Financing the future of semiconductors

A joint techUK semiconductor, scale-up and photonics session on getting growth-stage capital into UK chip companies. Arrivals 09:30, programme 10:00 to 11:50, networking lunch from 12:00. Two sessions: Funding the idea, on accessing semiconductor finance, and Beyond the cheque, on partnerships, commercialisation, exports and R&D. Speakers are Peter Stephens, Government Partnerships at Arm; Samuel Taylor, Senior Innovation Advisory Partner at ForrestBrown; and Thomas Mahon, Patent Attorney at Page White Farrer. Free, but booking is members-only. The venue comes with registration. Why go: semiconductor capital is the narrowest funding pipe in UK tech, and this is the rare session that puts R&D credits and patent strategy next to the equity question instead of treating them as someone else's problem. Best for hardware and photonics founders past prototype, and the advisers around them.