Ready, set, pitch! Sharpen your pitch with expert advice
Are you an early-stage founder looking for honest feedback, expert advice, and meaningful connections? Join us in-person for a friendly, no-pressure evening of pitching, mentoring, and real founder support.
This isn’t your typical pitch-to-investors night. We’re creating a safe, supportive space where founders pitch not for funding - but for guidance. You'll get practical, no-fluff feedback from a panel of seasoned startup experts.
Everyone’s welcome to attend, learn, and network - pitching is optional.
How it works:
Register your attendance via Luma
If you want to pitch, tick ‘yes’ at sign-up
We'll randomly pick pitchers from this list on the night
Each pitcher will have 90 seconds to pitch to our 4 judges - with NO slides, just a microphone!
Judges will then share invaluable advice to skyrocket your pitch to success
What to Expect:
✅ Real talk: actionable advice on product, go-to-market, and fundraising
✅ Expert feedback from leading voices in VC and startup building
✅ Learn from fellow founders’ journeys, wins, and lessons
✅ No competitions, no prizes - just honest, useful insight and community
Meet the judges:
💬 Anthony Rose – Co-founder & CEO, SeedLegals
Known as “The man behind BBC iPlayer”, Anthony Rose is a seasoned entrepreneur and the driving force behind SeedLegals, the platform powering a third of all early-stage SEIS/EIS funding rounds in the UK.
With a background in internet video, P2P tech, and social platforms — plus a patent portfolio spanning content discovery and interactive TV — Anthony brings a rare mix of technical depth and commercial know-how to the startup world.
💬 David Herbada – Entrepreneur & Investor
David Herbada is a Venture Partner at Zinc Ventures, where he supports founders building early-stage deeptech companies. He is also the Founding Partner of Fikra Ventures, an AI-focused venture studio based in Dubai. David has led the development of pioneering medical technologies as CEO of Sonosine, an Oxford University spinout, and as co-founder of Spectroma, launched in partnership with Neko Health.
With extensive global experience in private equity and venture capital, including senior roles for a platform of KKR and Mubadala, he brings strategic insight, operational expertise, and deeptech knowledge to every venture. David holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering.
💬 Mark Bailey – Visiting Fellow, Zinc VC
Zinc backs exceptional talent to build new commercial solutions that solve the most pressing societal issues. As a Zinc Visiting Fellow, I will support the cohort of 50 talented founders to build commercial, scalable businesses that tackle some of the toughest problems facing people and the planet.
💬 Patrycja Maksymowicz - Founder & CEO, sclr labs | sclr studio Innovation Hub
Patrycja has built and scaled ventures across sectors, from early-stage startups to companies with hundreds of employees. Sclr labs work with ambitious founders on the journey from early traction (£300K+) to scale (£1M+ and beyond), helping them grow smarter, faster, and with clarity.
New to SeedLegals?
We're the UK’s go-to platform for startup legals, funding, share options, SEIS/EIS and more.
Whether you're just starting out or gearing up for your next raise, SeedLegals is built to help founders move faster and smarter. Our tools make it simple to create and sign essential legal docs, close funding rounds, and reward your team – without burning time or cash on admin.
We’re trusted by 60,000+ startups and investors and power 1 in 6 early-stage funding rounds in the UK. If you're raising, hiring or just figuring out what’s next, we’re here to help you do it right.
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About ZincVC
Zinc is an inception stage, impact-led investor. They invest at the start of new ventures that are tackling some of the most pressing and complex problems facing the health of people and the planet.
They back exceptional talent (pre-team, pre-idea), and pre-seed teams building deep-tech, science-led innovation with funding, venture-building expertise, team building, personal and team coaching, and access to a world class network of experts, talent and investors.