Throughout the month of September, the Ulster Society partnered with British Business Bank (BBB) to deliver ‘Funding Future Growth’, a series of virtual Access to Finance webinars that will help advisors encourage and enable SMEs to seek the finance best suited to their needs.
On 28 September the Ulster Society hosted the final of these three weekly webinars, titled 'Angel Investing for Investors and Investees'.
A recording of the webinar is available to view for free and on demand HERE
A copy of Roderick Beer's presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Mark Brownridge's presentation is available
HERE
A recording and supporting information for the first event 'Unlocking Debt Finance' is available
HERE
A recording and supporting information for the second event 'The NI ScaleUp Economy' is available
HERE
A list of links and contacts from presenters in the third webinar are below:
British Business Bank https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/
The UK Government economic development bank, dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses across the UK.
Susan Nightingale, Senior Manager Northern Ireland, susan.nightingale@british-business-bank.co.uk
UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) https://www.ukbaa.org.uk/
The trade body for Angel and Early Stage Investing
Jenny Tooth, CEO UKBAA, jenny.tooth@ukbaa.org.uk
Roderick Beer, Managing Director UKBAA, roderick.beer@ukbaa.org.uk
VascVersa Ltd https://www.vascversa.org/
Christina O’Neill, Founder & CEO, christina.oneill@qub.ac.uk
General: VascVersa@gmail.com
QUBIS Ltd https://www.qubis.co.uk/
The commercialisation arm of Queen’s University Belfast.
Oisin Lappin, Corporate Finance Manager, o.lappin@qub.ac.uk
ICURe https://www.nxnwpartners.org/
UK wide pre-accelerator helping university researchers validate their business ideas
Innovate UK
Innovate UK Funding
Innovate UK guidance for applicants
Lorraine Acheson, Manager Northern Ireland, lorraine.acheson@innovateuk.ukri.org
Clarendon Fund Managers / Co-Fund NI
https://www.clarendon-fm.co.uk/
https://www.cofundni.com/
Stuart Gaffikin, Investment Manager, s.gaffikin@clarendon-fm.co.uk
Tim Allsopp, Angel Investor, timothy.allsopp@consiliumbio.com
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Association https://eisa.org.uk/
Mark Brownridge, Director General, mark.brownridge@eisa.org.uk
Awaken Hub https://www.awakenhub.com/
Mary McKenna, Co-Founder / Angel Investor, hello@awakenhub.com
Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) https://www.hban.org/
John Phelan, All-Island Director, john@hban.org
General, info@hban.org
Michael Harding, Angel Investor, mgharding66@gmail.com