Chief Commercial Officer | Bloc Ventures

Michael is an accomplished Deep Science and Technology investor, with a proven commercial track record at a FTSE 50 technology PLC. Career highlights include leading strategic investment and M&A at two of Europe’s most progressive PLCs - ARM and TTP Communications; co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Accelerated Digital Ventures, raised £150m from three tier 1 financial institutions, acquired by Legal and General Capital in 2020; successfully led the sale, restructuring and growth of several UK, EU and US based technology companies. Currently operating as the Chief Commercial Officer at the growth stage Deep Science and Technology investor Bloc Ventures Ltd.

Partner | Lunar Ventures

Lawrence is a early-stage deep tech investor. He is a Partner for Research at Lunar Ventures and writes about investing in deep tech at State of the Future. He invested early in fetch.ai, ocean protocol, rain.ai, and charm therapeutics. He mostly cares right now about social and political impact of AI impact on jobs and education.

Business Developer | Nordic Innovators

Koen Vandecaveye heads up the new business remit at Nordic Innovators’ EU Business Unit, a project finance advisory firm covering grant, equity and debt financing for European innovative startups and corporates.

Previously he worked at Barcelona and London & Partners where he supported over one hundred science & technology companies with their global growth.

Koen worked in China for 10 years and founded the China Working Group at Tech London Advocates connecting these tech clusters. He is also an advocate for LGBTQ+ diversity in the tech sector and, at London & Partners, founded the Pride & Partners group.

Founder and General Partner | Twin Path Ventures

John Spindler has a 10 year track record of investing in UK AI First Startups. Presently the founding partner of Twin Path Ventures, A British Business Bank backed VC that invests in AI startups including Frontier AI startups across the UK.

Director | Foresight Group Ventures

Chris is a Director at Foresight Group and focuses on Foresight’s £100m+ early-stage deep technology fund. Chris started off as a mechanical engineer at McLaren Automotive before moving into Strategy Consulting. He has been working in venture capital for the last 10 years, investing into 16 clean technology and deep technology companies. Chris currently sits on the board of Audioscenic (immersive 3D spatial audio), VividQ (holographic display technology), Zero Point Motion (MEMS and Photonics-based IMUs), Opsydia (adaptive optic laser inscription technology), Phlux (high performance infrared detectors) and Mach42 (AI for analogue semiconductor verification).