In-Person Event
AI to Investment: Building a Fundable Startup, perspective from a VC
Meet the founders, investors, and operators actually building in London, in one room.
You have watched enough webinars. What you have not done is talk to the people building in this city.
No stage, no slides, no panel. A short opening, structured introductions so nobody is stranded, and then the evening is yours. Founders at every stage, local investors with no obligation to pitch or be pitched, and operators who can actually help with something.
Register now. Bring what you are working on and what you are stuck on.
What You'll Learn:
- What a VC screens for in an early-stage AI company before the first meeting;
- How investors test defensibility when the model itself is not the moat;
- Which traction signals count at pre-seed and which ones get ignored;
- How founder-market fit is assessed when the market is six months old;
- The milestones to hit before you open a round, and the ones that can wait.
Who Should Attend:
- AI founders preparing to raise their first round;
- Technical founders who can build the product and are unsure how it becomes a company;
- Aspiring entrepreneurs validating an idea in London;
- Early-stage founders in London who want investor feedback before they need money.
Additional Resources: Find more Startup Events, browse the Founder Institute Mentors active in your region, or follow Graduate News to see who is building nearby.
About Founder Institute: The Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.
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Platinum Partners
Local Partners
Google
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