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Hear directly from investors on what they look for in an investment opportunity.
Gain the skills you need to raise and secure your next round of funding.
Learn from successful founders as they share their fundraising stories.
Meet fellow tech entrepreneurs and investors.
In person tickets are no longer available.
Edward is Investment Principal at Octopus Ventures focusing on investments in B2B software businesses investing from £1 million at Seed Stage to £10 million for Series B with the ability to fund the companies backed right through to IPO.
Octopus Ventures is one of the largest and most active venture investors in Europe investing over £200 million a year in the likes of Zoopla Property Group, Secret Escapes, Depop and Cazoo.
Avent is Head of Investment and a Director at Earth Capital, and a member of the Investment Committee. Avent’s investment focus is on sustainable tech across the food, energy and water sectors, as well as working with management teams of companies to develop and deliver on strategic plans.
With over 25 years’ experience in investing, portfolio management and corporate finance advisory, Avent will share her advice and guidance on how entrepreneurs can best position their company for investment.
Ed is founder of accounting software company FreeAgent. Ed co-founded FreeAgent in 2007, following a career as an RAF Harrier pilot, taking it from a bootstrapped tech start-up to becoming the first equity crowdfunded UK company to successfully complete an IPO, before being acquired by the NatWest Group in 2018.
Ed will be sharing his entrepreneurial journey including the highs and lows of fundraising for FreeAgent.
Julien is co-founder and former COO of online furniture retailer Made.com. Founded in 2010, Made.com is now hailed as one of the fastest-growing European start-ups. Since then, Julien has co-founded and invested in several new brands related to sustainability, education, health, sports and mental wellness.
With experience as both founder and investor, Julien will join us to talk about fundraising, leadership and the rollercoaster life of a young company.
James is responsible for Growth Capital at Fuel Ventures, one of the most active early and growth stage investors in the UK into leading fast growing technology businesses covering globally scalable marketplaces, platforms and software (SaaS).
In addition to this, James has a portfolio of over 25 angel investments across the tech ecosystem and will be sharing his insight and expertise as to how companies can find and secure the right investors for their business.
Helena is co-founder and Managing Partner of Raising Partners – the Glasgow-based investment firm guiding start-ups through each step of their fundraising process, and Raising Partners Angels – an angel syndicate that invests in companies making a positive impact on people, processes and the planet.
After experiencing first-hand the dangers of poor advice when raising capital, Helena founded Raising Partners in 2017 to level the investment playing field and demystify the fundraising process, helping over 160 companies raise over £50 million to date.
In person tickets are no longer available
In this workshop we’re diving into the detail of raising your seed round. We’ll be sharing the three fundamentals of getting investor ready and how to ensure your business stands out from the crowd.
We’ll be sharing:
Thinking of raising your first round of investment? Or perhaps you’re raising your second seed round to take your business to the next level? Then this workshop is for you.
In this interactive session we’ll discuss:
Looking to accelerate the growth of your business and raise your next round of investment from a VC? Then this workshop is for you! In this session, we’ll be sharing the ins and outs of raising over £1m from venture capital funds.
We’ll discuss:
In this interactive workshop, we’ll be sharing a tactical guide of how to go from raising your seed round to Series A. This session is a must for those looking to raise their next growth round of investment.
We’ll be walking you step-by-step through:
Raising Partners Live brings together investors and entrepreneurs to advance the entrepreneurial ecosystem by empowering start-up and scale-up tech businesses to access capital.
Our full day conference focuses on everything you need to know when it comes to raising investment. Hear from an array of world-class speakers, take part in practical workshops, meet investors and even have the chance to pitch your business to the professionals.
Raising Partners Live brings together investors and entrepreneurs to advance the entrepreneurial ecosystem by empowering start-up and scale-up tech businesses to access capital.
Our full day conference focuses on everything you need to know when it comes to raising investment. Hear from an array of world-class speakers, take part in practical workshops, meet investors and even have the chance to pitch your business to the professionals.
Founded in 2017, Raising Partners was created to bring a much needed specialism and expertise to the notoriously hard to crack investment landscape.
Since then, the team at Raising Partners have worked with over 160 companies on their journey to raise investment and have been responsible for some of the most successful equity fundraises in the UK as the fundraising team behind Plum Guide, Penfold, Celtic Renewables, Breedr, Pikl and Resident.ly.
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