Thinking of founding a business? Have a startup and looking for growth funding? Or simply curious to learn how startup funding works, what is available, what you need to do before trying to raise funding and where you can go to get it?
Then join us for this 90 minute information packed online free event for knowing the ins & outs, highs and lows of startup funding across the risk spectrum in Angel, VC and Crowd funding.
It will feature talks from Industry leaders in Angel, venture capital & crowdfunding investment that fund companies. Learn of real funding journey from entrepreneurs who have successfully (recently) raised money for their business. Learn expert tips, the pitfalls to avoid, what investors are looking for, what a great pitch is and more.
Hear a funding journey from the co-founder & CEO of a fast-growth company and a Founder institute alumni that has just funded in excess of £700K+ in last few months from multiple sources and platforms. And the Zillions of pitch events that he did for their company, Pynk.io that is an intelligent Crowdsourced investing platform.
There is also a Q&A session later to answer all your burning questions.
Speakers include:
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Col Batten - Tech Ventures investor, wales Development Bank, and former Director at TechVC London
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Susie Meier - VC at NotionCapital investing in enterprisetech & B2B SaaS at Series A+. Clients includes Currencycloud, Duedil, GoCardless and Workable
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Luke Lang – Co-founder Crowdcube. The world's first & largest! Alumni include legends like BrewDog, Curve and Monzo, and have funded nearly 20% of UK's unicorns to date
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Jenny Tooth - Chairman of UK Business Angels association, UK's apex organisation supporting startups, entrpreneurs & investors.
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Seth Ward - CEO/cofounder of Pynk.io who have just funded £700K+ from multiple channels. Pynk provides a platform for crowdsourcing intelligence in investing.
The event is hosted by Sandeep Roy, a passionate innovation ecosystem builder & the chapter Leader for FI in West and Wales.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who is thinking about raising money for their startup
- Anyone that wants an understanding of fundraising for early stage businesses and products
What are some of the Topics?
- The key metrics and pre-requisites for raising funding, and the anatomy of a "fundable" company
- How to make yourself more attractive to investors
- How to utilize online fundraising networks and platforms, like Crowdcube.
- How to meet and work with different sources of capital, such as friends and family, angel investors, venture capitalists, government grants and loans, and more.
- and more...