The Form Playbook

Form's regulated market thesis in the AI era

"Hard things" such as regulation and hardware were once viewed sceptically by VCs - now they are islands of defensibility as AI disrupts software.

Jun 8 • Leo Ringer

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May 2026

Why policy must be a core operating function in frontier markets

Lessons from the frontline: Sarah Gates, VP, Global Affairs & Assurance, Wayve

May 29 • Patrick Newton

Backing future industry giants, with Tom Adeyoola of Innovate UK

Innovate UK’s mission is to turn breakthrough ideas into industry giants and it’s best known for grant funding.

May 19 • Leo Ringer

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When “sovereignty” means everything, it means nothing

One word features more than any in startup pitch decks, at VC AGMs and in government tech comms at the moment: “sovereignty”.

May 11 • Patrick Newton

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April 2026

thymia, the health and safety intelligence layer for the voice revolution

A key part of the AI revolution is not just what work tech does for us, but how we engage it.

Apr 27 • Patrick Newton

March 2026

Form Summit 2026 at the House of Lords

On Wednesday we held our third Form Summit at the House of Lords, which has been making UK laws since the fourteenth century.

Mar 27 • Leo Ringer

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Lessons from the hardest part of seed investing

We raised Form Fund I in 2019.

Mar 20 • Patrick Newton

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February 2026

Five: Why palm is the next in-person payments platform shift

It’s not often you have a truly magical experience when using new technology.

Feb 27 • Patrick Newton

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On the role of “gut” in investing

There is a school of thought that the art of early stage investing, at its most advanced, can be boiled down to a “gut feeling”.

Feb 12 • Mayowa Ogunremi

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Why "philosopher builders" are crucial in the AI era, with Harry Law from the Cosmos Institute

This week, we’re speaking to Harry Law, previously a senior researcher at Google Deepmind, and currently researcher at the Cosmos Institute – an…

Feb 2 • Patrick Newton

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January 2026

Why can’t regulators think like founders?

Etaine has been interning with us this winter as she wraps up her MBA at the Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth) in the US.

Jan 29 • Etaine Lamy

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Tech and policy in 2026

Last January the Form Ventures team made four tech and policy predictions for the year ahead. How did we get on?

Jan 15 • Form Ventures

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