22 October, 17:30 - 20:00
The Nordic Venture Capital Reception 2026 is an evening dedicated to bringing together the Nordic and UK venture capital communities, convening investors and key ecosystem partners for meaningful discussion, reflection, and connection. The evening will combine a curated programme exploring the themes shaping the venture market today with extended time for meaningful, peer-level networking.
In a market shaped by shifting valuations, evolving fundraising dynamics, and a renewed focus on disciplined capital deployment, investors are reassessing where opportunities lie and how best to support the next generation of high-growth companies. This reception provides a timely forum to exchange perspectives, explore how the current landscape is reshaping investment strategies, and discuss what lies ahead for venture investing across the Nordics and the UK.
This is an intimate gathering built around meaningful conversations and valuable connections. We intentionally curate the room to ensure every discussion is relevant, allowing you to leave with new insights, strengthened relationships, and connections that create value.
If you are investing in or helping to build the Nordic–UK venture ecosystem, we would be delighted to welcome you. Spaces are limited, so we encourage you to register your interest early, and our team will be in touch.
View the gallery and agenda from our Nordic Founders & Investors Reception, held in March 2026.
Featured Speaker
Magda Lukaszewicz is a General Partner at Inventure. Based in London, she focuses on early-stage seed investments across the Nordics, Baltics, and diaspora in the UK. Prior to joining Inventure and opening the London office in March 2025, she spent six years as an investor at Balderton Capital. Selected investments include Voi, Wayve, Tibber, Lassie, Samphire Neuroscience and more. Magda began her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London.
Featured Speaker
Kaushik Subramanian is a Partner at EQT Ventures, based in London, where he invests in AI and fintech companies building product-led, category-defining businesses. At EQT Ventures, Kaushik has backed companies including Paid.ai, Stacks.ai, Payrails, and Beside, and works closely with founders on product strategy, monetization, and hyper scaling.
Kaushik brings deep operating experience across global platforms and complex infrastructure. Prior to EQT Ventures, he was a product leader at Stripe, where he built and scaled the company’s FX and multicurrency business into a highly profitable, nine-figure revenue platform. He also led multiple product teams across Stripe Connect, invoicing, and monetization in EMEA, partnering closely with fast-growing internet companies and marketplaces.
Earlier in his career, Kaushik spent several years at Meta, where he helped scale the ads ecosystem into a multi-billion-dollar business by re-architecting core ad-tech infrastructure and marketplace mechanics. He began his career at McKinsey and L’Oréal, shaping his perspective on strategy, consumer behavior, and operating at global scale.
Kaushik holds an undergraduate degree in computer engineering and an MBA from INSEAD.
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Georgia is a Principal at Atomico. Based in London, she focuses on growth-stage investments across enterprise, fintech and consumer technology. Selected investments include The Exploration Company, Neko Health, PhysicsX, Framer, TravelPerk and Mews. Prior to joining Atomico, she was an investor at Left Lane Capital and Balderton Capital. Georgia began her career in investment banking at Centerview Partners in New York and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from Queen’s University.
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David Barker is a Senior Wealth Planner at Lombard Odier, specialising in investment structuring, wealth and estate planning for UK and international individuals and families with a UK connection. He has a particular interest in the tax treatment of entrepreneurs and their businesses.
Before joining Lombard Odier in 2023, David spent much of his career at Rawlinson & Hunter in London where he was a private client tax partner for 21 years, fulfilling at different times the roles of head of tax, managing partner and liaison partner for the Firm’s offices in Switzerland. His experience covers a wide range of private clients, including many non-domiciled individuals, UK-based and international entrepreneurs, their families, and their wealth holding structures. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser and full member of STEP.
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American technology lawyer and strategic business advisor Daniel Glazer leads the London office and US Expansion group at the Silicon Valley-headquartered law firm Wilson Sonsini. Daniel advises UK/European tech and life sciences companies through their US life cycle: US launch and scaling, US VC financing, and US IPO/M&A exit. He collaborated with the US Department of Commerce to create its "SelectUSA Tech" program for non-US technology companies expanding to the US, and was recognized as The American Lawyer’s first “Transatlantic Innovator of the Year” and by UK Tech News as one of London’s top 10 “International Connectors.”

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Featured Speaker, Moderator
Michael Labriola is a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he counsels public and
private technology, life sciences, and emerging growth companies through all stages of their growth.
Michael has particular experience with Wilson Sonsini’s clients across the U.S. East Coast and Europe.
He has a particular focus on supporting companies that undertake transformative events, such as
growth financings, IPOs, acquisitions, and exit sales. Michael counsels clients in matters ranging from
formation and early-stage venture financing to listings of publicly traded securities on U.S. and foreign
exchanges to seasoned public offerings and private and public company acquisitions. He also has
considerable experience in counseling publicly held companies on disclosure matters, SEC
compliance, Nasdaq and NYSE listing matters, and other securities laws issues. In addition, Michael
frequently represents investment banks, venture capital funds, and private equity firms in a broad
range of investment transactions.
Prior to his legal career, Michael was a certified public accountant in the assurance practices of Arthur
Andersen and Ernst & Young, where he audited public, private, and not-for-profit entities in several
sectors, including telecommunications and technology
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