📍 1 Triton Square, London NW1 3BF
HardTech Apéro returns to London to bring together the founders, investors and operators building the next generation of real-world technology.
In partnership with Kineo Finance, the evening focuses on the hard realities of scaling hardware businesses: raising the right capital, building production capability, navigating long sales cycles and getting breakthrough technologies into market.
Expect practical lessons from founders who have done it, insights from leading investors and lenders, lightning talks from ambitious startups and live product demos from some of the UK's most exciting hardtech companies.
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
In partnership with Kineo Finance
Our Thursday Gatherings are for you to make serendipitous connections and make things happen!
There will be meaningful networking opportunities throughout the night, accompanied by a selection of refreshments and activities:
Fun Zone
Get to know your fellow change-makers in a fun, interactive, and exciting way!
Take a quick break from changing the world and recharge by pinning your hometown on our giant map.
Conversation Corner
Looking to connect beyond the name tags?
Drop into our relaxed Conversation Corner, a cosy space where founders, ecosystem builders, and global thinkers come together to share stories, swap lessons, and innovate. Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and jump into the discussion.
Discover pioneering companies working across robotics, industrial automation, energy and climate tech, medtech, space tech, advanced manufacturing, AI-enabled hardware and infrastructure, and get a first look at the ideas and technologies moving these industries forward.
Lineup to be announced soon!
Welcome remarks from Venture Café London and Kineo Finance
Hardtech companies face challenges that software businesses rarely encounter: capital-intensive product development, manufacturing scale-up, certification, deployment and long enterprise sales cycles.
This panel brings together investors across the funding lifecycle alongside Kineo Finance to discuss what it really takes to scale a hardtech business, how financing needs evolve over time and why the right mix of equity, grants and non-dilutive capital is critical for growth.
Hear directly from hardtech founders as they share breakthroughs and real-world challenges behind the technologies they’re building.
📍 1 Triton Square, London NW1 3BF
HardTech Apéro returns to London to bring together the founders, investors and operators building the next generation of real-world technology.
In partnership with Kineo Finance, the evening focuses on the hard realities of scaling hardware businesses: raising the right capital, building production capability, navigating long sales cycles and getting breakthrough technologies into market.
Expect practical lessons from founders who have done it, insights from leading investors and lenders, lightning talks from ambitious startups and live product demos from some of the UK's most exciting hardtech companies.
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
In partnership with Kineo Finance
Our Thursday Gatherings are for you to make serendipitous connections and make things happen!
There will be meaningful networking opportunities throughout the night, accompanied by a selection of refreshments and activities:
Fun Zone
Get to know your fellow change-makers in a fun, interactive, and exciting way!
Take a quick break from changing the world and recharge by pinning your hometown on our giant map.
Conversation Corner
Looking to connect beyond the name tags?
Drop into our relaxed Conversation Corner, a cosy space where founders, ecosystem builders, and global thinkers come together to share stories, swap lessons, and innovate. Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and jump into the discussion.
Discover pioneering companies working across robotics, industrial automation, energy and climate tech, medtech, space tech, advanced manufacturing, AI-enabled hardware and infrastructure, and get a first look at the ideas and technologies moving these industries forward.
Lineup to be announced soon!
Welcome remarks from Venture Café London and Kineo Finance
Hardtech companies face challenges that software businesses rarely encounter: capital-intensive product development, manufacturing scale-up, certification, deployment and long enterprise sales cycles.
This panel brings together investors across the funding lifecycle alongside Kineo Finance to discuss what it really takes to scale a hardtech business, how financing needs evolve over time and why the right mix of equity, grants and non-dilutive capital is critical for growth.
Hear directly from hardtech founders as they share breakthroughs and real-world challenges behind the technologies they’re building.