Barry Downes | Managing Partner
Sure Valley Ventures
Barry founded SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) in 2017 after successfully building and exiting FeedHenry, the leading mobile cloud middleware platform acquired by Red Hat/IBM. As Managing Partner, he brings firsthand founder experience to help early-stage AI companies navigate the journey from concept to scale. Currently, Barry focuses on AI Agents and platforms, open-source AI technologies, and reinforcement learning.
Appearances:
Connected Britain 2025 - Day 1 @ 10:35
Inside the UK's tech startup ecosystem: Trends, challenges & opportunities to come
- What is the current state of play in the UK startup tech ecosystem? How is London performing in comparison to regional hubs?
- Discuss the funding landscape shift - Explore areas of growth such as AI, climate tech and HealthTech?
- How is government helping the continued growth of the UK's startup tech ecosystem?
Connected Britain 2025 - Day 1 @ 16:00
Unlocking Enterprise Growth and Opportunity with AI Agents
SVV (Sure Valley Ventures), the specialist AI VC, is launching an open-source AI Agent Project to automate key processes in venture capital - from sourcing and selecting investment opportunities to supporting and adding value, to reporting and stakeholder engagement. In this presentation, SVV Managing Partner Barry Downes will share the lessons learned from building and deploying these AI agents, and how the same principles can be applied to drive new opportunities across any business or enterprise:
Attendees will gain a practical understanding of:
- How to plan and execute an AI Agent roll out
- What the benefits are: including operational efficiency, cost reduction and faster decision making.
- How AI agents create new opportunities to do more, gain a competitive edge and promote strategic agility.
- How to mitigate risks with governance and control.
- How to benefit and learn from SVV's Agentic VC opensource project.
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