Join us for an insightful event where we will delve into the keys to business growth. Learn stratgeies for crafting the right business model and securing the right finance from founders who have done it before, and from those who have financed their growth. Network with early-stage and scale-up founders, investors, lenders, and gain valuable knowledge from industry experts.
Conference Programme
☕️ 9am – 9:30am – Registration and networking
Morning session from 9:30am:
⭐️ Welcome from Barry McCulloch and Susan Nightingale, BBB
⭐️ Anatomy of a Scale Up Funding Journey: Inside Scotland’s £5m+ Growth Capital Raises – Alison Grieve, Editor, YCF
⭐️ Shuli Yu of Yush will guide us through a new way to give feeback on our events
⭐️ Meet the new Angel Capital Scotland CEO
⭐️ Marks & Clerk – IP Due Diligence: Readying Your Portfolio for Investment - a fireside chat with Jessica Giannotti, founder of Seadyes
⭐️ Crowdfunding: Judson Cowan of Tettix Games & Sonia Mitchell of Jump Ship
☕️ 11am – 11:30am – Refreshments with the Showcase Companies
Late-morning session from 11:30am
Reverse Pitch - Funders vs Founders
Funders:
⭐️ Rekha Welsh, Loan Officer, DSL Finance
⭐️ Patrick Burke, BDM, FSE Group
⭐️ Lynne Cadenhead, COO, TRICAPITAL
⭐️ Andrew Noble, Partner, Par Equity
Founders:
⭐️ Gemma Stuart, Gut Wealth
⭐️ Peter Mendham, Bright Ascension
⭐️ Nikki Gibson, SWURF
⭐️ Jolene Roberts, Òir Soap
Burges Salmon
⭐️ AJ Venter, Partner at Burges Salmon, will provide an overview of the PISCES framework for buying and selling private company shares
⭐️ 'Beyond Venture Capital: a Guide to Alternative Funding' - Scott Paterson, Associate, Burges Salmon
☕️ 13:00pm – 14:00pm: Lunch with Showcase Companies
Afternoon session from 2pm
⭐️ Barry McCulloch / Susan Nightingale will present the findings from the SME Access to Finance Report
⭐️ Financial storytelling - Frame’s fireside chat with Niki McKenzie, Joint MD, Archangels
⭐️ Eden Scott - building teams for scale - Gwen Grant, CAO, Novosound; Hayley Raeper, Head of People, Create Future; Elaine Ferguson, CFO, Enough Food - hosted by Derek Polowyj
⭐️Derek Shaw, Director of Entrepreneurship & Investment at Scottish Enterprise will host a fireside chat with Shahida Imani, CEO, Singular Photonics.
☕️ 15:30pm – 16:00pm: Networking with Showcase Companies
Showcase Companies:
🚀 Cofficient.co.uk
ERP solutions provider
🚀 DatamindAudio.ai
Audio software company empowered by AI
🚀 Gutwealth.co.uk
Digestion-boosting supplements
🚀 Intradrive.co.uk
Durable gearbox for e-bikes
🚀 MusoPlay.com
The daily music game
🚀 MySmash.Media
Matchmaking platform for film and TV
🚀 Seadyes.com
Seaweed-based dye for fashion and textiles
🚀 SWURF.co
Discovery platform for remote & travelling workers to find welcoming workspaces
🚀 Yushnow.com
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