autonomous-driving company.
Founder and CEO of Gymshark, the fitness-apparel brand he started from his parents' garage as a teenager and bootstrapped into a billion-pound business before its first outside investment.
Co-founder and CEO of Nothing, the London consumer-electronics brand behind the Phone and Ear products. He previously co-founded OnePlus and is one of the most closely followed hardware founders in tech.
Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Allica Bank, the UK SME-focused challenger bank. A serial fintech founder who previously built and led Funding Options before joining Allica, he is an announced 2026 speaker at the Open Banking Expo UK & Europe in London.
Partner at Index Ventures, based in London, and one of Europe's most influential technology investors. He has led or backed Discord, Dropbox, Figma, DeepL, Etsy and Supercell, and topped the Forbes Midas List Europe in 2025. He has been central to Index's transatlantic consumer and design-led software franchise.
Reinforcement-learning pioneer who led the AlphaGo and AlphaZero projects at DeepMind, and a founder of Ineffable Intelligence. He is one of the most cited researchers in modern AI.
Managing Partner and Head of Europe & Israel at Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture platform backed by Fidelity. He leads the firm's growth-stage investments in European and Israeli software, fintech and consumer companies.
Founder and CEO of Multiverse, the apprenticeship-focused alternative to university that reached unicorn status. He started the company to widen access to high-quality careers through applied training rather than degrees.
Co-founder and former CEO of Skyscanner, the Edinburgh travel-search company that became one of Scotland's defining tech successes before its acquisition by Ctrip for around £1.4bn.
George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge, a leading researcher in bioelectronics and the use of organic electronic materials for medical devices and neural interfaces. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Co-founder and former CTO of Deliveroo, where he built the early technology platform alongside Will Shu before the company's rapid European expansion.
Founder and CEO of Checkout.com, the payments processor he bootstrapped before it became one of Europe's most valuable fintechs. A Swiss entrepreneur based in London, he is among the wealthiest people in UK tech.
Co-founder of Snyk, the developer-security company, and previously CTO of Akamai's web-experience business after it acquired his startup Blaze. A prolific application-security expert and author.
Partner at Accel in London, investing in enterprise software, AI and fintech. His portfolio includes Vinted, Celonis, Miro, Deliveroo and Personio, and he has been a long-standing figure in Accel's European franchise.
Co-founder and CEO of Improbable, the simulation and virtual-worlds company backed by a16z and SoftBank. He is a vocal advocate for the technical foundations of the metaverse.
Austrian-British technology entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of the Cambridge-based venture firm Amadeus Capital Partners. He earlier co-founded Acorn Computers, the company whose work led to the ARM processor architecture, and has spent decades backing deep-tech, semiconductor and life-science startups across Europe.
General Partner at Notion Capital investing in B2B software and AI across Europe. With a PhD and a background spanning operating and investing roles, she works with founders scaling from product-market fit toward growth.
Co-founder and CEO of PhysicsX, applying AI to engineering simulation for aerospace, automotive and energy. He was previously co-founder and chief scientist of QuantumBlack, acquired by McKinsey.
Partner at Index Ventures leading the firm's fintech practice from London. He sits behind investments in Adyen, Robinhood, Wise, Alan and Collibra, and has been a long-standing board member at several of Europe's most valuable financial-technology companies.
Partner at Northzone based in London, investing across software and fintech in Europe. He works with founders from seed through growth and is a prominent voice on European venture and scale-up building.
Public Policy & Vulnerability Manager at Monzo Bank, the UK digital challenger bank, where she works on financial inclusion, consumer protection and open-banking policy. She is an announced 2026 speaker at the Open Banking Expo UK & Europe in London.
Co-founder of OakNorth and earlier co-founder of Copal Amba with Rishi Khosla. He has spent his career building financial-data and lending businesses.
