Investing & Venture Capital

unlock VC Summit 2026

unlock VC Summit 2026 brings together 400+ female GPs, LPs, investors, founders, and operators for three days of meaningful connections and practical conversations, focusing on deep relationship building over panels. The event is designed with intimate spaces, curated meetings, and side events that make the most of Barcelona. Produced for the unlock VC commu…

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52Speakers
13Sponsors
13On the bill · sessions
60Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at unlock, in alphabetical order.
Andrei Xydas
Principal · Lightrock
Angela Chou
Principal · Felix Capital
Anna Ljungdahl
Senior Investment Manager · Industrifonden
Azahara Espejo
Director · HearstLab
Caroline De Wit
Investment professional · Sofina
Cate Lawrence
Senior Journalist · Tech.eu
Cecilia Ma
Senior Investment Manager · Norrsken VC
Claudia Rowe
Principal · Balderton
Courtney Thorne
Partner - US Capital Markets · Cooley LLP
Dama Sathianathan
Partner & Head of Origination · Bethnal Green Ventures
Deborah Li
Founder and Managing Partner · Alta One
Deepali Nangia
Partner · Speedinvest
Doreen Huber
Angel Investor
Eleanor Warnock
Advisor · Bek Ventures
Emma Heal
Managing Director · Lucky Saint
Esther Gonzalez
Head Business Development & Investor Relations · Left Lane Capital
Evgenia Plotnikova
General Partner · Dawn Capital
Farrah Hamid
Platform
Freya Pratty
Associate Editor · Sifted
Gabrielle Cummins
Principal · Aldea Ventures
Heidi Lindvall
General Partner · Pale blue dot
Isabel Woodford
Moderator · Independent
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
British Business Bank
CEW Communications
Cooley
Deloitte
EIF
Embankment
Harmonic
HSBC
Microsoft for Startups
NatWest
Norrsken
PER
unlock VC
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Agenda

Selected from 13 sessions on the bill.
  • FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER

    Fringe Friday

    A curated mix of experiences to extend your summit experience into the heart of Barcelona. Think runs, sunrise standup paddle boarding, museum tours and much more. Some are include…

  • THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER - AFTERNOON

    Tardeo

    Snacks and drinks on the roof.

  • THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER AFTERNOON

    Tardeo

    Snacks and drinks on the roof.

  • THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER - EVENING

    Community Dinner

    Once the official summit is over, we’ve heard you still want to chat. So this year, we’ve booked tables at one of our favourite local restaurants for you to continue the conversati…

  • THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER EVENING

    Community Dinner

    Once the official summit is over, we’ve heard you still want to chat. So this year, we’ve booked tables at one of our favourite local restaurants for you to continue the conversati…

  • THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER - MORNING

    Main Summit Day

    A day of unparalleled venture capital content where 40% of previous attendees rated it as "their favourite event of the year." Expect practical masterclasses, hands-on workshops, r…

  • THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER MORNING

    Main Summit Day

    A day of unparalleled venture capital content where 40% of previous attendees rated it as "their favourite event of the year." Expect practical masterclasses, hands-on workshops, r…

  • WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER - AFTERNOON

    Vertical Deep Dives

    Dive deep into the areas that matter most to you - DeepTech, FinTech, AI, ClimateTech and more - building the relationships that lead to your next co-investment opportunity.

  • WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER AFTERNOON

    Vertical Deep Dives

    Dive deep into the areas that matter most to you - DeepTech, FinTech, AI, ClimateTech and more - building the relationships that lead to your next co-investment opportunity.

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 60 companies, parsed from the program.

60 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
13Sponsoringsponsor only
47Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

58% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite48%
  • Founder / Owner2140%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of48%
  • Manager / Lead1121%
  • Advisor / Investor612%
  • Other roles510%

Of 52 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01British Business BankSp
  2. 02CEW CommunicationsSp
  3. 03CooleySp
  4. 04DeloitteSp
  5. 05EIFSp
  6. 06EmbankmentSp
  7. 07HarmonicSp
  8. 08HSBCSp
  9. 09Microsoft for StartupsSp
  10. 10NatWestSp
  11. 11NorrskenSp
  12. 12PERSp
  13. 13unlock VCSp
  14. 14Cooley LLP2V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified13
100% of 13
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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