MoMo London – Nov 28th – Sunshine for Start-Ups and SMEs?
Posted on: November 8, 2011 – Filed under: London
As
winter settles upon us, it looks as though the are some positive signs of a
change in climate for SMEs and Start-Ups. If you’re an SME, a Start-Up, or
thinking that you should be, this is a must-attend event in which we’ll survey
what’s coming up in 2012 and a great opportunity for investors, companies and
the support network to meet and mingle.
MobileMonday
London and our lovely friends over at ICT
KTN
are co-promoting this event in which John Spindler CEO of
Capital Enterprise will introduce us to those trends and lead a panel
discussion what what it means to SMEs and Start-Ups.
Among
the topics we’ll be covering:
- The
government funded "Coaching
for High Growth SMEs" - A
preview of the changes to Enterprise Investment Scheme rules that are
intended to stimulate investment (these will be announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn
Statement on the 29th Nov) - Arrival
of US Investors in the UK with different investment criteria than our native
community of investors - The
Goldman Sachs and UCL supported "10,000
Small Businesses" accelerator programme as well as the
launch of several other new acceleration programmes and accompanying seed
funds
Our
panel, led by John, will represent the various parties involved (we’ll
be announcing the speakers shortly), and will feature Ben Whitaker CEO of
Mobile poster child, Masabi, who just
announced a further
funding round of USD 4M who will tell us the process of attracting
investment and other aspects of their journey.
We’re
inviting a range of angel investors, VCs and accelerators to attend and
contribute from the floor as well as meet and do business in the networking
session that follows.
It
does seem as though this is a most exciting time for businesses – let’s set
the scene for a really positive 2012!
Agenda:
6.00
pm Doors open
6.30
pm Welcome and introductions
6.35
pm Panel session
8.00
pm Drinks and networking
9.30
pm Doors close
As
usual the venue is CBI Conference Centre at
Centre Point. Please use the entrance at street level. Nearest tubes are
Tottenham Court Road (Central Line only – Northern Line exit is closed at
the moment) and Leicester Square (Northern and Piccadilly Lines).
The
event is free to attend, please RSVP at –
http://momolo-2011-11-28.eventbrite.com
RSVP is required. Please note that we’re using Evenbrite now, and not our site
at momolo.org, which is entering well-deserved retirement.