Founder and CEO of Hopin, the virtual-events platform he built after a health condition limited his travel; it became one of the fastest-growing UK startups of the pandemic, reaching a multi-billion-dollar valuation backed by a16z and General Catalyst.
Co-founder and former CTO of Monzo, where he built the engineering organisation behind the challenger bank's mobile-first platform. He previously co-founded GoCardless with Tom Blomfield.
General Partner at Notion Capital focused on European B2B software, AI and fintech. He invests at Series A and supports portfolio companies on the path from early revenue to scale.
Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge based in London. With an operating background at Microsoft and Digital Equipment Corporation, he leads growth-stage investments across enterprise software, semiconductors and deep tech in Europe and the US.
Co-founder and CEO of Wise (formerly TransferWise), the cross-border payments company he started with Taavet Hinrikus to cut the cost of international money transfers. He took Wise public via a 2021 direct listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Partner at Accel focused on fintech, marketplaces and consumer companies. He has led or backed Trade Republic, Vinted, Tines, Swan and Synthesia, working with European founders from seed through growth.
Partner at Eight Roads Ventures investing in software and fintech across Europe. She led the firm's investment in spend-management unicorn Spendesk and works with growth-stage founders scaling internationally.
Manish Chhowalla is the Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge, a leading researcher in two-dimensional materials, nanomaterials and their applications in electronics and energy. He is a plenary speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Partner at Index Ventures focused on consumer, marketplace and mobility companies. He has led the firm's investments in Revolut, Deliveroo, Personio and Algolia, working closely with European founders scaling into global markets.
Co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the AI voice and audio company. A former Palantir deployment strategist, he started ElevenLabs with childhood friend Piotr Dabkowski to build lifelike text-to-speech and voice cloning.
Partner at Eight Roads Ventures focused on enterprise software and the consumerisation of enterprise. Previously at Accel in London and Warburg Pincus, he backs European B2B software companies at growth stage.
Founder and Managing Partner of DN Capital, a London-based early-stage venture firm that backs software, digital media and fintech companies across Europe and the United States. A venture investor for over two decades, he has also served on the board of the pan-European trade body Invest Europe.
Co-founder of Darktrace and its long-time CEO and later Chief Strategy Officer, helping pioneer the 'immune system' approach to enterprise cybersecurity using machine learning.
Co-founder and CEO of Graphcore, the Bristol-based AI chip company building Intelligence Processing Units. A veteran semiconductor entrepreneur, he previously co-founded Picochip and XMOS.
Niki Buys is the co-founder and partner at Pledge Ventures, the venture capital arm of Founders Pledge, which invests in high-growth technology companies whose founders have made binding commitments to give a meaningful portion of their proceeds to charity. She spent over six years at Founders Pledge in roles including Chief Experience Officer before co-launching the fund in 2023 alongside CEO David Goldberg. Pledge Ventures operates on a rules-based model across sectors and geographies to create a flywheel between entrepreneurial success and social impact.
Co-founder and CEO of Revolut, which he scaled from a multi-currency card into one of the world's most valuable fintechs, with tens of millions of customers and a full UK banking licence. A former derivatives trader, he is among Europe's most prominent fintech founders.
Dutch business leader who was CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, where he launched the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan and dropped quarterly earnings guidance. He co-authored Net Positive and co-founded the London-based foundation IMAGINE, advocating sustainable and equitable business.
Founder and CEO of Thought Machine, the cloud-native core-banking platform. He previously founded a speech-technology company acquired by Google, where he built voice systems before turning to banking infrastructure.
Partner at Accel investing in cloud, SaaS, AI and security across Europe and Israel. He authors Accel's influential annual Euroscape report tracking the region's cloud and AI momentum.
Co-founder and CTO of ElevenLabs, leading the research behind its speech-synthesis models. A former Google machine-learning engineer, he co-founded the company with Mati Staniszewski.
