Fundraising in 2026: UK vs US
Should you raise from Angels or VCs? In the US or UK?
The fundraising landscape has shifted in 2026. The gap between UK and US valuations is changing, and the "rules" for raising an Angel round versus a VC round are completely different.
Join us for a candid debate between Dmitry Grishin (Founding partner, Grishin Robotics VC) and Rob Cossins (Co-founder & CEO, Scribe) as they break down exactly where the money is flowing in 2026.
There'll be drinks, pizza and great chats after the panel!
Agenda:
5:30pm - Arrival & registration
6:00 - 7:00pm - Panel & Q&A
7:00 - 8:30pm - Pizza, Drinks & Networking
We are settling the debate:
Geography: Do you really need to flip to Delaware to get a US term sheet?
Speed: How to close Angels quickly while keeping the door open for VCs.
Tactics: What metrics are US investors demanding this quarter vs. UK investors?
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.
Only few places left for 2nd Cohort, start date January, 23rd. Apply now 👉https://www.grishinrobotics.com/accelerator
Scribe - insight on private companies and privately-held data. Your intelligent co-pilot for private markets. Generate unique insight into private companies and eliminate data entry from PDFs. Scribe works with Founders, Funds and Banks. To date, we've helped over 700+ organisations to find Angel investors, extract data from PDFs and automate analysing companies.
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