VC & Family Offices
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
18-20 November, Online, Las Palmas & Bali
Where funding finds you.
The summit connects AI companies and researchers with government and private funding: grants, investors and capital partners, all inside one room.
Students join the academy. Researchers join the research network. AI companies meet the investors and government grants that fund them. Everyone leaves with a funding pathway.
Featured voice · Day 261Today in the room
The voice on rotation.
Investor and Entrepreneur
James AndrewsJames Andrews is an investor and entrepreneur building brands, media and ventures at the intersection of culture, technology and capital. Founder of TRUE Global and a recognised connector across entertainment, startup and investor ecosystems.
Influence, brand and capital — how storytelling drives venture outcomes and investor networks.
View full session →New program stream · Global Financial Raise
Research & Development Funding
Connect AI companies and researchers with government and private funding. A dedicated track mapping R&D capital across eight pillars and seven regions, including the United States and a combined India & China track, with a meet-and-greet session where universities, labs and private partners access grants and capital for international research collaborations.
Private Equity · Australia
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
Canary Islands R&D
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
Germany R&D
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
Horizon EU Grants
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
Accelerators & Incubators
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
US Financing
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
India & China R&D
Government and private funding pathways for AI companies and researchers seeking grants and capital.
Two places to find funding.
28.12°N · 15.43°W · WETLas Palmas de Gran Canaria
In person for both days. Sessions on AI funding, government grants and investor meet-and-greets, an evening on the Atlantic, and closing drinks in the old town of Vegueta.
In person · both days · 180 seats
8.65°S · 115.14°E · WITABali
In person for both days. Sunrise sessions on funding and research capital, a sunset welcome on the beach, and a long table once Europe goes dark.
In person · both days · 120 seats
Who's in the room
Researchers, students, investors, open to connect.
Curated speakers and featured attendees (AI founders, researchers, grant-makers and investors) who said yes to being found. Reach the ones marked open and start the funding conversation that runs straight through the summit.
Confirmed speakers
Julien UhligFounding Partner, EX VentureView session →Willi SemmlerHenry Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development, The New School for Social Research · Senior Researcher, IIASAView session →Leesa SoulodreR3i VenturesView session →Matthew VitamanteStartup and Capital Advisor — US & AsiaView session →James AndrewsInvestor and EntrepreneurView session →Ethan AugusteEpic RoboticsView session →Walter MittelbachSorption TechnologiesView session →Holly StowerAI & Impact - Commercial AI Applications to Protect NatureView session →
Featured attendees
Ahmad Hidayat Rozzaq
· Ex Epic VentureMuzafar Ishmurotov
· UIN MALANGShruti
Vinayreddy Yarrabolu
· Otto von Guericke UniversityM Ardin Yudhawira
Matthew Vitamante
· Seven Boson, Human Adaptive IntelligenceSebastian Cramer
EX Venture · EX VentureSebastian Cramer is part of EX Venture, contributing to the firm's work financing and scaling applied deep-tech from the lab to the world.
AI company pitches
Founders pitch, funders listen.
Curated AI company pitches across the eight tracks, streamed live to the investor and grant-maker list. Founders present from Las Palmas and Bali; government and private funders join from either island or the broadcast.
Equation Labs
Applied-research venture laboratory.
Founder · —Seraph
Decentralized, carbon-negative biomanufacturing.
Founder · —Government & private funding
The room where the funding sits.
Government grant-makers and private investors funding AI and research: climate, frontier compute, sovereign digital infrastructure and health. Visible on the closing day, meeting AI companies and researchers across both islands and online.
EX Venture Inc.
EX Venture Inc.
Deep-tech, climate, AI and fintech across the EX Venture portfolio.
R3i.vc
R3i
Strategic AI, autonomy and defence, and frontier infrastructure — complex private-market transactions and secondaries via R3i DealDesk.
Investor
Dan Altschuler
Investor•Founder•Board Member
Newlab
Sean Simpson
Venture Investor @ Newlab
R3i
Leesa Soulodre
Founder & Managing General Partner, R3i | Board Director | Making frontier technologies visible, governable & investable | AI, deep tech & institutional capital
Pre-Seed Fundraising Coach
Robert Hokin
VC turned Pre-Seed Fundraising Coach for UK Tech Founders | Helping startups to raise £millions | Investment Readiness | Pitch Strategy | Pitch Deck Gap Analysis | Host, “First Money In” podcast.
