Fundraising for Physical AI: How VCs evaluate startups
The early-stage fundraising landscape has completely shifted.
Most founders are pitching blind, relying on outdated decks and guesswork while VCs reject 99% of what lands in their inbox.
At this exclusive session, we are diving dee to show early-stage founders exactly how VCs evaluate startups.
We’re bringing together Dmitry Grishin (Grishin Robotics) and Dave Haynes (FOV Ventures) to discuss the tactical blueprint on how to engineer urgency, handle the specific objections, and get a term sheet!
🗓️ Thursday, 23rd July
📍 London
This session is designed for any sector-agnostic pre-seed or seed founder looking to run a high-velocity raise, with a targeted deep-dive into the unique operational proof-points required to unlock capital in the Physical AI space.
Stop guessing where the capital is moving. Hear it from the people writing the checks.
The Agenda
6pm- 6.30pm: Arrival & drinks
7pm: Panel & Q&A
9pm - Close
What we’ll cover:
Engineering urgency: How to turn a VC’s casual curiosity into a signed term sheet.
Overcoming friction: The specific milestones you need to prove to kill an investor's fear of real-world deployment risks.
The Physical AI narrative: How to pitch capital efficiency when your product exists in the physical world, not just on a screen.
The Panelists:
Dmitry Grishin: Founding Partner at Grishin Robotics. A pioneer in "consumerising" robotics with over a decade of experience backing the world’s most successful hardware-software integrations.
Dave Haynes: Founding partner at FOV ventures. Backing European early-stage founders building for a new era of computing, building at the intersection of Spatial, AI, 3D, and Robotics.
Space is limited. You need to be registered to access the venue.
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About Grishin Robotics Accelerator
The Grishin Robotics Accelerator is London's highly selective, one-month intensive program dedicated to pre-seed and seed tech startups.
We're closing applications soon for Grishin Robotics Accelerator Autumn'26, starting on 24th August. Apply now if you want to fast track your fundraising this Autumn! 👉https://www.grishinrobotics.com/accelerator
Grishin Robotics is an early-stage Venture Capital firm based in Silicon Valley. We back founders of consumer and consumerised enterprise startups that disrupt large and growing markets.
The fund has backed category-defining companies such as Ring (acquired by Amazon for $1B), Spin (acquired by Ford), Zipline (autonomous drone delivery), Starship (last-mile delivery robots), Sphero (robotic toys), and Eero (acquired by Amazon). We invest in Seed and Series A startups targeting large consumer markets such as online entertainment, gaming, food, education, team productivity and collaboration.