Founder Drinks

Haynes Boone's London Venture Capital team invite you to join them for an evening of champagne, craft beers and freshly made momos (aka dumplings) at their quarterly event exclusively for Founders to meet and share ideas in a relaxed, informal setting.

We are excited to welcome Maria Dramalioti-Taylor and Tom Canning of Beacon Capital as our “Resident VC” for the evening – a role that we rotate between VC managers at each event. The aim of having a rotating “Resident VC” is to introduce you to London’s key VC players, what they invest in, and what they can offer start-ups and Founders. Beacon Capital is a European-focused VC, founded in 2020 by proven investors & operators, and backed by founders, GPs, global foundations and family offices; focusing on identifying and investing in 'best-in-class' assets, delivering outsized returns, and catalysing digital transformation across enterprise customers in Europe.

We’re also very pleased to be joined by our sponsor, Amplifi Solutions, who accelerate innovation for growth businesses in the UK and Ireland by bringing enterprise level experience and process to SME businesses, helping them to reach their goals faster and enabling investment to go further.

We hope to see you there!

The Haynes Boone Venture Team

Your hosts for the evening are Karma Samdup and Andrew Pannell

RSVP as soon as possible (limited space available)

For more information contact Lauretta Newman at +44 208 734 2847 or [email protected]

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About our Resident VC:

“Beacon Capital is a European-focused VC, founded in 2020 by proven investors & operators, and backed by founders, GPs, global foundations and family offices. Our belief is that European Enterprise Tech is entering its next phase of growth and will converge to US valuations. It is currently undervalued and presents a >£3T investor opportunity over the next 10 years.

We invest across £1-10M ARR, providing capital at critical stages i) growth capital (primary) at £1M-5M ARR to scale up and ii) founder liquidity (secondaries) at £5M-10M ARR to support founders in their personal journey to £1B exits. Our focus remains on identifying and investing in 'best-in-class' assets, delivering outsized returns, and catalyzing digital transformation across enterprise customers in Europe.”

About our partner and sponsor:

“At Amplifi, our purpose is to accelerate innovation for growth businesses in the UK and Ireland. We bring enterprise level experience and process to SME businesses, helping them to reach their goals faster and enabling investment to go further.

We're driven by the belief that harnessing the potential of HMRC entrepreneurial tax schemes, namely R&D reliefs, not only fuels business growth but propels the entire landscape of innovation forward. We're not just navigating tax regulations; we're on a mission to empower your journey, transforming challenges into opportunities for your business. Join us in redefining success through the lens of innovation.

Amplifi have a highly experienced team which includes qualified accountants, tax advisors and technical experts with backgrounds in manufacturing, engineering , software and life sciences. Our aim is to optimise claims for companies, whilst ensuring that all claims are accurately prepared and defendable under any HMRC or Revenue Commissioners scrutiny.”

About us (the organiser)

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with a cross-disciplinary team of nearly 700 lawyers providing a full spectrum of legal services to clients across the nation and around the world.