Programme

 

09.00- 09.30: Registration and Tea/ Coffee

09.30: Welcome from NESTA

Matt Mead, Managing Director of Investment, NESTA

09.35: Welcome and objectives for the Workshop

Anthony Clarke, Chair, BBAA

09.40: Guest SPEAKER: The economic climate for angel investing in 2012

Nick Forrest, Director, Economics, PwC

10.05: Guest SPEAKER: Building the interface between Banks and the Angel Market

Angela Knight, Chief Executive, British Bankers' Association

10.30: Guest SPEAKER: Overview of High Growth sectors for investment

Hugh Campbell, Founding Partner, GP BullHound

10.50: Coffee Break

11.15: Guest SPEAKER: Integrating the Venture Capital market

Mark Florman, Chief Executive, BVCA

11.35: PANEL SESSION: New Measures to stimulate the Angel investment Market

MODERATOR: Matt Mead, NESTA

Kathryn Robertson, HMRC - The new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Tim Mills, Capital for Enterprise Ltd - The new £50m Angel Co-investment Fund

Michael Anderson, Case study of a co-investment deal with an investor syndicate

12.25: PANEL SESSION: From Vision to Investment

MODERATOR: Guy Rigby, Head of Entrepreneurs, Smith & Williamson

3 Entrepreneurs tell their growth and investment stories:

Henry Becket, CEO, Olly Ltd

James Dunning, CEO, Syrinix Ltd

Neal Gandhi, CEO, Quickstart Global Ltd

13.10: Lunch

14.15: Guest SPEAKER: Reflections on Investing in 2012

Jon Moulton, Chairman, Better Capital LLP, Angel Investor and Venture Capitalist

14.40: Guest SPEAKER: Investing in Growth- progress of the new Business Growth Fund

Stephen Welton, Chief Executive, Business Growth Fund

15.10: PANEL SESSION: New Models for Acceleration and finance for start-ups and early stage - how do they interface with angel and early stage VC investors?

Ian Merricks, Founding Partner, Accelerator Academy, White Horse Capital

Toby Reid, Director, BioCity Nottingham

John Spindler, Capital Enterprise, London Accelerator Programme

Jon Bradford, Managing Director, Springboard and Ignite 100

Darren Westlake, CEO, Crowdcube

Anil Stocker, CEO, MarketInvoice

16.15: Summing Up and the future of BBAA 2012

Anthony Clarke, Chair, BBAA

16.30: Tea and Networking

17.00: Close