The VCs to Meet at LTW 2026 — and What They Are Backing

# The Investors Working the Room at London Tech Week 2026

London Tech Week draws thousands of attendees, but a handful of investors show up with genuine conviction and open calendars. Here are eight names founders should have circled before they walk through the door.

**Bryan Kim, Andreessen Horowitz**
Kim backs AI infrastructure and applications, with a16z deploying serious capital into the picks-and-shovels layer of the AI stack. If you are building developer tooling, model infrastructure, or AI-native applications and want a route into the most aggressive cheque-writer in Silicon Valley, Kim is your clearest path at LTW this year.

**James Wise, Balderton Capital**
Wise focuses on building genuinely category-defining European tech companies, with Balderton consistently backing founders from seed through growth. His presence at LTW signals active sourcing, and his network across the European ecosystem means a conversation with him opens more doors than just one term sheet.

**Suranga Chandratillake, Balderton Capital**
Chandratillake brings deep technical fluency to deep tech and AI investments, making him one of the sharper minds on the floor when it comes to evaluating hard science bets. Founders working at the intersection of research and commercialisation should seek him out specifically because he can assess technical risk without needing it translated.

**Adina Tecklu, Khosla Ventures**
Tecklu invests across frontier technology categories where the science is still being written, including energy, health, and advanced computing. Khosla's brand is backing the contrarian and the early, which makes Tecklu worth approaching if your pitch gets dismissed elsewhere for being too ambitious.

**Ben Blume, Atomico**
Blume backs European founders building globally relevant companies, with Atomico remaining one of the few funds with both European roots and genuine growth-stage conviction. He is worth prioritising at LTW because Atomico actively wants to find its next investment on home turf rather than importing it from the US.

**Antoine Moyroud, Lightspeed Venture Partners**
Moyroud covers AI and consumer at Lightspeed, a firm that has consistently timed consumer waves better than most. If your product sits at the intersection of AI and a mass-market behaviour change, Moyroud brings both the thesis alignment and the Lightspeed platform to scale it.

**Zeynep Koruturk, Firgun Ventures**
Koruturk backs impact-driven deep tech companies where solving a hard problem and generating returns are the same bet. Founders who have struggled to find investors that take both the science and the mission seriously will find a genuinely receptive audience here.

**Dame Anne Glover, Amadeus Capital Partners**
Glover has spent three decades building European deep tech from the ground up and has the pattern recognition to match. Her presence at LTW carries weight beyond capital, and a conversation with her is worth pursuing for strategic perspective alone.

Do your homework, sharpen your ask, and use the week well.