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Founders · Investment
Brazen Summit 2026, Day 4: Scaling, Impact and the Road to Exit
Hosted by techSPARK
When
Thursday 12 November 2026
9:30am – 12:30pm
Where
St Nicholas Church
Saint Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UE
Price
Paid
about this room
Day 4 of the Brazen Summit, aimed at founders, scale-up leaders and the people who back them: growing without diluting what the company is for, and getting ready to exit.
Tilly Lockey opens with a keynote. Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford, is then in conversation with Gaynor Coley on building an impact-led business on his own terms. Simon Davies, Chief Test Pilot at Vertical Aerospace, follows with what it takes to design, test and certify a new aircraft, and the scaling lessons that travel beyond aerospace. The morning closes on first-hand accounts of acquisitions, mergers and IPOs from Nick Sturge MBE, Heather Frankham MBE DL, George Sandilands and Lauren Crawley-Moore of the London Stock Exchange. Paid; no face price published.
the closing panel is four people who have actually been through an exit, which Bristol rarely gets in one room. Best for founders past product-market fit and their investors.
Tilly Lockey · Keynote
Guy Singh-Watson · Founder, Riverford
Gaynor Coley ·
Simon Davies · Chief Test Pilot, Vertical Aerospace
Nick Sturge MBE ·
Heather Frankham MBE DL ·
George Sandilands ·
Lauren Crawley-Moore · London Stock Exchange
getting there
St Nicholas Church, Saint Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UE
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Date & Time
Thursday 12 November 2026
9:30am – 12:30pm
Price
Paid
Organiser
techSPARK
About this event
Speakers
Tilly Lockey
Keynote,
Guy Singh-Watson
Founder, Riverford
Gaynor Coley
,
Simon Davies
Chief Test Pilot, Vertical Aerospace
Nick Sturge MBE
,
Heather Frankham MBE DL
,
George Sandilands
,
Lauren Crawley-Moore
, London Stock Exchange
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