Frontier Tech Across Borders: Closed-Door London Final Pitch

2026-11-12 · 18:00:00 · London

London, United Kingdom

1 Great St Helen's, EC3A

Frontier Tech Across Borders London Final is a closed-door pitching contest for founders building in frontier AI, deep infrastructure, bioscience, and defence technology. 10 finalists pitch to an international panel of institutional investors and partners.

Organizer: Sclr labs

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At a glance

Tickets
Free
Format
Ten finalists selected from applications. Four minute pitch and three minutes of questions, closed room. An international panel of investors and partners scores each pitch live. Winners announced by category on the night.
Who can apply
Seed, Series A or Series B+ with solid traction, early institutional or VC backing, building in frontier AI, deep infrastructure, bioscience or defence technology, cross-border ambition
Prizes
2 x 10 hours of fundraising readiness preparation advice (worth c.£12-15k), 3 x 3 hours of fundraising readiness preparation advice (worth c.£3-5k), Creator by Accuracast access worth up to $8.5k, meeting room credits (£500 each for three winners), two-ho
Attendance
Ten finalists pitch live in front of an international panel of investors and partners
Sectors
Deeptech, Ai ml, Biotech, Aerospace defense

Agenda

  1. 18:00 · Doors open. Arrivals and informal networking — Arrivals and informal networking
  2. 18:30 · Welcome and introductions
  3. 18:40 · Pitches, round one — Five startups, four minute pitch and three minutes of questions each
  4. 19:15 · Comfort break
  5. 19:25 · Pitches, round two — Five startups

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Artem Shakhbazyan — International Commercial IT Director, Internal AI, AstraZeneca (Judge)
  • Craig Fagan — Partner, Ashurst Perkins Coie (Judge)
  • Dr Hiroki Takai — Partner, Global Brain (Judge)
  • Emma Jones — Senior Investment Analyst, Claret Capital Partners (Judge)
  • Fabrice Bienfait — Senior Partner, ETF Partners (Judge)
  • Jeff Jiang — Investor, Seraphim Space (Judge)
  • Rubina Singh — Investment Director, Foresight Group (Judge)
  • Sara Rona — Managing Director, Head of EMEA, Silicon Valley Bank (Judge)

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