Day One
Networking
Two Days. Every session.
The Raise, The Runway, The Investment
Side Events: Founder Investor Networking Zone and After Hours Events
Day Two
Networking
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Opening Keynote
If you came to Telford to fund your future, welcome. If you came for the weather, we admire your optimism. What local authorities can offer. Where you base yourself matters — workforce, premises, incentives, and building a base that grows with you.
Day One
90 min Fireside Chat
Why good ideas never reach market.
A brutally honest breakdown of the real failure points, where Founders waste money early, and what Investors actually look for versus what Founders think they want. Understand the mistakes so you don't make them.
Day Two
90 min Session with Q&A
What to send before the first investor meeting.
The pitch deck, the data room, the one-pager, the presentation — in the order an investor actually opens them.
Day One
Refresh & Network
Take a break, have a chat.
Day Two
Refresh & Network
Take a break, have a chat.
Day One
80 min Panel with Q&A
Funding landscape: What is available, what actually works now and moving ahead in 2027.
Grants, angels, VCs, strategics and specialist innovation funds — plus the non-dilutive money most founders miss. How to stack funding, not just pick one. Know your options so you match with the right Investor.
Day Two
80 min Panel with Q&A
Investor panel: What gets funded (and what doesn’t).
Angels, VCs, strategic/corporate investors and family offices on what makes them say yes, red flags, what they expect at idea stage, and equity expectations. Different cheque sizes, different clocks, different questions - Live Q&A.
Day One
Refresh & Network
Lunch & Showcase Booths.
Lunch is served. Visit the sponsors' Showcase Booths and meet the experts.
Day Two
Refresh & Network
Lunch & Showcase Booths.
Lunch is served. Visit the sponsors' Showcase Booths and meet the experts.
Day One
90 min Session with Q&A
Building a fundable business model — not just an idea.
Know your market, build the numbers. Pricing in healthcare/digital markets and sales cycles, unit economics, common financial mistakes, real cost breakdowns from prototype to launch. Valuations, ASAs & Dilution. Real cap tables, real terms — what a fair round looks like right now across the UK and Europe, by stage. Founders who don't understand how valuation caps, convertible mechanics and option pool expansions work are severely damaging their cap tables before hitting their institutional priced rounds. Why an Accountant and Lawyer matters this early.
Day Two
90 min Session with Q&A
From idea to product & how to actually sell it.
The reality of building. MVP vs prototype vs clinical-ready product. Finding and recruiting developers, real cost ranges (not vague advice), timelines, and what £10k+, £50k+ and £250k+ actually gets you — and the costly mistakes to avoid. Identifying the real buyer, CAC, public-sector/private-sector/B2B pathways, market entry and traction, positioning — and the mistakes that kill adoption early. Selling avenues including Creator Influencers
Day One
Refresh
Take a break, have a chat.
Day Two
Refresh
Take a break, have a chat.
Day One
70 mins Founder Journeys
Been there, done it.
Real founders, real journeys — including the mistakes, what they’d do differently, and how they got their first funding and their first customers. Also, knowing when to go full time. Stage open for Q&As.
Day Two
70 min Session
Why Every Founder Needs a Lawyer, Before They Think They Do.
Most founders bring in a lawyer once something has already gone wrong: a co-founder walks away with half the equity, an investor's term sheet hides a nasty clause, or IP turns out to belong to a former employer. This session shows that legal advice is cheaper as an early investment than as a late repair. You'll learn which legal foundations to put in place on day one, which ones can wait, and how to work with a lawyer without spending your whole runway. From Founder Agreements to IP.
Day One
End of Day One
Day One - That’s a wrap.
Day Two
End of Day Two
Day Two - That’s a wrap.
Networking
Founder Investor Networking Zone
An hour of open networking with investors, advisors and fellow founders.
Disclaimer: we curate the event and provide time to network. We don't arrange, take part in or endorse any founder–investor discussions.
After Hours Events
After Hours Food & DrinksDay One and Day Two
We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to the Summit agenda, including speakers, session times, and format, where necessary for reasons beyond our reasonable control or to add more to the Summit.
Leave with deliverables, not just notes.
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