The State of UK Early Stage Tech and VC 2021 · Francesco Perticararai
Channel: The Silicon Roundabout Channel
Date: 2021-07-02

Francesco Perticarari's Keynote speech at Wholesale Investor's UK Technology Showcase 2021

Title: Why did US investors pour record money into UK startups this year?

Main learning points:
- Is Europe even on the worldwide VC map?
- Wasn't Brexit going to kill the UK?
- What has happened in tech in the last 5 years and why should it matter to investors?
- Where are we going to be in the next 5-10 years?
- What are the main tech trends we can spot across the world today and where is the UK within these?


About the speaker:
Francesco Perticarari co-built Silicon Roundabout into the largest Tech meetup community in Europe, with the mission of developing tech entrepreneurship and innovation through business connections, specialist recruitment, and venture capital support. 

Currently, Francesco is Managing Partner and High Tech Investor at Silicon Roundabout Ventures, London's pre-seed and seed VC focused on Next Generation Technologies. He is also currently growing the Silicon Roundabout Academy as Executive Chairperson and CTO: Silicon Roundabout's e-learning platform focused on building specialist skills and work opportunities for the tech sector.

Prior to Silicon Roundabout, Francesco worked as a software engineer, tech lead, and founded the boutique property investment company AGAPE Properties: 1st UK property manager to accept crypto as a payment. As a public speaker and startup mentor Francesco held guest lectures, panels, keynotes and mentoring sessions at London Fintech Week, London Tech Week, ASP (Politecnico di Milano), Birmingham Tech Week and the European GNSS Agency amongst others. 

Outside of tech, Francesco loves to geek about physics, history and business and loves discussions on anything entrepreneurial or techie.