Panel "Why 99% of AI startups are not fundable? What AI should founders focus on?"

Valère leads investments in AI-native solutions & Infrastructure at C4 Ventures, an operator-led firm with a unique 27% unicorn hit rate (15 out of 56 portfolio companies) and a new €100M Deep Tech & AI fund..

Panel "Inside investor’s deal funnel: How VC funds evaluate seed startups?"

Ellen Chisa is a Partner at Boldstart Ventures, where she invests at the inception stage for companies building the autonomous enterprise. Boldstart has been in the trenches with technical founders of companies like Snyk, Clay, and GeneralistAI from the very beginning. Before joining the Boldstart team, Ellen was a founder and product person.

Panel "Learnings from 50+ angel investments: should you become an LP or invest directly?"

Scott Hartley is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, a global pre-seed fund backed by 500+ founders. 300+ investments across 6 continents. Ex-Google, Meta & White House.

Panel "Inside investor’s deal funnel: How VC funds evaluate seed startups?"

Ugne Musneckyte is an Investor at byFounders (€100M+ fund), the Nordic & Baltic pre-seed/seed VC backed by founders of Skype, Zendesk, Kahoot, and Unity. Portfolio includes Lovable, Corti, SafetyWing, and Monta.

Go international day 1, start locally, or focus on the US market?

Payton Dobbs is a Partner at Hoxton Ventures, first investor in Deliveroo, Darktrace, and Babylon Health ($32B+ aggregate portfolio value). Previously 15+ years at Google & Nest, scaling 3 different $1B+ businesses. Now based in SF helping European founders go global.

Panel "Why 99% of AI startups are not fundable? What AI should founders focus on?"

Leah Morris previously oversaw a responsible AI strategy at Radical Ventures ($2.5B AUM). With an MBA & MGA, she brings deep expertise from the AI research at the University of Toronto. Now at Pillar ($500M+ AUM), she serves as Executive Director of the Encode: AI for Science Fellowship, placing top AI talent in leading UK research labs.

Underrated AI Bets That Will Actually Create $1B+ Companies

Partner at Gradient (AI seed fund, $1B AUM) and 2013 Thiel Fellow. Previously founding Head of Growth at Newfront ($1.3B exit) and co-founder of Vial ($100M raised).

How AI helps VCs win competitive deals before other funds

Ties Boukema – Head of Data, Tech & AI at Dawn Capital, Europe's leading B2B software investor ($2B+ Fund). Ex-Google Revenue Analytics Lead (EMEA). Co-founder of Cognitas.tech. Built Rolodex, Dawn's proprietary AI platform for relationship intelligence in VC.

How to go from idea to a product your customers will love, get investment ready and close your next round

Anthony Rose – Co-founder & CEO of SeedLegals, the UK's #1 platform for startup fundraising (£2.5B+ raised, 50K+ customers). Serial entrepreneur with multiple exits. Former CTO of BBC iPlayer.

AI Changed GTM Forever: What Founders and VCs Need to Know

Shawn Chance – Ex-Partner at OMERS Ventures ($750M fund, backed by one of Canada's largest pension funds with $140B+ in net assets). Now heads GTM at BrightIron. 20+ years across VC, product and sales leadership.

Panel "The Cap Table Problem: Do Venture Studios Make Startups Uninvestable for VCs?"

Founder & Managing Director of Builders, an AI-first venture studio creating enterprise AI companies. Software entrepreneur with 25+ years launching and scaling technology ventures.

Panel "The Cap Table Problem: Do Venture Studios Make Startups Uninvestable for VCs?"

Brad Wisler – Founding Partner at Paragraph Venture Studio. Serial entrepreneur with 2 exits as founding CEO and 5 exits as board director. Co-founder of SproutBox (seed fund) and Visible.vc. 25+ years building and scaling software companies.

Top red flags & green lights when angels & first-check VCs look at pre-seed startups

Managing Partner of Pioneer Fund, a fund of 500+ Y Combinator alumni investing in the top Y Combinator startups.

Panel "The Cap Table Problem: Do Venture Studios Make Startups Uninvestable for VCs?"

Ben Yoskovitz – Founding Partner at Highline Beta, a venture studio & VC fund that works with leading enterprises to build new businesses. Co-author of Lean Analytics. Co-founded an early venture studio in 2010, Year One Labs (1 startup acquired by Airbnb). Ex-VP Product at GoInstant (acq. by Salesforce) and VarageSale.

Panel "Learnings from 50+ angel investments: should you become an LP or invest directly?"

Serial fintech founder and angel investor. Founded ComplyAdvantage and MarketInvoice. Angel investor in 180+ companies

Panel "Early-stage funding beyond VC funds: accelerators, venture studios & angel syndicates"

T.A. McCann is a serial entrepreneur whose startups were acquired by Google and Blackberry. He is also an active angel investor and TechStars mentor. PSL is a Startup Studio that has created 20+ companies with 6 exits. PSL Ventures is a VC Fund that raised $80 million for its first early-stage fund in 2018, followed by a $100 million raised for the second fund.

Best practices for raising your first VC round

Itamar is the founder of Recursive Ventures, a pre-seed fund focused on investing in Pre-Seed and Seed stage AI companies. Itamar has been on all sides of the startup table: a founder and executive, an institutional VC, and an angel investor. He has supported over 50 successful startups, including Deel, Honeybook, Placer, May Mobility, Tile, and SafeGraph. Business Insider has recognized Itamar as a Top 100 global seed investor for the last five years. As an operator, he helped take Life360 (LIF) from Seed to IPO, scaling the business to over $400m in revenue. Before that, Itamar was a founding team member and head of Product at Gigya (acquired by SAP).

How AI can help founders reach the right investors faster

Andrew D'Souza is the Founder & CEO of Boardy, the AI superconnector. He previously co-founded Clearco, deploying $2.5B+ into 10,000+ startups.