Co-founder and former CEO of Darktrace, the Cambridge cyber-AI company she led to a 2021 London IPO. One of the UK's most prominent tech executives, she was appointed a UK investment minister in 2024.
Rafel Jorda Siquier is the CEO of Open Cosmos, a UK-based space startup founded in 2015 that designs, builds, and operates small satellites and provides end-to-end mission services for governments and commercial customers. Under his leadership, Open Cosmos has grown into a notable player in the New Space sector, securing contracts with the European Space Agency and other institutional clients across Europe and beyond. Jorda Siquier is a recognized figure in the European commercial space ecosystem and advocates for democratizing access to space through low-cost, rapidly delivered satellite solutions.
Ravi Silva is the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey, an expert in nanotechnology, carbon-based electronics, photovoltaics and energy materials. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Co-founder and CEO of OakNorth, the SME-lending bank, which he started after struggling to get a loan for an earlier business. He previously co-founded Copal Amba, sold to Moody's.
Co-founder and former CTO/CPO of Improbable, where he led development of the SpatialOS distributed-simulation engine. He met co-founder Herman Narula at the University of Cambridge.
Co-founder of PhysicsX and a physicist who led performance and vehicle science at Formula 1 teams including Mercedes and Renault, where his work contributed to multiple championships.
Founder of Depop, the social marketplace for secondhand fashion that became a cultural phenomenon with Gen Z before its acquisition by Etsy. A designer by background, he also co-founded PIG magazine.
Co-founder and CTO of Graphcore and the chief architect of its IPU processor. A serial chip designer, he co-founded Picochip and Element 14 before Graphcore.
Partner at Accel and one of Europe's most influential venture investors, leading the firm's London office. She has backed Spotify, Monzo, BeReal and KRY, and focuses on AI, consumer and fintech companies across Europe and Israel.
Co-founder and COO/CFO of Synthesia, the AI video-generation platform. He runs the company's operations and finance alongside CEO Victor Riparbelli as Synthesia became one of Europe's most valuable generative-AI companies.
Managing Partner and co-founder of Notion Capital, the London B2B SaaS and fintech firm he started in 2009 with the MessageLabs team. He has backed European software leaders including GoCardless and Currencycloud and helped grow Notion to over $1bn AUM.
British entrepreneur, investor and author. He founded social-media marketing firm Social Chain in 2014 and later co-founded Flightstory, a media and investment company. He hosts The Diary of a CEO, one of the world's most listened-to business podcasts, and is an investor on the BBC's Dragons' Den.
Thomas Anthopoulos is a professor at the University of Manchester specialising in printed and large-area electronics, semiconductors and optoelectronic devices for energy and sensing applications. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Co-founder of Monzo and previously GoCardless, and one of the UK's best-known fintech founders. He led Monzo from a prepaid card to a licensed bank with millions of customers before stepping back; he is now a group partner at Y Combinator.
Romanian-born founder based in the United Kingdom, best known as co-founder and CEO of Proportunity, a London proptech lender that used data and machine learning to help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder. He is an active voice in the UK fintech community and is building a new AI-focused venture.
Founder and CEO of Quantexa, the decision-intelligence company using contextual data and AI to fight financial crime for banks and governments. He founded it in 2016 and grew it to unicorn status.
Co-founder and CTO of Revolut, responsible for the engineering platform behind the super-app's rapid global expansion. He previously built trading systems at major investment banks.
Founder and CEO of Deliveroo, the food-delivery company he started in 2013 after struggling to get good food delivered in London. He scaled it across Europe and Asia and led its 2021 IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
Co-founding Partner of Frontline Ventures, focused on B2B software and enterprise AI. A frequent writer and podcaster on venture capital, he has helped build Frontline's transatlantic platform and its dedicated US expansion programme for European founders.
Partner at Frontline Ventures based in London, investing in early-stage B2B software and developer-focused founders across Europe. She is a prominent voice on seed-stage venture and supports portfolio companies through their first scaling phase.