The SW Investment Summit brings together the South West's most ambitious investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders to explore the region's thriving tech ecosystem. These summits provide unparalleled access to investment opportunities, expert insights, and valuable connections that are shaping the future of innovation in the South West.
Whether you're an experienced investor, a founder seeking funding, or simply passionate about the region's tech growth, the Investment Summit is where deals are made, partnerships are formed, and the next wave of innovation takes shape.
The SW Investment Summit is supported by British Business Bank, Access to Finance SW, Angel Investors Bristol, RWK Goodman, Kene, Barclays Eagle Labs, Innovate UK Business Growth and Howden.
Autumn South West Investment Summit 2026
26th November | Bristol
Join us in Bristol for the South West of England Investment Summit, an inspiring afternoon dedicated to showcasing the region's most exciting opportunities for growth, innovation, and collaboration. This focused event brings together investors, founders, business leaders, and policymakers to explore the South West's rapidly evolving economic landscape, spanning Defence & Dual-Use, HealthTech, CleanTech, and early-stage innovation across the region. Expect sharp insights, engaging discussions, and a clear view of the opportunities shaping the region's future.
Designed for maximum impact in just a few hours, the summit offers sector deep dives, a live update from Beauhurst, a dedicated Investor/Founder 1:1 zone, and the chance to connect directly with the people driving change across the South West. Founders can also pitch directly to sector-focused investors across four dedicated zones.
Want to share your story with investors? The South West Investment Summit features four dedicated pitching rooms across Health, Defence, Clean Tech and Early Stage, giving founders the chance to pitch in front of sector‑aligned investors.
Spring South West Investment Summit 2026
25th March | Sandy Park, Exeter
The Spring South West Investment Summit 2026 brought together leading investors, founders and innovators at Sandy Park for an afternoon of insight, opportunity and high‑value connection. This year’s programme featured perspectives from across the investment landscape, including speakers from Beauhurst and the London Stock Exchange, who provided data‑driven intelligence and market expertise on the forces shaping growth in the region.
Attendees heard keynote sessions from venture capitalists, fund managers and entrepreneurs exploring the future of capital, emerging markets and technological disruption across the South West. With insights spanning AI, climate tech, health innovation and finance, the Summit offered a clear view of where investment is heading and how founders and organisations can position themselves for success.
October 2025 Summit
Wednesday 15 October 2025 | Paintworks Bristol
The South West Investment Summit 2025 brought together the region’s most active investors, innovative founders and industry leaders for an afternoon of insights, connections and collaboration at Paintworks Bristol.
Building on the success of the Spring DeepTech Summit, this second event of the year focused on CleanTech and ClimateTech, showcasing the innovation, ambition and investment potential driving the South West’s tech economy.
Lord Marvin Rees OBE joined as keynote speaker, sharing his perspective on economic growth, innovation and the future of the South West’s tech ecosystem. He was joined by Nour Hassan from Beauhurst, Lauren Crawley-Moore from the London Stock Exchange, and Charlie Mercer from Startup Coalition, each offering valuable insight into regional investment trends, scaling strategies and policy developments shaping the UK innovation landscape.
The Summit created a powerful platform for collaboration, connecting founders with investors from Bristol, London and beyond, sparking conversations that will help shape the next wave of South West innovation and growth.
"The SW Investment Summit has quickly established itself as the region's premier gathering for serious investors and ambitious tech founders. What makes these events special is the quality of connections being made – we're bringing together active investors who want to deploy capital with founders who are building genuinely innovative businesses."
"This event, co-hosted with British Business Bank, at Paintworks in Bristol, had a focus on Climate, Clean and Energy and the strength the region has in this essential sector"
Ben Cooper, Head of Funding and Finance and Director at Tech South West
Highlights from our October 2025 Summit
Highlights from our Spring 2025 Summit
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