Trusted Capital: Financing the Canada–UK Innovation Corridor

​A London Life Sciences Week 2026 Event

​Canada and the UK already trust each other with their research, their data and their security. Yet capital still does not move easily between our institutions or into our most promising companies. Many scale-ups still exit early, or look elsewhere for the capital they need to grow.

​The session will ask:

• ​Is there such a thing as "trusted capital", or does trust sit in the terms rather than the money?

• ​Why does allied institutional capital still struggle to reach the companies our research security work protects?

• ​What would make it faster and more predictable for capital to flow between like-minded nations, across life sciences, deep tech, AI and dual-use innovation?

​The programme opens with remarks from the Government of Canada, followed by a moderated panel with the London Stock Exchange and leaders from institutional capital, government, and venture, and concludes with an open discussion. The session is held under the Chatham House Rule and limited to senior leaders from pension and sovereign funds, government, banks, capital markets, venture capital and family offices.