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It’s time to announce the Winner of our coveted 'Startup of the night' award for our MeetFounders UK - Venture Capital Panels & Pitches (August 27th) 2024! We had some brilliant Startups pitch over the course of the evening and although it was a tough call for our 8 VC panellists to determine who the most investable Startup was, they have come to a collective decision… Congratulations Ebube Abara from Erisna You have been voted Most Investable UK “Startup of the Night” in August 2024 by a panel of Venture Capitalists at MeetFounder's Venture Capital Night! About Erisna: Erisna allows organizations to understand their data, improve data quality and ensure regulatory compliance. #venturecapital #startups #fundraising

Panellist announcement for MeetFounders VC Night in London, August 27th 2024! Please welcome Srikar Karri, VC at Mercia Asset Management PLC who will be joining as a Panelist on our "Panel 1: Inside the Mind of a VC - What Investors Look for in Startups", it should be a great one. About Srikar: Srikar is an Investment Manager for Mercia’s EIS Team with a focus on investing in early and growth-stage software and digital companies. In addition to deal origination and execution, Srikar sits on the board of a number of companies within Mercia’s EIS portfolio. Srikar joined Mercia in 2018 as a Research Analyst for Mercia’s Platform team after graduating from LSE with a Maths and Economics degree. As part of this role he worked closely with Exec team on Mercia’s acquisition of NVM’s VCTs and producing valuation reports for Mercia’s direct investment holdings. We will have two panels of VCs give advice and 5+ startups will be pitching for funding live :-) Check out our Eventbrite page for the full list of VCs attending! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london

Panellist announcement for MeetFounders VC Night in London, August 27th 2024! Please welcome Ivan Wong, VC at Capricorn Capital Partners UK who will be joining as a Panelist on our "Panel 1: Inside the Mind of a VC - What Investors Look for in Startups", it should be a great one. We will have two panels of VCs give advice and 5+ startups will be pitching for funding live :-) Check out our Eventbrite page for the full list of VCs attending! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london

Panellist announcement for MeetFounders VC Night in London, August 27th 2024! Please welcome Mario Alejandro Rojas, VC at Octopus Ventures who will be joining as a Panelist on our "Panel 1: Inside the Mind of a VC - What Investors Look for in Startups", it should be a great one. About Mario: Mario joined the Octopus Ventures B2B Software team in 2023, excited to build long lasting relationships with founders behind businesses past the commercialisation stage, and ready to scale up. He brings extensive experience to the role, with career highlights including a stint as Latin America investment manager at the venture capital fund of Axon Partners Group, and time as COO of financial consultancy firm, Equity Advisors. We will have two panels of VCs give advice and 5+ startups will be pitching for funding live :-) Check out our Eventbrite page for the full list of VCs attending! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london

Panellist announcement for MeetFounders VC Night in London, August 27th 2024! Please welcome Louis Frach, VC at Eight Roads who will be joining as a Panelist on our "Panel 1: Advice from Funded Founders and VCs", it should be a great one. About Louis: Originally from Hamburg, Germany, I studied finance in St. Gallen (CH) and London (UK) before joining a startup as the third employee. I helped scale that company to $100+ million in platform revenue within three years, giving me firsthand experience of the challenges and rewards of the scale-up journey. I’m now an investor at Eight Roads, a global VC firm founded in Boston, where I focus on growth-stage technology investing. We will have two panels of VCs give advice and 5+ startups will be pitching for funding live :-) Check out our Eventbrite page for the full list of VCs attending! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london

A fantastic event! Thanks so much to our awesome startups, panelist’s and sponsors. 🚀

Join us In-Person, on July 31st at our Venture Capital Night event in London! Welcome our VC Panelists for our "Panel 1: Pitching Your Startup to Investors - Dos and Don'ts". Should be a great one! Jay Lakhani (Clearance Capital Limited), Nurdaulet Bazylbekov (VC scout and Angel Investor), David Ephrati (Forestay Capital), Paul Eisenberg (Kiko Ventures). Our event is in-person with panels of experienced VCs chatting about the startup world. Attend two panels of VCs and industry experts, meet great startups who are currently fundraising, network and learn from investors over a few drinks :-) Tickets are selling fast and there are only a few left, grab them from the comments now to avoid disappointment! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london

Panellist announcement for MeetFounders VC Night in London, July 31st 2024! Please welcome Sarah Melaney, Withers tech who will be joining as a moderator on our "Panel 2: Market Discovery - Find & Capture Your Audience", it should be a great one. About Sarah: She has over a decade of experience advising high growth companies and investors on investment rounds, scale-up, exits (trade sales and IPOs) and general corporate governance. As a trusted adviser, Sarah often assumes the role of general counsel for her clients providing effective advice on all commercial matters. Sarah has been ranked as a next generation partner by Legal 500. We will have two panels of VCs give advice and 5+ startups will be pitching for funding live :-) Check out our Eventbrite page for the full list of VCs attending! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london

Panellist announcement for MeetFounders VC Night in London, July 31st 2024! Please welcome Nurdaulet Bazylbekov VC scout and Angel Investor who will be joining as a VC panelist on our "Panel 1: Pitching Your Startup to Investors - Dos and Don'ts", it should be a great one. About Nurdaulet: Nurdaulet has prior experience at London Stock Exchange where he was involved in listing funds, startups and private companies via IPOs while most recently working at the US Asset Management firm in the Capital Markets team. Outside of the corporate world, Nurdaulet is an activist engaging with a wider community of founders and VC firms in scouting capacity, as he mentored and advised startups which went on to raise funding, get into accelerators and incubators all around the world. He actively judges pitch competitions and participates in various panel events. We will have two panels of VCs give advice and 5+ startups will be pitching for funding live :-) Check out our Eventbrite page for the full list of VCs attending! #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup #fundraising #london