The Balderton Collective CTO Summit: welcoming 50 CTOs from across Europe to our headquarters in Kings Cross. Michael and Maxime share an overview of the event.

We wer delighted to bring more than 50 CTOs from our portfolio together in person at our Kings Cross HQ this month – Covid had, as for so many, paused our event space – but now we’re back with enthusiasm.And with good reason – getting together in person with peers on a similar journey is so valuable. For that reason, here at Balderton, we maintain a number of forums where our portfolio functional leads (CEOs, R&D, marketing, legal, finance, talent, product, sales) can tap into the collective wisdom of the community. At the beginning of July it was the CTOs turn to get together for an afternoon of content and breakout sessions, followed by a dinner.

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