“The Venture Capital Process”
By Peter Stafford of A&L Goodbody
Programme Overview:
Raising money in today's environment is no easy task -- but it can be done if you focus on the right priorities and avoid common deal-killers. In this workshop, Peter Stafford from A&L Goodbody will provide you with a framework that will prepare you for raising capital from venture capital funds.
About NISP’s Frameworks Entrepreneur Workshops
NISP offers ongoing educational opportunities for entrepreneurs building and growing innovative Hitech, Biotech or Cleantech companies and offers member companies the opportunity to provide expert content to a responsive, interactive audience.
Many of today’s business founders and future entrepreneurs have scientific and technical backgrounds but have had limited experience in industry, so they often lack exposure to critical information which is essential to leading a start-up. To fill this gap, NISP offers InnovaNET Entrepreneur Workshops to provide these bright leaders with the vocabulary, foundations and framework around which they can build awareness of the many disciplines they will oversee as “C” level managers”
Speakers:
Peter Stafford
Peter is partner in A&L Goodbody Belfast. He specialises in corporate finance work including public and private company acquisitions and disposals, management buy outs, private equity transactions and commercial contracts. Peter also has experience of projects work including PFI/PPP transactions.
Alan Mawson
Alan is Founder and Executive Chairman of Clarendon Fund Managers Ltd, and an experienced member of the UK venture capital scene since the late 1980s. Alan is director of the general partner of the Rainbow Seed Fund, a £5million fund set up to commercialise technology arising from the £700 million spent annually in the UK public sector research laboratories.
Sarah Bearder
Sarah is co-founder of Datactics. Before setting up Datactics, Sarah developed a series of large-scale corporate database solutions in various sectors. She has extensive computing experience from her tenure as an independent computer application consultant and developer having worked in the fields of off-shore banking, legal practices, forensic engineering and accounting firms.