GSC Security Technology Summit in London - 13 November 2008

The GSC Grand Final will occur on November 13th 2008 at London Business School.

It is a full-day event with speakers from government, industry, venture capital and startups. The event allows great networking opportunities with the world's leading security venture capital funds and technologists.

Confirmed Speakers Include: Chris Darby, CEO of In-Q-Tel (CIA's venture capital fund) John Reid, MP and former UK Home Office Secretary Stephen Dennis, Technical Director of HSARPA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Colin Matthews, CEO of BAA Paul Wiles, Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Home Office General Victor Renuart, Commander of U.S. Northern Command, US Department of Defense Ronald Noble, Secretary General, INTERPOL

New Venture Capital fund in Europe focused on security technologies: Spuukie Venture Partners

We just heard the rumor that a new venture capital fund is currently fundraising for a pure-security technology fund: Spuukie Venture Partners [spooky]

This new fund is established by industry veterans who aim to invest in early stage companies, typically in Series-A rounds, worth $500K - $2m. While no geographic restrictions apply, the fund's partners mentioned to us that they will concentrate initially on the European countries and Asia as the VC/funding infrastructure in the USA is already highly developed for security start-ups, with VC funds as Paladin, NovakBiddle and In-Q-Tel.

Will keep you up-to-date with any news we hear about "Spuukie Venture Partners" also let us know if you know more than us about it. One thing is for sure, starting a security startup in Europe is going to get more excited now!