Crowdfunding for tech firms hit the headlines around a decade ago. Join us to see if it can provide the finance to help grow your cleantech business and hear from experts, real life case studies and commentary and tips.

 

17:00 Registration and Refreshments

17:30 Welcome and Introduction with Hugh Parnell, Chairman, Cambridge Cleantech, Howard Palmer, Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing, Colin McCall, Senior Associate Taylor Wessing

17:40 Crowdfunding to Finance Your Business: The Touchstones, Tips and Successful Case Studies – Marika Tedroff, Associate, Seedrs

17:55 From Start-Up to Growth with Crowdfunding: Lessons Learned from a Local Scale-Up Success Story, Hamish Watson, CEO, Polysolar

18:05 Starting Up, Scaling Up and Staying Ahead; Making Finance Available for SMEs – Paul Sullivan, Senior Manager UK Network, British Business Bank

18.15 Securing Funding for Early-stage Start-ups in the Cleantech Sector – Pippa Gawley, Founder, Zero Carbon Capital

18.20 Tax Credits for R&D for SME’s – Amrik Nagra, Partner, Legacy Group or Max Smith, Partner, Legacy Group and Chris Ward, Business Development Manager, CATAX

18.30 Save on your FX Transactions – Archie Reed, UK Treasury Sales, Clear Treasury

18.35 Q&A Hugh Parnell and Speakers

18:45 Refreshments and Networking

19:30 Close

 

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This event is free for members and £49 + VAT for non-members.