Join some of the UK's most influential investors and entrepreneurs share their experiences and judge our start-up competition.

Hello everyone,

We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday. Please make sure you arrive promptly at 2pm for registration as we are up to capacity and want to make sure you get a seat!

Decoded will be giving away a place on their Code in a Day course worth £500 so make sure you bring your business cards to put in the raffle, and both Roger Mavity and LID publishing are giving discounts on their books.

The speaker's list is looking hot!  We have some brilliant speakers who will be addressing important start-up issues of "How to get that elusive first client", "How to get the world talking about you", "Do you need a board? Why a board matters" and "How to attract funding and be VC ready”

Here is the speaker list in order of appearance –

Gary Stewart, Wayra; Paris de l’Etraz & Liz Fleming, IE; Margarida Garcia, Tyba; Sarah McVittie, Dressipi; Itxaso del Palacio, EC1 Capital; James Wise, Balderton Capital; Edward Ungar, Google; Pere Valles, Scytl; Charlene White, ITV; Debbie Wosskow, LoveHomeSwap; Emma Sinclair, Target Parking; Rory Stirling, MMC; Marcus Stuttard, AIM at LSE; Lopo Champalimaud, Wahanda; Carles Ferrer, Nauta Capital; Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1; Greg Rogers, Techstars; Sarah Turner, UKTI; Roger Mavity, Author, former CEO of Conran; Chris Moore, UKTI

And here's a list of the 10 start-ups who beat almost 150 entries to pitch in the finals...Congratulations and wish them luck!

100mentors; Accel Mortgages; Aphelion Energy; Boutiny; Audiowings; drive gum; Konnektid; MENCANTA; Pentagrom; SHYLO

They will be pitching to win: a place on the UKTI Sirius programme; a shortlist to Wayra; flights to Madrid & a place at the IE Venture Lab incubator; a kriticalmass crowdfunding campaign

After the prize-giving we have delicious tapas and drinks thanks to Iberica restaurant and Diageo/Wines from Spain so please stay to network/connect/chat.