Investor Ladder was created to help improve the entire investment and innovation landscape across the UK. We do this by bringing together key individuals from industry, innovation and investment to discuss challenges, opportunities and high-quality deal flow and help international investors navigate the UK ecosystems through collaborations and partnerships.

For the first time we are bringing Investor Ladder to Belfast allowing people from all over the UK to network and see in person the exciting local investment and innovation landscape that is forever expanding in Northern Ireland.

An event designed for active investors and entrepreneurs to encourage high quality deal flow within the investment and innovation landscape.

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An event designed for active angel investors and entrepreneurs to encourage high quality deal flow.

In association with:

An event designed for active investors and entrepreneurs to encourage high quality deal flow within the investment and innovation landscape.

In association with:

An event designed for active angel investors and entrepreneurs to encourage high quality deal flow.

On September 28th we will be back in Liverpool. Following the huge success of the last Investor Ladder hosted in the city, we will once again be bringing together key people in all aspects of Innovation and Investment from across the UK, along with an impressive showcase with a focus on both Impact Investment and Healthcare.

Last time we hosted an event in Liverpool we not only brought together investors from across the UK to discuss some of the key challenges and opportunities in the sector but were also delighted to meet great innovators and investors from across the region. A lot has developed since then and there will be some great announcements of some of the new initiatives, investment vehicles and innovation programmes that have evolved.

As usual the event will remain invite-only, bringing together active investors, key industry leaders and innovation ecosystems for both informal networking and round table discussions addressing industry challenges and opportunities as well as sharing potential investment opportunities and insights.

Agenda:

13:00 Arrival 

13:10 Arrival speech and lunch

14:30 Keynote speeches 

16:00 Roundtable sessions 

17:00 Networking and drinks reception 

Speakers:

Lorna Green, Nick Glicher, Jemma Tanswell and Andy Round

Roundtable sessions:

• Pre-seed medical funding by Lorna Green

• Talent and People by Gordon Bateman

• Recession Proof Healthcare by Andy Round

• Social Impact by Helen Heap

We’d love for you to keep networking after our event has ended and want to make it as easy as possible for those guests who might be travelling to the event and staying overnight. For this reason, we have created a list of bars, restaurants and hotels that are less than a 20-minute walk from The Spine. 

Investor Ladder returns to Leeds in what promises to be one of our largest events to date. Our University Commercialisation Conference will bring together over 50 university technology transfer offices and commercialisation units, a network of key investors who have actively backed university spin-outs and a selected showcase of investor-ready university spin-outs.

For more information about the event click here

Date: Thursday 26th November 2020

Time: 1.30pm - 4pm

Digital Event

Topics Discussed:

• What is the biggest barrier to Venture Capital investing early in university spin-outs?

• How can universities work to instil more commercial knowledge in their academics?

• How can universities be more proactive with reaching out to businesses whose technology base and values align with their research capabilities?

• At what point should experienced entrepreneurs and managers be brought into spin-outs?

For more information click here

We’re taking Investor Ladder to Sheffield for the first time and we’ll be joined by two special guests.

Dan Nord - Games Product Lead at Amazon will be joining us over video call from California to talk about up coming trends within digital entertainment and gaming and why investors should be looking closely at this space.

Dan Lyons - Best selling author of “Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble” will be joining us to talk about blowing the whistle on Hubspot.