Speakers

Sarah Finegan is an Associate Partner at Antler, the world's most active early-stage venture capital firm, which backs founders from day zero and supports them from inception to scale. Over five years investing across the UK and Europe, she has a front-row view of what separates the founders who break through from those who don't.

Antler backs exceptional people at the very start of their journey across 27 cities worldwide, including London, New York, Berlin, Singapore, and Sydney. To date, Antler has backed more than 1,900 startups globally across fintech, B2B SaaS, healthtech, climatetech, deeptech, consumer, and beyond.

Alongside her work at Antler, Sarah co-founded MM Angels, an angel syndicate focused on expanding access to early-stage deal flow and co-investment. She is a frequent speaker on what it takes to back a founder before there's a product, team, or traction, the state of pre-seed investing in the UK and Europe, and the evolving European VC landscape.

At London Tech Week 2026, Sarah moderates Failure Isn't Fatal but Playing It Safe Is - a session exploring how the best founders build cultures of experimentation, turn setbacks into strategic fuel, and move faster after getting it wrong.