Manchester Innovation Founders Platform
The last of our Innovation Founder platform's!
Bruntwood Sci-Tech and the pro-manchester Innovation committee had joined forces to pull together a group of sessions to support Innovation founders at seed stage, who are looking to scale up but need help in taking the next step in business.
This last one is to be a little bit different...
Format
This last session is an open forum as one group. Arrival for 10.00am for networking and registration. Attendees will then have an open Q&A session with each panellist from 10.30am - 12.00pm. Afterwards Bruntwood SciTech have kindly booked BrewDog from 12.00pm - 2.00pm for drinks, tacos and sides!
Topics
Skills
Get ready for funding
Investment & Scale up tips - Room 3
Marketing, How to market with very little funds
Register your interest here
Interested in taking part in our next one or know someone else who might be?
Register your interest by emailing [email protected] in the first instance. please provide your name, company, contact details and a little about your business.
*We do ask that you do commit to all 4 dates when released.
About the Speakers:
Scot supports innovative tech companies to grow and scale within the Bruntwood SciTech network which is home to a specialist community of over 500 of the country’s most disruptive science and technology businesses across 11 campuses UK wide.
As part of the Innovation Services team he provides connections across the ecosystem, directly supporting Tech SMEs in Manchester and Cheshire through partnership led activity, delivery of programmes, innovation events and thought leadership activity. With a passion for nurturing early stage businesses, helping them to navigate challenges, find effective solutions and build engagement with peers for successful collaborative outcomes.
Ben is the group marketing director for Praetura Group. As part of the wider group, Praetura Ventures is an award-winning tech and life sciences focused VC, born-and-bred in the North of England. Praised for its early backing of northern success stories such as Peak, XR Games and Culture Shift, the Manchester-based VC has now become known for its ‘more than money’ approach to supporting early-stage founders post investment. Before Praetura, he headed up the marketing for Social Chain’s media division around the time of its IPO. Ben also co-founded the alternative co-working and event space Ziferblat UK.
Vicky is a partner in the Mills & Reeve corporate team with a particular focus in the life sciences, health and technology sectors. She works with clients on a variety of corporate matters including: disposals and acquisitions, investments (equity and debt); corporate governance; shareholder and joint venture arrangements and corporate restructures and reorganisations. Recent highlights include advising a number of management teams in the life sciences and biotech space on equity investments and additional fund raisings as well as a strategic restructure. Client feedback and why you would speak to Vicky about corporate issues: “extremely knowledgeable, approachable and above all a pleasure to deal with.”
Alastair is the Founder of EZHR, a HR subscription solution for SMEs that wants to lower barrier of entry to really good advice.
Prior to that he spent 15 years’ working in house for various Blue Chip FMCG and manufacturing businesses along with a number of global BPO organisations. His work was across various areas of specialism including employee relations, organisational change, development, TUPE, and business sale.
Additionally, he hosts The Alternative Business Review. A podcast for early-stage founders that offers an alternative take on what it’s really like founding and growing a business.
