Business Growth, Advice for Small Sized Business, How to Sell Your Business, Tips to Grow Your Business: Pembridge Partners

Pembridge 'Re-Tox' Thursday 2nd February

The Pembrige Meet-Up returns with its 'Re-Tox' edition at the Madison Roof Terrace Bar (Map) overlooking St Paul's Cathedral Thursday 2nd February 5-7.30pm. 

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The format follows our 2011 series being an informal event for creative and digital investors, start-ups, acquirers, sellers, lawyers and bankers. We will bring together companies looking at; raising finance, acquiring, MBOs, partnering, or otherwise selling to other creative agencies, mobile developers, digital agencies, games businesses and their ilk to check in with each other over a drink or two.

Please bring your ticket along to the event for entry. Any queries please contact Sara at sara.macann@pembridge.net.  

We hope you are able to make it and look forward to seeing you there. 

 

Pembridge October Meet-up

Another meet-up invitation! What are we like? The carefree abandon of alcohol when the global economy is going down the plughole.

Would you like to come along?

Tuesday 4th October from 5pm to 7pm at The Drift Bar, Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, London. EC2N 4AY.

The format is the same as our Spring and Summer series: for creative and digital agency investors, start-ups, acquirers, sellers, lawyers and bankers and to allow companies looking at raising finance, acquiring, MBO, partnering, or otherwise selling to other creative agencies, mobile developers, digital agencies and their ilk to check in with each other over a drink.

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Central Working and g2i present - Investment Day - 7th October

For start-ups and SMEs growth capital is often hard to come by…

Central and G2i have teamed up to create a one day series of workshops covering topics such as ‘how to pitch your idea’ and ‘an insight into the investment landscape’.

20 companies will be given the opportunity to attend a day of workshops and trial pitches at Central, FREE OF CHARGE.

Over the course of the day you will meet a series of experienced VCs, angels and successful entrepreneurs. Later, during trial pitches, you will be able to present your own ideas in front of a group of judges comprising of investors and experienced entrepreneurs.

To be selected to attend, please send a one page summary of your business to Katie Lewis: K.Lewis@e-synergy.com or click here for more info. If you would like to attend the evening session please click here.

 

 

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CAVN CEO Required

Be a true digital pioneer!

CAV Network Ltd is looking for its start-up CEO.   An England-wide consortium of leading film and digital arts centres, CAV Network is now building a UK-wide hi-speed digital network to explore innovative ways of creating, exhibiting and celebrating film, digital media and live interactive events.  We are looking for an exceptional leader who can help us fully realise the cultural and commercial potential of this network.  Working to a Board of highly experienced arts practitioners and managers, the successful candidate will have the chance to develop and deliver events that enrich the public arts across Britain whilst helping to build sustainable new businesses.

Find out more by clicking here.

 

 

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Twitter Q&A Session Monday 22nd August 2-3pm

 

Twitter Q&A with @pembridgePosts - Monday 22^nd August 2-3pm - #PemQA 

Are you a start-up or early stage company? 

Do you have questions or queries about raising investment or pitching or any other related issues? 

Join @PembridgePosts between 2-3pm on 22^nd August and @mstafford and @saramacann will answer as many of your questions as possible. We will be running it alongside the first day of the @g2i workshop so we will be posting the questions raised there during the day and the answers given to those to compliment yours.

 Tweet your questions to @PembridgePosts with the hashtag #PemQA

 

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Open Office - 30th August

Gateway2Investment Open Office at Pembridge - 30th August 9am-5pm

No Agenda - No Nonsense - No Charge

Open Office Hours with Gateway2Investment at Pembridge's Offices

- 20 Orange Street, London. WC2H 7EF.

Through the @g2i programme since July 2010 we have:

• Helped 41 companies raise over £14m in equity finance
• Given more than 30 entrepreneurs 12 hours of one-to-one mentoring each
• Set the equity investment scene for over 170 companies at monthly introductory Information Seminars
• Held intensive 2-day workshops once a month for over 100 companies

To book a 30 minute slot email matthew.stafford@pembridge.net

 

"If you're a small and growing business in London, and looking to raise money, you can't afford NOT to go on this programme" Alastair Mitchell, CEO, Huddle.

"Many companies struggle to raise funds by being unaware of how investors screen, analyse and select opportunities. By enrolling with g2i, companies have a fantastic opportunity to better understand these challenges, to learn from their peers, to fine-tune their pitch and, ultimately, to practice in front of real investors in a test environment. This is a great opportunity for any company considering raising funds in the foreseeable future" Alliott Cole, VC, Octopus Ventures.

 

Pitching Event at MiniBar 26th August

Gateway to Investment (@g2i), Mother and MiniBar have teamed up to create a one day series of workshops covering topics such as, ‘how to pitch your idea’, ‘an insight into the investment landscape’ and ‘the role creative branding plays in growing companies’.

We are offering 20 companies the chance to attend a day of workshops and trial pitches at Mother HQ in Shoreditch. Over the course of the day you will meet a series of experienced VC’s, angels and successful entrepreneurs taking the workshops, then later during our trial pitches you can present your own idea in front of a group of judges comprising of investors and experienced entrepreneurs.

The five best companies will get to pitch again at a MiniBar Meetup that evening in front of 250 techies and digerati. These 2 minute pitches will be filmed and professionally edited to be distributed online. The top three will also win: individual business plan review by g2i plus individual
branding sessions with Mother.

The pitching places are now full but if you would like to sign up for the meet-up event, follow the link below to register

http://www.meetup.com/minibar/ 

Gateway2Investment Open Office at techHub - 28th June

No Agenda - No Nonsense - No Charge

Open Office Hours with Gateway2Investment at techHub

Through the @g2i programme since July 2010 we have:

• Helped 30 companies raise over £13m in equity finance
• Given more than 20 entrepreneurs 12 hours of one-to-one mentoring each
• Set the equity investment scene for over 170 companies at monthly introductory Information Seminars
• Held intensive 2-day workshops once a month for over 80 companies

At these Open Office hours there will be g2i investment specialists and a tech start-up and IP/Patent lawyer so please state your preference when booking.

After the Open Office sessions we'll take you for a drink nearby too so please stick around for that.

To book a 20 minute slot email matthew.stafford@pembridge.net

 

"If you're a small and growing business in London, and looking to raise money, you can't afford NOT to go on this programme" Alastair Mitchell, CEO, Huddle.

"Many companies struggle to raise funds by being unaware of how investors screen, analyse and select opportunities. By enrolling with g2i, companies have a fantastic opportunity to better understand these challenges, to learn from their peers, to fine-tune their pitch and, ultimately, to practice in front of real investors in a test environment. This is a great opportunity for any company considering raising funds in the foreseeable future" Alliott Cole, VC, Octopus Ventures.

 

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Software City London

The Software City event is happening in London today - here's the programme and agenda:

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Don't be a lazy entrepreneur

Every day there are some inspiring and envy-inducing stories of great start-ups closing their VC investment round. The entrepreneurs and VCs work really hard to make those deals happen, they don’t happen overnight and not by accident either. Sadly other entrepreneurs aren’t as hard working and increasingly seem to becoming rather lazy or over expectant when it comes to fund raising. Some (especially new) entrepreneurs seem to think that getting a meeting with a VC is a measure of success.