Events.
The London Technology Fund holds events designed to inform intermediaries, such as technology transfer offices (TTOs), corporate finance advisers, accountants and lawyers, about the Fund. These take place at various locations throughout London. If you would be interested in attending a future event such as this then please contact us.
We also hold events in partnership with others who are active in areas relevant to the Fund. If you would be interested in organising a joint event with us, please contact us.
We are also delighted to participate in events relevant to the Fund that are organised by others, where we feel we can make a useful contribution.
Details of forthcoming events which may be of interest are listed below.
London Technology Fund Presentations and Networking Events - March and October
The London Technology Fund (LTF) periodically hosts a presentation and networking event for institutional investors and professional intermediaries (such as corporate finance advisers, business angel network managers, accountants and lawyers) in March and October. These are held at the RSA in central London and generally start at 6.30pm with a standard format which includes three short presentations followed by the opportunity to network. The presentations include an introduction by LTF, outlining the way we work and our current investment pipeline, followed by a presentation from the CEO of a recent addition to our portfolio. We also invite a third speaker from an organisation relevant to technology entrepreneurs in London - the speakers vary, but our first event included a presentation by the Business Engagement Manager of the British Library Business & IP Centre, who outlined the services available for SMEs at this centre.
Please see our news page for details of past LTF presentations and networking events.
For details of the location of these events, see www.rsa.org.uk/contact/findus.asp
London Technology Fund Competition
The London Technology Fund Competition was established in 2008. The success of the 2008 programme led us to repeat the competition in 2009, with an expanded programme of workshops and additional major technology corporates joining the innovative corporate ‘speed-dating’ event.
The programme runs for nine months of the year and its purpose is to help innovative young technology companies in London understand and address the key issues they face as they develop their products for a global market, forge relationships with larger corporate partners and attract the funding they need. The Competition culminates in the announcement of the winning companies in each sector, and the announcement of the overall winner of the Grand Prix, at an Awards Ceremony and Reception held at the City headquarters of The Royal Bank of Scotland. In 2009 this was attended by some 200 representatives of major corporates, investors, and government, as well as entrepreneurs, academics, and professionals.
The Competition was sponsored by Company Guides Venture Partners, Oracle Corporation UK Ltd, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Supporters included Amgen, BAE Systems, BASF Venture Capital, BP, The British Library Business & IP Centre, BT, Cambridge Consultants, Capgemini, Cisco, Eli Lilly and Company, groupH, HB Communications, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intel Capital, Johnson Matthey, Kilburn & Strode LLP, Kodak, Let’s Begin, Lockheed Martin, Marriott Harrison, MBDA, Message lab, Motorola Ventures, Pera, Pharma Ventures, Procter & Gamble, Qi3, Rolls-Royce, Shell EP GameChanger, Shirlaws, Smith & Nephew, SR One (GSK’s Venture Fund), Trinamo, and Unilever Ventures
There is no Competition planned for this year, but we hope to run further Competitions in the future. We are very grateful to the many exciting young technology companies who participated in the programmes, to the large international technology corporates who joined us for the ‘speed-dating’ event to meet London’s young tech companies and, of course, to our fellow-sponsors - PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and Oracle Corporation UK - and to the many professional firms who joined us in providing specialist workshops to help London’s young technology companies.
For details of previous winners, together with the sponsors and supporters of the Competition, please see the link at the top of this page.
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