When and How to fundraise for your project
- 14:00 2nd March 2023 ( week 7, Hilary Term 2023 )Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building
This session will explore the process of starting a business from your ideas and research. We will look at how to verify your idea solves a problem for customers, how to get your first version live and the fundraising process.
Communication and public speaking are vitally important skills to ensure potential investors, employees and customers understand the message. During this session there will also be the opportunity (this is not compulsory) to practice your own pitch and gain feedback from an industry expert. There will be a general Q&A session at the end for all participants.
Attendance is encouraged from all degree levels and from academic staff
This event will be followed by a social event at the Red Lion starting at 5:30 where there will be drinks and Canapes.
Places are limited so please register your interest here
Speaker bio
Ash is an entrepreneur turned investor. He is the Managing Partner of Sterling Road, a venture fund focused on pre-seed stage B2B companies. He was an advisor to Bullpen Capital and previously worked at Trinity Ventures. Ash has mentored hundreds of startups through accelerator programs including Y-Combinator, Techstars, Alchemist, and universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Oxford.Before investing, Ash was Cofounder and CEO of SendHub (acquired: Cameo Global, Y-Combinator W12) and Director of Ranking at Klout (acquired: Lithium).
Ash earned a Masters in Computer Science from Oxford, served as an Officer in the British Army, and currently resides in San Francisco.
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