Join The Accelerator Network's Startup Stories, co-hosted with Plexal innovation centre for our November edition, to hear from founders in our communities share about their growth journey and practical advice on support networks for fellow founders and entrepreneurs.

Growing a startup is a challenging journey no doubt! What are the support networks, programmes and communities to help you navigate complexities of growing a business and raising funding? We'll be chatting with the founders of Artificial Artists and MOONHUB to hear about their innovative missions, their experience exploring different kinds of support available and how to make the best use of them. In the current fast-changing times of Covid, it is ever more important to tap into support networks.

We'll discuss:

• Key challenges founders are seeking support for
• Finding different types of startup support
• Figuring out what's best suited for your growth stage
• What can support networks do more of to help founders

You'll hear from:

Ben Cyzer, Co-Founder of Artificial Artists, Accelerator Academy and Augmentor alumni with recent Mercia funding news

Dami Hastrup, Founder of MOONHUB, Plexal member and Augmentor fourth edition cohort

In conversation with:

Amy Chao, Community Engagement Manager for The Accelerator Network and alumni of Plexal's Plexiglass accelerator

Phoebe Dunning, Community Manager for Plexal

Please register to receive your Zoom event link.

Event hosts:

The Accelerator Network empowers UK tech startups and scaleups through business growth and investment readiness support from pre-seed to Series A via our three stages of virtual programmes: FastForward Pre-Accelerator for pre-seed, Accelerator Academy for seed, and The ScaleUp Accelerator for Series A. We deliver Cyber 101 bootcamps in partnership with Digital Catapult supporting cybersecurity startups, and Investor Readiness Bootcamps for immersive businesses. Accelerator Academy Semester 28 programme open for applications.

Plexal is an innovation centre and coworking space that believes in the power of collaboration. We’re a diverse innovation ecosystem tackling some of the biggest challenges facing society – starting with social inclusion, cybersecurity and mobility.

Startups:

Artificial Artists' mission is to make 3D visual effects more accessible and affordable, empowering companies to generate their own 3D animation in-house, at speed and at scale.

MOONHUB is a startup that uses cutting edge, remotely deployable VR technology to transform training.