Four Reasons Investors come to Turing Fest

Turing Fest is now a focused Pre-seed to Series A founder and investor summit, running 6–7 May in Edinburgh. It’s not a generalist tech conference, and it’s not trying to be one.

The investor audience is intentionally limited to funds actively deploying at Pre-seed through Series A in the UK and Europe. That constraint matters because value comes from the relationships and context that develops in a room with trusted peers. .

So this year, we designed TF around how investing actually works.

Investors come for four reasons – even if they don’t always say them out loud.

First, to build relationships with other active investors. A meaningful share of early-stage deals are shaped through investor networks, not inbound decks. TF is structured to maximise high-quality investor–investor time, with peer roundtables, a private investor dinner, and shared social time that isn’t performative.

Second, to co-invest and collaborate. The funds in the room are the ones you’re likely to syndicate with, see on cap tables, or cross paths with over the next 12–18 months — across leads, follow-ons, and cross-border rounds. This is about strengthening the mesh, not widening the funnel.

Third, to calibrate thinking. Sense-making with people whose judgement you already respect. Comparing notes on markets, pacing, pricing, and where conviction is forming — or quietly fading.

And fourth, to get early, high-signal exposure to founders. Around 200 vetted Pre-seed to Series A founders will be there. All are VC-relevant. Many are raising now or within the next 12–18 months. Some will become deals, all provide signal about where founders and markets are going..

“Turing Fest is an amazing conference: very easy to make the kinds of connections that VCs like me get a huge value from.”

-Tom Wilson, VC, Seedcamp

The format is deliberately tight. It’s designed so you can spend just one night in Edinburgh and still get full value. Investor access is capped at around 100 investors, alongside ~200 founders, to preserve meeting quality and avoid noise.

This year’s Turing Fest won’t be for everyone, and that’s on purpose.If you’re looking for something broad, high-volume, or brand-led, Turing Fest probably isn’t a fit.

But if you’re actively deploying at Pre-seed to Series A, and you value high-signal time with founders and peers, just two well-designed days in Edinburgh can go a long way.

That’s Turing Fest 2026.

Less noise. More signal. Join us 👉 Get Investor access here