Commercialising your innovation

Are you an early-stage business in Leicester and Leicestershire looking to commercialise your innovative idea? And want to understand the various finance options that will help you to do this?

Join the British Business Bank and partners from the VentureVersity programme to hear about how this programme has helped academics from the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University reach out to the local business community to successfully commercialise their innovative ideas.

Featuring:

• keynote speakers Lisa Smith, CEO at Midlands Mindforge, and Robert Greenwood from British Patient Capital,
• an expert panel from the three universities delivering this programme,
• pitches from the academics that have secured a place on the programme's commercialisation accelerator and
• discussion roundtables hosted by key regional intermediaries

This event is one not to miss!

Speakers:

Howard Mitchell, Investment Director, Mercia Ventures

Richard Anson, Venture Partner, Octopus Ventures

William Wells, Deputy Director, Research and Enterprise Division, University of Leicester

Dr Nick Gostick, Head of Intellectual Property Management and Commercialisation, Loughborough University

Anjuu Trevedi, Head of Knowledge and Innovation, De Montfort University

Lewis Stringer, Senior Manager, UK Network - East and South-East Midlands, British Business Bank

Sam Larke, Director, Leicester Startups CIC

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

The VentureVersity programme is a newly funded collaboration (by UKRI, Research England’s Connecting Capabilities Fund) between the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University and the wider local entrepreneurial community in Leicester and Leicestershire to help turn academic ideas into commercial reality through university spin-outs and business partnerships.

This collaboration provides opportunities for academics to start their own business or work alongside established business owners, with access to resources and funding.

This event is part of Business Finance Week, hosted by British Business Bank.

The British Business Bank is 100% Government owned, but independently managed. We bring together expertise and capital to the smaller business finance markets. Our mission is to drive sustainable growth and prosperity across the UK, and to enable the transition to a net zero economy, by improving access to finance for smaller businesses.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Leicester Innovation Hub | University of Leicester, 128 Regent Road, Leicester, United Kingdom