An event to bring the investor community together to network, share and learn. This event is open to investors and enablers of investment (lawyers, accountants, incubator managers) only. If you are a founder and would like to get involved, please contact briony@techspark.co. Hosted by TechSpark.

About this Event

One of the greatest challenges identified by scale-up (fast-growth) business founders in the West of England (Bristol and Bath) is that of access to investment.

The third event in the 2020 calendar will focus on people powered investment.

12:30 - 12:40 Arrival, BYO tea and coffee and sandwiches
12:40 - 13:30 Lightning talks, Q&A, conversation
- Rod Beer (MD, UKBAA) will share a South West focused analysis of their annual angel survey data
- Henry Whorwood (Head of Research & Consultancy, Beauhurst) will share a summary of the year according to Beauhurst data from a founder perspective

13:30 - 13:45 Who is raising this quarter and insights from Beauhurst

13:45 - 14:30 Networking in the virtual world

About this event

The Quarterly Investment Briefing is a new, regular gathering of investors at all stages, it is designed to create space for investors to:

• Discover new opportunities and investment vehicles on the horizon

• Learn about key investment news - internationally, nationally and regionally

• Connect and collaborate with one another and share good practice

This event is a gathering purely of investors.

If you are unable to attend this event but would like to join the Quarterly Investment Briefing newsletter and event invitations listing, please complete this short form.

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Are you a founder looking for investment?

If you are a fast-growth business founder and you would like to share your proposition with this group of potential investors, please provide a one-page summary of your business, including your ask and your contact details. These will be circulated at the event and shared digitally with a wider group of c. 300 investors on a password protected website. For more information including the link for one-pager submission: https://www.scaleupgenerator.co.uk/articles/qib-101.

Sponsors

The Quarterly Investment Briefing series is one element of the TechSPARK Investment Activator Programme (IAP) which is supported by 8 public and private sector sponsors: delaware (enterprise software), Engine Shed (economic development), Rocketmakers (Venturetech), Sanderson (talent), Smith & Williamson (accounting), TLT (legal), University of the West of England (UWE) & the West of England Combined Authority (Business Support).

Guiding Principles of the QIB

The Quarterly Investment Briefing exists to encourage and enable more investment activity and to provide a platform to share good practice in the West of England. Those who attend the Quarterly Investment Briefing share three common principles:

• Whoever attends is an active or potentially active investor, or manager of investors – or enabler of investment activity.

• Whatever is presented is informative, fact-based and regionally relevant.

• We value the opportunity to learn equally with the opportunity to share.

• This event is organised by Rocketmakers' Scaleup Lead, Briony Phillips

briony@rocketmakers.com

@BrionyPhi1