Overview
Accelerate is the BVCA’s dedicated event for venture capital investors. Innovation, creativity, and expertise will be brought together under one umbrella event for venture capital, looking at everything from start-ups to scale-ups and from pre seed to growth equity, providing a chance to network and connect with a like-minded crowd in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
Join senior business leaders, innovative entrepreneurs, and experienced investors in central London on 8 May to understand the latest developments in VC.
Agenda
Key themes for the event:
- Artificial Intelligence: How AI is impacting the economy and the VC asset class
- Early-Stage Investing: Seeding the Future
- Emerging Trends: Signals of Future Disruption
- Navigating Exits: Unicorns, IPOs, and Beyond
- Diversity & Inclusion: Building an Equitable Ecosystem
- Access to Capital: The next steps in unlocking pension investment
View the full conference agenda using the button below.
Companies Attending
GPs & LPs
1991 Ventures | 7Percent Ventures | Albion Capital | ALSA Ventures | Anthemis | Antler | Apiary Capital | Atlantic Bridge Capital | Backed VC | Balderton Capital | Barclays Bank | Beringea | BGF | Blackfinch | Blue Lake VC | Border to Coast | Boxfund VC | BP Investment Management | BP Technology Ventures | Bridges Fund Management | British Business Bank | British Business Investments | British Patient Capital | Brookstreet Equity Partners | BTomorrow Ventures | Cambridge Innovation Capital | Channel 4 Ventures | Cibus Capital | Clarendon Fund Managers | Claret Capital Partners | Clean Growth Investment Management | Common Magic | Concept Ventures | Connection Capital | Dawn | Deeptech Labs | Disruptive Capital | Duke Street | Edge Investments | EKA Ventures | Elbow Beach Investments | EMV Capital | EPIC Investment Partners | Equinor Energy Ventures | ETF Partners | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Finstock Capital | First Imagine! Ventures | FPE Capital | Frog Capital | Funding London | Future Planet Capital | Green Angel Ventures | Growth Company | Hermes GPE | HSBC Strategic Innovation Investments | Huawei Technologies | Isomer Capital | Isometric Ventures | Jenson Funding Partners | Join | Jolt Capital | Just Climate | Kappika Ventures | Lakestar VC | LFVC | Love Ventures | M&G Investments | Magenta Partners | Mercia Asset Management | MMC | Moscar Capital | Nauta Capital | Nesta | NoBa Capital | Northern Gristone | Northstar Ventures | Notion | NSSIF | O2h Ventures | Oxford Capital | Oxford Science Enterprises | Oxford University Innovation | Palatine | Pantheon | Par Equity | Parkwalk Advisors | Pembroke VCT | Pension Protection Fund | PI Labs | Quadri Ventures | Railpen | River Capital | Rosetta Capital | Ryse Asset Management | Salica Investments | Schroders Capital | Scottish Enterprise | Scottish National Investment Bank | SFC Capital | Shackleton Ventures | Souter Investments | Sterling Investment Management | Summit Partners | Sure Valley Ventures | TDR Capital | TempoCap | Thena Capital | Thim Ventures | Times 3 Capital | True. | Turquoise International | Twin Path Ventures | Twin Track | Two Magnolias | Ufi VocTech Trust | Universities Superannuation Scheme | Urban Jungle | VenCap International | Verb Ventures | Volution | White Star Capital | YFM Equity Partners
Professional Services
Addleshaw Goddard | Ashurst | Burges Salmon | Carey Olsen | Cooley | Core Fund Services | Farrer & Co | Fox Williams | Gowling WLG | HLF | Imperium | J P Morgan | Kin Fund Services | KPMG | London Stock Exchange | Macfarlanes | Marriott Harrison | Moore Kingston Smith | Osborne Clarke | PwC | RW Blears | Sage | Sheridans | Shoosmiths | Simmons & Simmons | Stephenson Harwood | Taylor Wessing | Winston & Strawn
Date and Timings
Thursday, 8 May 2025
Conference: 08:30 - 17:00
Drinks Reception: 17:00 - 18:30
Location
Andaz, London Liverpool Street
40 Liverpool St,
City of London,
London EC2M 7QN
Dress Code
Business attire
Sponsors and Supporters
Price
GPs
Members:
Up to two free tickets per GP firm available – enquire today*
Any additional tickets are available at the following rate per ticket:
- Standard: £199 + VAT
Non-members:
Please contact BVCA Events to discuss availability and pricing.
*At least one free ticket must be used by a firm representative at Partner level or above. Free ticket availability is subject to BVCA confirmation.
Get in touch with Abbie Jaggers to request your two free tickets and any additional paid tickets today.
Professional Services
Members:
- Standard Rate: £849 + VAT
Non-members:
Please contact BVCA Events to discuss availability and pricing.
CPD Certification
BVCA Accelerate is certified in principle by The CPD Certification Service. For further information please contact the BVCA Events Team.
Privacy Information
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Please contact [email protected] if you would NOT be happy for us to share this personal information with other attendees. Our full Private Policy & Accessibility Statement can be viewed here.
Code of Conduct - Attendance at Events
The BVCA is committed to bringing members together in a professional environment to collaborate and network. We have established this code of conduct to provide guidelines to participants, and to ensure that all participants understand what behaviour is expected of them at our events.
