29th June - Funding Opportunities from Seed to Growth

On 15th June 2010, the North West Development Agency announced the appointment of fund managers to manage its £185 million venture capital fund. With so much public money available within regions, what are the options for setting up and growing high growth businesses?

In Dec 2009, Jon Bradford visited us to speak about Difference Engine, and he later recruited two tech entrepreneurs from our community into his 13 week intensive mentoring programme, which also invested £20,000 seed funding for 8% of equity. John will return to Manchester to speak about the next round of funding and mentoring bringing two of the nine companies that went through the programme.

Please register for event at http://www.techcelerate.org/jun10-2 select FEES button at bottom of screen. If you are a Member, just reply to this email and we will register you FREE.

We would like to meet those who are considering starting up as well as looking for growth funding. Those who are curious about how the NW will consume over £400 million venture funding over the next 5 years, this is the event for you, as well.