"No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en" - The Taming of the Shrew (Act 1 Scene 1)

As the Start-Up Series settles into its third year, we're gathering winners, partners & investors once again to celebrate the innovation that has been funded by the investors in the Start-up Series Fund.

We'll be on the top floor of The Swan, part of the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe from 18:00 . Mostly ta'en pleasure : drinks, canapes, stunning views of the Thames and St Paul’s and good conversation.

But we'll also have some talk of growing profit as investors and advisers will have the chance to meet a number of our Start-Up Series winners, some of who will be demonstrating their products.

For extra, and optional, creative inspiration, we'll be taken on a guided tour around the theatre (at 17:15), bringing the space to life with colourful stories of the 1599 Globe, of the reconstruction process in the 1990s, and of how the ‘wooden O’ works today as an imaginative and experimental theatrical space.

Timings

17:15 - Optional creative inspiration : a tour behind the scenes of the Globe Theatre (we’ll be meeting in the main reception area)

18:00 - Arrive & drinks (top floor of The Swan, adjoining the theatre)

18:30 - A few words about innovation and supporting high growth start-ups through SEIS & EIS funding, including an introduction to some recent investments from the Start-Up Series Fund

18:45 - Drinks, canapés and a chance to chat with fellow investors, advisers and entrepreneurs

20:30 - Close

Celebrating innovation : 2020 Annual Start-Up Series Evening