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Venture capital is often seen as the answer to the funding needs of early stage companies, when really it is suitable only for a small number of them. If you aren’t setting out to be a unicorn, then what finance options do you have available?
This event is for entrepreneurs and early stage companies who want a funding reality check. We will bring together proponents of crowdfunding, corporate partnering and organic growth to discuss the merits and pitfalls of these approaches. Come and meet these funding experts and learn about real life issues rather than mythical beasts.
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Innovate UK EDGE offers bespoke, fully funded coaching and mentoring to innovative companies.
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St John's Innovation Centre provide early-stage, knowledge-based companies with business advice, strategic consultancy, introductions and flexible accommodation.
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David Gill was appointed Managing Director of St John’s Innovation Centre in November 2008. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director of ETCapital Limited, following his tenure as a Sloan Fellow at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California. He is also an official Visitor at the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge.
Having read English at the University of Cambridge, David qualified as a barrister before working in corporate finance for both US and UK banks, including Chase Investment Bank, Greenwell Montagu and Midland Bank plc (later HSBC). As Head of Technology and Innovation, he set up and ran the Innovation & Technology Unit at HSBC Bank in London.
David is part of a research team which has looked at the funding of technology based growth businesses overseas, and is currently working on a report examining the situation in India. The team’s first report, published in March 2000, looked at the US experience. Subsequently, the team has published reports on Israel (2002), Germany (2003) and Britain (2007).
An entrepreneurial executive with 20 years of international IT, software, sales and consulting experience covering the full technology lifecycle. A founder, who has also run and invested in companies across cloud software, mobile applications, M2M, machine learning analytics, and Internet of Things (IOT), in both the corporate and start-up space, across the UK, Europe and US markets.
St Johns Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS
Presented by Matthew Scherba, Breed Reply at Let’s get real! - exploring different funding options for your early stage company
Presented by David Gill, Innovate UK EDGE at Let’s get real! - exploring different funding options for your early stage company
Presented by Goncalo de Vasconcelos, Syndicate Room at Let’s get real! - exploring different funding options for your early stage company
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