The Money Map: Funding Journeys that Power Innovation

How will I fund my innovative company? Do I go down the loan or investment route or rely on grants?

For innovative companies looking to commercialise IP, it can be a daunting question.

So many potential routes  from - Venture Capital route to angel investors - each with the potential to take your business in different directions.

That’s where our event ‘The Money Map’ comes in.

Join the British Business Bank, Innovate UK and Forging Ahead for three panel sessions where we’ll navigate these paths, each with a Leicestershire university spinout who found the way that was right for them.

Lunch is provided and there will be plenty of time for networking in between the panels.

Schedule

12:45 - Arrive for networking

13:00 - Lunch is served

13:25 - Welcome from the British Business Bank

13:30 - Panel 1 – Hosted by Innovate UK with De Montfort University

· Speakers TBC

Break

14:30 - Panel 2 – Hosted by the British Business Bank with the University of Leicester

· Speakers TBC

Break

15:30 - Panel 3 – Hosted by Forging Ahead with Loughborough University

· Speakers TBC

16:00 - Ends

Please note times are subject to change.

British Business Bank is the UK’s economic development bank. Our mission is to drive economic growth by helping smaller businesses get the finance they need to start, scale, and stay in the UK.

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is the UK’s innovation agency. Our mission is to help companies to grow through their development and commercialisation of new products, processes, and services.

Forging Ahead is a coalition of 16 Midlands university partners, led by Loughborough University. Our mission is to supercharge the commercialisation ecosystem in the region.