Product innovation and growth workshop
Helping your business to grow.
Who is this workshop for?
Business owners and decision makers that are looking for financial support and resources to help grow their businesses in the advanced manufacturing and engineering sectors.
Business owners and decision makers that are looking to develop innovative products and utilise the latest technologies that will result in growth and improved profitability.
Speakers
Sandy Reid, Investment Manager, Mercia Fund Managers will cover:
Early Stage Equity Investment for SMEs
- What Mercia Fund Managers are looking for
- The Funds Mercia manage and how early-stage equity can enable significant growth in innovative businesses
- Focus on the Midlands Engine Early Stage and Proof of Concept Fund, which will include case studies.
David Tindsley, Investment Manager, Maven Capital Partners UK LLP will cover:
Debt Funding for Growing SME Businesses
- Who are Maven and how can they support businesses to grow.
- An outline of Debt Fund criteria
- Case studies of businesses Maven have supported through the Debt Fund.
Ross Ryan Senior Consultant Business Launch Centre will cover:
Technology, underpinning profitable growth
- Catapult Centre’s (including MTC) is a national resource/investment in Advanced Manufacturing Technology – supporting UK industry and Leicestershire’s businesses.
- Technology Transformation – our experience and some illustrations of the application of modern technology to products/processes creating wealth & profitable growth for businesses that embrace it effectively
- “The MRL Journey” - Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL) sets out a framework for effectively embracing technology.
Please Note
This event is delivered as part of the Collaborate Growing Business Together project and is specifically aimed at businesses based in Leicester and Leicestershire, with fewer than 250 employees and meet the eligibility criteria (all other bookings will be respectfully declined).