Digitising the Planet with Innovation and Connectivity

Startup Grind Glasgow is back in business! We're excited to bring our community back together at the new Barclays Campus this month and pick up right where we left off with more inspirational fireside conversations with local founders, more opportunities to meet friends old and new, and more support to take your first steps into the startup grind.

We couldn't have found a better speaker for our re-entry into the fold: Allan Cannon, Co-Founder and CEO of R3-IoT, one of Scotland's most highly anticipated and exciting tech startups!

The world is more connected now than ever before. Fibre cables line our pavements, bringing the sum of human knowledge to the tips of our fingers. If we have learned anything in the past two years, it's that we can work from anywhere, anytime - and the way we work will only become more remote in the future.

But what about places that fibre cables haven't been laid or satellites don't yet reach? Who's thinking about the astronauts on the International Space Station and how they can scroll through TikTok before bed, too?

Enter R3-IoT. After 15 years in the space industry, working on projects alongside NASA, Allan and Co-Founder and CTO Kevin Quillien saw an opportunity to connect the world - from the fish farms in the Scottish Highlands to digital health monitoring. All of which will help service the 90% of the planet that lacks traditional communications infrastructure.

As we explore what it takes to digitise the planet with Allan, we'll dive into R3-IoT's story concerning:

• Opportunities for Scottish companies to commercialise on the space race alongside SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb
  
• Raising investment in the US and building an international advisory team
  
• Accelerators in Scotland and the US
  
• Prioritising mental health in the startup journey
  
• Scale up a team whilst developing and raising money
  
• Finding your product-market fit
  
• The future of connectivity
  

Join us on June 29th as we tell the R3-IoT story with Allan Cannon!

We're so excited to be back in person for our Chapter relaunch with our friends and new Glasgow residents at the Barclays Tradeston Campus on the clyde.

Barclays Glasgow Campus,
Beco Building

56 - 64 Kingston St

Glasgow
G5 8BP

[Speaker] Allan Cannon (R3 - IoT)

Allan Cannon is the Co-Founder and CEO of UK-based spacetech scale-up R3-IoT, and has a passion for creating technology that solves real problems.

Setting the commercial direction across the business, Allan leads a highly skilled team of technical, engineering, operations, and sales professionals. He also led the company’s recent $4.3m seed round, securing UK and North American investors, has more than doubled headcount in the last 12 months, and is now focused on global expansion in 2022.

Allan is highly experienced in delivering complex multi-million defence and aerospace projects and spent more than 10 years’ in the defence and aerospace industry across advanced technology, R&D, design and operations.

Allan is a keen advocate for the next generation of entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, and leaders, and currently sits on the board of CodeClan, a digital bootcamp accelerator.

[Host] Emma Loedel (SG Scotland)

Newly appointed Glasgow Chapter Director has been volunteering with Startup Grind since 2019 and is now working with the team to relaunch the Glasgow chapter. Emma has a science and engineering background and got her first taste of the start-up environment in Bogota, Colombia whilst working in prosthetics clinics. Since then Emma has built on her international experience and embedded herself in the Glasgow & Scottish entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Her passion for tech and innovation has led to her current role as business development manager at tech start-up Novosound, which works across the industrial, medical and wearable sector. Emma brings a new perspective to the Startup Grind Scotland team and is excited to showcase many vibrant founder stories across the city.

• Celebrate the relaunch of the GLA chapter!
  
• Deep dive into the world of IoT and why we need it.
  
• Connect with peers in a casual setting
  
• Catch up with friends and make new ones
  
• Local pizzas and drinks courtesy of Barclays
  
• Share an ask or a project you’re excited for with the community
  

What you need to know!

• What: Digitising the Planet with Innovation and Connectivity, Allan Canno
  
• When: 29th June
  
• Time: 6.00 - 9.00pm
  
• Where: In-person at Barclays Tradeston Campus, 52 Clyde Pl, Glasgow, G5 8AQ
  
• Bonus Extras: Partner offers, interactive Q&A and a chance to win a special prize via our Twitter competition!
  

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Barclays Glasgow Campus, Beco Building, Glasgow, United Kingdom