NS20 - Valley and Investment Readiness
- Start: 2008-05-14 18:15
- Finish: 2008-05-14 21:00
PROGRAMME: Doors open at 18:15 hrs.
NS20 - Silicon Valley and Investment Readiness
To celebrate the success of our own Northern StartUp (edocr) visiting the Silicon Valley as one of the 20 most promising UK digital startups, this event will focus on two areas:
Session 1 - Silicon Valley - should you build Valley into your plans?
Session 2 - Investment Readiness (Panel Discussion) - Is your startup ready for investment?
Is this event for you? Be part of the Northern ecosystem
Northern StartUp 2.0 is North of England's premier event series for Digital Startups to meet, learn and share experience with like minded individuals made up of entrepreneurs, investors, deal makers and service providers, in an informal setting. Are you a startup or early stage digital technology company? Or have you got a killer idea with some early code you want to tell others about? Are you looking for seedcorn or second round of funding, team members, mentors, partners, and/or ideas to commercialise your product? Do you need help writing your business plan? Have you got loads of money and love to invest in startups? Do you provide support services (e.g. PR)? Are you a blogger or journalist looking for breaking news? Or do you just like to hang out with startups? Or do you want to know how to leverage technologies to achieve a competitive advantage? If so, this event is for you.
Programme:
18:15 to 19:00 Registration & Networking
19:00 to 19:45 Session 1: Importance of Silicon Valley
19:45 to 20:00 Break
20:00 to 21:00 Session 2: Panel discussion on "investment readiness"
Session 1 - Keynotes
+ Manoj Ranaweera - Founder of edocr (Webmission08)
+ Philip Hemsted - Founder of Yuuguu (DemoFall)
+ Scott Leonard-Morgan - Partner at Heller Ehrman (Webmission08 + Operations in Silicon Valley)
Session 2 - Moderated by Manoj
+ Scott Fletcher - CEO of ANS Group (Plus listed)
+ Scott Leonard-Morgan - Partner at Heller Ehrman (Webmission08 + Operations in Silicon Valley)
+ Philip Hemsted - Founder of Yuuguu (DemoFall)
+ Malcolm Stewart - Managing Director at Liverpool Ventures
+ xxxx - KPMG
Speaker and Moderator - Manoj Ranaweera - Founder and CEO of edocr
Manoj will share his experience of webmission08 as well as discuss profits vs. growth and Silicon Valley vs. UK. Manoj will also touch on what's his key competitors based out of west coast of USA are up to (why there is no pressure on revenues)
Speaker and Panel Member - Philip Hemsted - co-Founder Yuuguu
Having set-up Yuuguu with Anish Kapoor, and built relationships with West Coast of US over two years, Yuuguu launched at DemoFall last year. Philip will share why West Coast of US is so important to UK startups.
Speaker and Panel Member - Scott Leonard-Morgan - Partner, Heller Ehrman
Heller Ehrman was a key sponsor of the webmission08 and also hosted VC pitching event and master classes for the 20 webmission08 companies. Scott accompanied the webmission08 companies and is based at London. Scott will share his thoughts on Silicon Valley funding.
Panel Member - Scott Fletcher - CEO of ANS Group
Scott is one of the leading Manchester based digital entrepreneurs. Having listed on Plus market, Scott also founded SmartID in addition to acquiring Rivington Street Software recently. It would be a pleasure to hear Scott's thoughts on investment readiness with respect to Plus market listing.
Panel Member - Malcolm Stewart - Managing Director, Liverpool Ventures
Malcolm has spoken widely about investment readiness, it would be a pleasure to have Malcolm joining the panel discussions.
Attendance Fees (inclusive of VAT):
£10 for students
£30 for all others
Please bring correct change
Note: Annual subscription is £250 inclusive of VAT (31% better off)
VENUE: KPMG Manchester
Speakers
edocr
Manoj Ranaweera founded Northern StartUp 2.0 to bring together the digital community of the North by providing a monthly environment for entrepreneurs, investors, deal makers and service providers to meet and share experiences in an informal setting. He recently founded edocr to build a global brand by bringing social interactivity to business documents. edocr has recently been recognised as one of the 20 most promising UK digital startups. Manoj has a MBA from Manchester Business School and a B.Eng (Hons) from Brighton University. His blog can be accessed here.
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Heller Ehrman
Scott is a partner in the Corporate Practice of Heller Ehrman and concentrates in corporate law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, venture capital investments and general corporate representations of both public and private companies. Scott Leonard-Morgan advises private and public companies, mostly in the technology and media areas, as well as those who invest in them. Scott focuses on VC transactions, public offerings and M&A work. Scott has advised companies and VC funds at all levels, from start-up seed capital to pre-IPO and mezzanine rounds. He also advises on IPOs, representing both issuer and underwriter.
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Liverpool Ventures
Malcolm joined Liverpool Ventures from Avecia Ltd. He has run a number of technology based, early stage business units based in Europe and the USA. He has service as a board member of spin out companies in the USA and Germany working with them from start up through to investor exit. His career spans more than 20 years directing and delivering strategy and business performance. He has worked internationally in advanced materials, speciality chemicals and biotechnology. Experience of working with both large corporate organisations and small medium enterprises will bring valuable insight and guidance and vision for the fast growing fledgling businesses which currently form the Liverpool Seed Fund Portfolio. Malcolm brings to Liverpool Ventures particular strengths in:
+ Leadership of cross-functional senior management on an international basis.
+ Leadership of innovation based, technology businesses.
+ Contract negotiation, IP licensing, joint development agreements, mergers and acquisitions, transformation of technology business from loss to very healthy profits.
Ans Group
Scott, one of the country's leading entrepreneurs has 15 years experience in the IT industry, starting at the young age of 17 he gained his experience initially as a programmer before progressing into junior management in his late teens. In 1996, Scott Founded ANS and has been responsible for its steady growth over the last 10 years. With Scott's business acumen, ANS has grown into a profitable IT solutions, design and support company.
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Psycuity
Philip has a mix of start-up and corporate experience in the telecoms; software and engineering industries. He was previously European Marketing Director at Sycamore Networks and VP of Marketing at ilotron and has held senior management positions at Nortel Networks and Marconi. Philip co-founded Yuuguu with Anish Kapoor, and continue to serve Yuuguu today as a Board Member, having discharged his full time role to concentrate on Psycuity.
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