£40m boost for cutting-edge start-ups announced
Innovative businesses and start-ups are set to benefit from a £40 million government investment to drive forward new technological advances. Innovative businesses and start-ups are set to benefit from a £40 million government investment to drive forward new technological advances. Business Secretary Alok Sharma announced the government is doubling investment in the Fast Start Competition […]
Connect with the East of England Tech Community
East of England Tech Nation Talks will virtually bring together the East of England tech community. Now in its sixth year, the groundbreaking annual Tech Nation report returns to shine a spotlight on UK tech and how the country is driving global success in the fields of investment, innovation, growth, employment, and productivity. The Tech […]
St John’s Innovation Centre supports #21toWatch Campaign
SJIC are delighted to partner with Cofinitive to support their #21toWatch Campaign and Awards which shine a light on innovations, companies and entrepreneurs across our region. The final longlist announcement before the shortlist is published at the start of February has been published. Congratulations to: Saeed Fathi Healthspan Biotics PowerMatrix Biozeroc Trismik Summatic ACT Medical […]
David Gill to host a webinar on Business Valuation
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce that David Gill will run a webinar “Valuation of Your Business” on 30th January 2020. Delivered by Invest Horizon in partnership with EBN, this webinar addresses both mainstream methodologies for valuing reasonably established smaller firms and also useful strategies to use when selling equity to investors […]
Pitchfest start-up launches sales of the first truly flushable wet wipes
Pitchfest finalists and founders of Twipes, a chemical-free ‘biodegradable’ wet wipes, which disperse in water within three hours, have launched their new subscription platform in time for Christmas. Traditional wipes are behind the 90% of sewer blockages, fatbergs and the river and ocean pollution releasing micro-plastics into our ecosystems. Twipes has the potential to disrupt […]
Gonçalo de Vasconcelos on entrepreneurship, risk & success
Gonçalo de Vasconcelos, Co-Founder and Non-Exec Director of SyndicateRoom and one of the Top 10 most influential people in tech in the UK as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in fintech in Europe, joins the Investment War Stories Panel at St John’s Innovation Centre. We’re delighted to announce that Gonçalo […]
PAST EVENT: Investment War Stories
MERLIN ICT Workshop #9: Investment War Stories for Angels and Entrepreneurs Date And Time: Thursday, 19 September 2019; 16:00 – 18:30 BST Venue: St John’s Innovation Centre This interactive afternoon session will provide an insight to The Invested Investor and new rules for start-ups, scale-ups and angel investing.
PAST EVENT: MERLIN ICT Webinar: Finance for Growth
MERLIN ICT Webinar: Finance for Growth Date And Time: Tuesday, 17 September 2019; 10:00 – 11:00 BST Venue: Online Understand how to raise the right finance for your growth plans
Pitchfest 2019
“I was incredibly impressed by both the organisation and scale of the event. More importantly from our point of view, the Showcase was very well attended by quality investors who proactively engaged with us.” Nia Dokova, Director of Sutrue and Pitchfest 2019 Spring edition Finalist.
PAST EVENT: MERLIN ICT Networking
Date: Monday, 24th June 2019 Time: 16:30 – 18:30 Venue: The Square Café, St John’s Innovation Centre