Accessing Finance for Start and Scale Businesses
Prepare to be pitch ready after this session on accessing finance!
Guernsey's number of start-ups is rapidly expanding, and in time these young companies will need access to finance to kick-start their growth. In the transition from start-up to scale-up, a critical factor for a growing a business is the quality and flexibility of available funds. However, it can be difficult to know where to start, what you might need for your business and how to ask for it.
We are pleased to be welcoming representatives from Blenheim Chalcot and local investment group TEKEX to talk about being pitch ready and how to understand and access finance.
To tie in with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 this finance presentation is specifically designed for start-ups and small businesses.
Speakers
Nick Gregg
Head of Investments at Blenheim ChalcotNick heads the team analysing and advising the current Blenheim Chalcot portfolio companies, reviewing new potential investment opportunities and engaging with external advisers and major investors.
He started his career at Monitor Company followed by a number of years leading Internet & software equity research at HSBC Securities and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now CSFB). He also spent over 10 years as an entrepreneur which has included founding Milkround Online, StrategyEye and EditorEye Intelligence.
Nick has worked very closely with many of the Blenheim Chalcot businesses since its inception in 1998. Nick holds an MA from Cambridge University in Engineering
Ed Prow
Managing Director of Potting ShedEd Prow, Managing Director of Potting Shed, a design, brand and digital company with an international client base and numerous awards. He is also the founder of Tekex.co, a network of techtrepreneurs and investors in the Channel Islands with the aim of supporting the entrepreneurial eco-system in Jersey and Guernsey. Ed also sits on the board of Jersey College and is an advisor for wellbeing app www.uniti.life.
