How will I fund my innovative company? Do I go down the loan or investment route or rely on grants?
For innovative companies looking to commercialise IP, it can be a daunting question.
So
many potential routes from -
Venture Capital route to angel investors -
each with the potential to take your business in different directions.
That’s where our event ‘The Money Map’ comes in.
Join the British Business Bank, Innovate UK and Forging Ahead for three panel
sessions where we’ll navigate these paths, each with a Leicestershire
university spinout who found the way that was right for them.
Lunch is provided and there will be plenty of time for networking in between the panels.
Schedule
12:45 - Arrive for networking
13:00 - Lunch is served
13:25 - Welcome from the British Business Bank
13:30 - Panel 1 – Hosted by Innovate UK with De Montfort University
· Speakers TBC
Break
14:30 - Panel 2 – Hosted by the British Business Bank with the University of Leicester
· Speakers TBC
Break
15:30 - Panel 3 – Hosted by Forging Ahead with Loughborough University
· Speakers TBC
16:00 - Ends
Please note times are subject to change.
British Business Bank is the UK’s economic development bank.
Our mission is to drive economic growth by helping smaller businesses
get the finance they need to start, scale, and stay in the UK.
Innovate
UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is the UK’s innovation agency.
Our mission is to help companies to grow through their development and
commercialisation of new products, processes, and services.
Forging
Ahead is a coalition of 16 Midlands university partners, led by
Loughborough University. Our mission is to supercharge the
commercialisation ecosystem in the region.