VANTAGE POINT: Robotics Edition 2026
VANTAGE POINT: Robotics Edition is a curated summit bringing together leading founders, investors, and strategic partners at the frontier of robotics and embodied AI. Powered by Venture Café London - at the brand new One Triton Square, London's new engine for innovation & growth.
The half-day program features keynotes, fireside chats, curated startup demos, and matchmaking, offering early access to emerging companies building across robotics, AI, and spatial computing. Designed for signal over noise, the event prioritises thoughtful dialogue, high-quality deal flow, and long-term relationships.
The programme features speakers from NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, Dexory, ANYbotics, techUK, Ocado, among others.
Attendance is by approval to maintain a highly curated guest list.
AGENDA
1:00pm · DOORS OPEN Coffee, pastries + networking
1:30pm · OPENING REMARKS
Liam Ward, Venture Cafe London
Dave Haynes, FOV Ventures
1:45pm · KEYNOTE: STATE OF PHYSICAL AI POST-GTC '26 Mozhgan Kabiri Chimeh, Nvidia
1:55pm · FIRESIDE CHAT: TOWARDS GENERAL PURPOSE ROBOTS Svetlana Grant, Google DeepMind
2:05pm · PANEL: FROM RESEARCH TO REVENUE
Closing the gap between breakthrough science and deployable products
Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes, Stateful
Alex Li, UCL/Cortica
Svetlana Grant, Google DeepMind
Muji Ahmedi, ARIA
Moderator: Rory Daniels, techUK
2:25pm · MEET THE STARTUPS (DEMO ROOM) + NETWORKING
2:55pm · PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: NEBIUS
Daniel Woods, Nebius
3:00pm · PANEL: INVESTING IN EUROPE'S NEXT WAVE OF PHYSICAL AI. How Europe builds, funds, and scales the next generation of intelligent machines
Troy Estes, Nvidia
William Godfrey, Tangible Finance
Dominic Keen, Britbots
Moderator: Dave Haynes, FOV Ventures
3:20pm · PANEL: FROM PILOT TO PRODUCTION
The real path to robotics at scale in logistics & warehousing
Andrei Danescu, Dexory
Robert Mackenzie, Ellipsis, former-ANYbotics
Alex Gorrod, Ocado
Moderator: Roberta Franchi, Honda Innovations
↳ Parallel Roundtable: The Finance Stack for Hard Tech Startups, Hosted by Tangible Finance
Aishwarya Dahanukar, Tangible Finance
Will Anderson, Tangible Finance
3:40pm · PANEL: BEYOND DUAL-USE
How the lines between defense, autonomy, and commercial tech are disappearing
Rosalyn Moran, Stanhope AI
Samuel Burrell, Expeditions Fund
Gui Wainwright, Occam Industries
Moderator: Tishomir Jenkut, Presto
4:00pm · FIRESIDE CHAT: BUILDING THE FUTURE: TUM, PHYSICAL AI & EUROPE'S INDUSTRIAL EDGE
Dr Máté Péntek, TUM Venture Labs
Moderator: David Ripert, FOV Ventures & VRARA
4:15pm • THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROBOTICS INVESTING
Robert Mackenzie, Ellipsis, former-ANYbotics
4:30pm · MEET THE STARTUPS (DEMO ROOM) + NETWORKING + DRINKS
6:00pm · VIP DINNER
Invite only · Speakers, partners + select guests
PARTNERS
Vantage Point London is made possible by an exceptional group of partners:
Venture Café London
NVIDIA
VR/AR Association
Tangible
techUK
Nebius
We're grateful to every speaker, panellist, and partner contributing to the programme.
Want to get involved? Reach out at [email protected].
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FOV Ventures is Europe’s go-to pre-seed fund for the next era of computing, investing at the convergence of frontier technologies such as Spatial Computing, AI & Robotics.