Burning Heroes. Pitch Competition 2026 in London

​🔥 BURNING HEROES LONDON — FINAL PITCH SESSION

​Burning Heroes London is a curated startup pitch competition and networking event bringing together the most promising early-stage founders, leading VCs, angels, and ecosystem partners in London.

​This final session is the culmination of a multi-stage selection process, where standout startups pitch live in front of an experienced judging panel of investors, operators, and venture partners. The focus is on strong products, scalable business models, and founders with ambition to build category-defining companies.

​Partner prizes

​Wise Business

• ​Best Startup — £50,000 in free transfers

• ​Best Product — £20,000 in free transfers

• ​Best Business Model — £10,000 in free transfers

​Fundraisly

• ​3 months of free platform access

• ​All fundraising calls free during this period

​Awesomic

• ​$10,000 in platform credits

​Miro

• ​$3,000 in Miro credits

​ULTRA.VC

• ​121 curated investor and ecosystem meetingsJury

​Jury

• ​Mike Shebalkov

  • ​Product Director, Wise

• ​Chris Corbishley

  • ​Managing Partner, BNVT Capital

• ​Alexander Chekan

  • ​Chief of Staff, Palta

• ​Remus Radvan

  • ​Investment Director, Wayra

• ​Nikita Yuriev

  • ​Managing Partner, ULTRA.VC

• ​Jeremy Hindle

  • ​Venture Partner, Founders Capital

• ​Srikar Karri

  • ​Investment Manager, YFM Equity Partners

• ​Ivan Wong

  • ​Investment Associate, Main Set

• ​​Artur Romanov

  • ​ CTO, Trace YC s25

• ​Tim Cherkasov

  • ​ CEO, Trace YC s25

• ​Dániel Kiss-Király

  • ​Principal, PortfoLion Capital Partners

• ​Sergey Toporov

  • ​Partner, Leta Capital

• ​Matthew Goldstein

  • ​General Partner, TLA VC

• ​Tadhg Arrigan

  • ​Founding Account Executive - Digital Natives, Miro

​Judges

• ​Emma Terchenko

• ​Nikita Kudryashov

• ​Pavel Shibanov

• ​Mariam Makhmutova

• ​Vladislav Chekryzhov

• ​Sergei Pogorelov

• ​Alexandr Svetkin

• ​Dmitrii Radivonchik

​​📩 Contact

​Burning Heroes - Ramiz Zakiev (London 2026 contest lead) ramiz.zakiev.world@gmail.com - /ramiz-zakiev