Partner
Keshia Theobald-van Gent
Partner
Corporate Development Associate
Bill Prescott
Corporate Development Associate
Global Elements Group Indonesia
Prof Alexander Melbourne
Director ASEAN
MBRN
John Areola
Managing Director, MBRN | Talent Transformation & Workforce Development Leader | Portfolio Manager | Africa & EMEA
Strategic Operator
Derick Jiwan
Strategic Operator | Ag/Food Systems | Venture Capital | Commercialization | Science to Market | Building Channels
Investor
Lalit Bansal
Investor | Entrepreneur | Mentor | Web 3.0 | Innovation | Board Member | Business Leadership | Blockchain Advisor
Venture Capital
Greg Getten
Venture Capital (AI - Lifescience, HealthTech, Robotics)
Sustainability Director
Tom Abbott
Sustainability Director | Free advice on BREEAM, LEED, Life Cycle | Investment | Business Development | Music Director | Recording Artist | Actor | Fashion
Evernomics
SVET Svitlo
Angel Investor (20+ years) | Serial Entrepreneur (14+ companies with >$100M cap) | Author (>1M views) | Lived in 40+ countries | Founder of Evernomics | Crypto Influencer (since 2014)
Venture Capital Scout
Celia Batouche
Venture Capital Scout | Independent Advisor
Open Range Capital
Suresh Sharma
Global Business Leader | Vision-2-Impact Entrepreneur (Industrializing Innovation) | Founder and CEO: Open Range Capital, and Falcon Crest Partners | Author | Board Chairman: StelliCare, and StelliLaw Inc.
Summit Attendee
Selin Burt Kut
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar
Investor
Rhodes Point Advisors
Rodney Gollo
Founder & CEO | Rhodes Point Advisors | Private & Insurance Capital
Investor
Cher Chung
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Steve Tunstall
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
FoundersX Ventures
Tom Kosnik
Partner, FoundersX Ventures (Venture Capital Firm)
Investor
Harry Federspiel
Investor (agenda + founder list requested)
Investor
Adam Stern
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
STARHORSE
Cheray Unman
Venture capital and strategic relationships for emerging growth companies and family offices
Investor
Cahyo Purnomo
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Asawari (Desai) Salvi
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Carine Mukashyaka
Energy Specialist | Investment Director
Investor
Vinay Nair
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Mark Jacobs
Proven executive leader bringing expertise in scaling enterprise value. Chairman/Partner
JTC Law
Leanne Wallser
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Senofer Mendoza
Founder and GP
Investor
Eng. Carine Mukashyaka, MCIArb
Energy Specialist | Investment Director
Investor
Eric Woo, CFA
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
GUNNING.eu & pitchedeck.com
Raymond Gunning
Co-Founder & VC Scout
HG Ventures
Jonathan Schalliol
Venture Capital
Investor
Ming Wang Lim
Scaling businesses with fractional CROs and CFOs. Founder, investor and advisor.
MPower Ventures
Manuel Seiffe
Co-Founder at MPower Ventures
Rotary CKK
Kelechi Reginald Anyanwu
Entrepreneur and Investment Consultant. Managing Director, Author.
Investor
David Shefter
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Elva Hendriks
Venture Associate
Investor
Joshua D. Mosshart Msfs
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
MedVest Group
John H Abeles MD
CEO, MedVest Group; General Partner, Northlea Partners
Investor
Thomas Mueller
Visionary Data & Analytics Leader | former Chief Data Officer (CDO) | Early-Stage Investor | Public Speaker
Investor
Misa Andriamihaja
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Fundraising Bootcamp
Francois Mazoudier
Founder, Fundraising Bootcamp
Investor
Andrew Massik
Attending the EX AI Summit 2026.
Investor
Anita Ganti
Independent Director | Technology Executive | Advisor | Investor | Ex-Wipro, Flex, Texas Instruments
Antenna Digital Ventures
James Sore
New Ventures Director, Antenna Digital Ventures
Kakushin.tech
Sachin Bhargava
ICO Advisor, Serial Entrepreneur, Advisor to Blockchain Startups
Investor
Charles Tan
Venture Capital, Early-Stage Startups
Meet-and-greets & after hours
Where researchers meet funding.
Sunset dinners and closing drinks on both islands, twelve hours apart with one shared guest list, plus eight hosted meet-and-greet sessions where researchers and AI companies meet the government and private investors funding their work.
Hosted by
EX Venture.
Most breakthrough science never leaves the lab. EX Venture finances it, patents it, and deploys it at scale, wiring applied research, public funding and protected IP to carry deep tech from the lab to the world. AI-first, but the moat is physical.
Find your funding.
Connect AI companies and researchers with government and private funding. Students join the academy, researchers join the network, founders meet investors. Online from $199. Researchers, students and investors join free.