For CEO's of successfull SMEs who want to scale their business
Beauhurst, the high-growth research company, has an interesting article on their medium blogshowing what has happened to startups from 2011. They have tracked 893 companies that raised equity finance in the UK from that year. The full article is here and well worth the read. Some highlights below: 2% IPO 13% Acquisitions (PE or trade) […]
Last night I was at a Crowdfunding London event at Makerversity where Dejan Mitrovic of Densters www.densters.com took us through some of the trials and tribulations of their current Kickstarter campaign for their den building toys. They have raised their minimum and there Read More
Last night was the launch of the 2016 cohort for the LBS incubator, again sponsored by Deloitte. The ten companies are chosen from the school’s alumni and covered quite a cross-section of financial, social enterprise and food areas. Interestingly, many Read More
Kickstarter is brilliant, innovative and inspirational! It is also a very useful product financing tool. Since it started in 2009 it has raised over USD 2.23 billion for nearly 111,000 projects. There are currently some 4,300 project in 15 different Read More
Last month I went to 3C’s Community, an event organised by Colin Spiller to provide opportunities to wannabe entrepreneurs who want to test run their pitch in front of a live audience. No money changes hands and it is very Read More
Interesting article on the different types of business angels that are out there. Written by a Boston VC , David Beisel, who segments the different types of business angel you are likely to come across with their advantages and disadvantages. Read More
Helen Ginter, the Policy Advisor for the Innovation Hub at the Financial Conduct Authority, led the NewFinance Open Mic Night on Regulation with a very good introduction to the Hub and its Sandbox. The objective is to encourage innovation in Read More