Panel: What VCs plan to fund in 2026

Live VCs decisions breakdown, on real cases.

We’ll have 7 invited VC partners/guests, sharing what they are currently backing, and how their decision-making have changed.

We will focus on the exact questions investors now ask — and how those answers determine whether a company gets funded.

Detailed Panel Agenda and guests:

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What we will break down

• What numbers actually decide deals in 2026
• When traction is “interesting” vs “fundable”
• How investors separate early signals from businesses that are ready for capital.
• Why some profitable startups still don’t get funded
• And when raising VC is the wrong move.
• What founders must fix before starting a raise
• The specific gaps that quietly K*ll rounds.

These topics will be explored through real scenarios and live investor analysis, not theory.

Panel Guests:

Andrew Cartwright – Fund Manager of Dragons & Angels Fund

Vasyl Dub – Venture Partner at Network VC, Founder at Raisable VC, Mentor at Stanford

Anna Schehula – Growth & Partnerships Leader at TRMNL4 and Venture Scout at Flyer One Ventures

Anna Zakowska, PhD – Managing Partner at Dragons & Angels Fund

Koyo Tsuchiya – Assistant Manager Strategic Partnerships at MS&AD Ventures Inc

Wendy Nguyen, MBA – Senior Investor Relations and Marketing leader at VABA Venture Capital

Shahnoza Oripova – Managing partner at Invest Fund Groups

Schedule:

5:45 PM — Registration and networking

6:30-7:30 PM — Panel

7:30-8:30 PM — Networking

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