3 courses, 4 investors, 5 pitches. Our finalists joined us for dinner at Piccolino's in the City prepared to pitch their businesses to our panel. They had attended either the Application Dinner or Application Lunch previously to qualify for the final. The panel comprised Karri Vuori of Charles Stanley, William Orde of Oxford Capital, Thomas Colmer of Osbourne Clarke and Ben Kirby of Greenhill Capital Partners. They were tasked with scoring the ...
Read MoreLast week was the first application dinner for our "Startup Engine" crowd to help startups get investment. Yes, we know, there really is nothing we can’t do over dinner! We hosted the dinner in the private room in Piccolino in the City. The startups each had 1 minute to deliver their elevator pitch followed by 5 minutes of Q&A led by our expert judges. The judges had the tough job of ...
Read MoreThis week’s Startup Engine dinner was at Chico Bandito, a lively little Mexican restaurant and regular spot for TableCrowd dinners. The menu tells me that it’s the best chilli in London, and I believe everything I read, so it must be. We had 10 diners, some familiar faces and some new. It’s nice to see people coming back for more and factoring the Startup Engine dinners into their regular networking plans. ...
Read MoreFirstly, let me say thank you to every one that attended. I understand that being involved, especially as a founder, in a start up in an incredibly time demanding occupation - but I think as the evening demonstrated, taking time away from the screen to sit down and chew the fat with fellow entrepreneurs is time well spent. The overriding success of the night, was the atmosphere of exchange, openness and ...
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