Fundraising & Pitching

About this event

The right business pitch is vital for telling your company narrative and striking a chord with investors. Having developed two software companies, MD of OION, Richard Cooper will give you the inside track on pitching and angel funding in a new, post-COVID funding landscape. And, Benjamin Storey from Eagle Labs will look at access to funding and support available to start ups and growing businesses.

Speakers

Richard Cooper
MD, OION Ltd

Richard is the Managing Director of OION Ltd. He has been working with early-stage companies for the past twenty years, both in the UK and Australia in both a funding and business advisory capacity. Having developed two early-stage software companies himself, he has advised hundreds of early-stage companies to develop their growth strategies and raise them funding as a result. Richard has an MSc in Marketing from the Universityof Leicester and post graduate qualifications in applied finance and project management. Richard also has a CFA Certificate in Investment Management and the foundation course in Private Equity from the Australian Venture Capital Association.

Benjamin Storey
Head of South & East Barclays Eagle Labs