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Introducing Early Rounds – breakfast conversations with founders, operators, and investors fuelling UK innovation

Early Rounds is a ‘Lunch with the FT’ – style interview series spotlighting the founders, investors and operators shaping UK innovation.

The series, recently launched by Will Welton from Fuel Ventures, is produced in a a shorter, sharper breakfast format, with each conversation uncovering the real stories behind UK startups: how angels make decisions, how founders navigate the early stages, and the lessons operators bring from the front line.

There is an exciting pipeline of angel investors, female founders and ecosystem leaders lined up with new interviews released weekly on Tuesdays. 

If you’d like to follow the series or put yourself forward to be interviewed, you can sign up via the website or email Will at will@fuel.ventures 

 

By UKBAA 08 Dec 2025