EVENT FULLY BOOKED Venue (close to Moorgate tube station) The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Woolgate Exchange 25 Basinghall Street LONDON EC2V 5HA ENTRY:- 25 Basinghall Street reception open until 7pm.
From 7pm, use the West LB entrance in Coleman Street (No number on the door; but it's directly opposite Pret A Manger). Conditions By invitation only. Accredited/regulated investors only. Business attire.
NB: For delegates wishing to stay overnight, the nearest good value, clean hotel is Travelodge, City Road, London (300 metres away). ------------------- Agenda Registration 2.30pm to 3.00pm Company Presentations: 3.00pm to 5.45pm Industries Report: 5.45pm to 6.00pm Drinks function: 6.00pm to 9.00pm. High growth hi-tech and clean-tech companies See LIC2011 Presenting Companies who are clients of www.ConnectMidlands.org ("a successful not for profit public-private partnership, with 24 private sector sponsors, aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and commercialising innovation. Over 300 of the companies Connect Midlands have worked with have now raised ~£200m of new investment") will each be seeking second-round investment from £500k to £5m from London and Southeast England based investors.
3-6pm afternoon company presentations: 10 hi-tech/clean-tech company presentations by the clients of www.ConnectMidlands.org
A 3 minute introduction by Forbury Investment Network who have sponsored the daytime food and drinks www.ForburyInvest.com Over 160 investor delegates [see list on the right] via Simon Gall comprising a mixture of serial-investor-entrepreneurs; regulated fund managers from vct; venture capital; private equity; M&A; corporate venturing; retail investment banks; family offices. 5.45-6pm Stuart McKnight, MD of Ascendant, Report “An independent review of current investment trends in the UK & Ireland technologies sector, with highlights on the performance of Midlands based technology companies compared to other regions.” This Report will be available solely to attendees.
----------- 6-9pm Simon Gall network drinks function: Investor delegates from the afternoon sessions, plus network members attending the drinks evening only. 200 Partners/Directors from...regulated-funds investors: HNWI-Funds; M&A; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Banks; Fund of Funds; Family offices. Plus Connect Midlands representatives. 1. Drinks sponsored by www.PrivateFly.com with 100% discount membership to delegates. 2. Win a bespoke informal drinks function arranged by www.SimonGall.com 3. A leading VC will be attending with copies of his 'guide to venture capital book.'
NB: The England v Denmark football game is one night before LIC2011 (09th Feb 2011). There are no other major events on the 10th Feb. ----------------------------- Event H istory In January 2010, the first www.ConnectMidlands.org London Investment Conference 'LIC2010' was a great success, with eight high-growth companies presenting ... www.criticalpharmaceuticals.com www.Lontra.co.uk www.venuesim.com www.goHDR.com www.i-migo.com www.nanotherics.com www.genesistechsys.com www.concurrent-thinking.com to 100 accredited/regulated investors. Names of individual-investors are private, but the firms were ... Addidi Capital; Albion Ventures; Amadeus Capital; Arcapita Ventures; AS-UK Private Equity; Avonmore Developments; Axispoint Solutions; Balderton Capital; Briceamery Capital; Bridges Ventures; BurdenDare; Cambridge Capital; Cambridge Technology Transfer; Canadian High Commission; Capital Partners Ventures; Cartagena Capital; CLC Ventures; Clydesdale Bank; Company Guides Venture Partners; Creaseys; Delta Partners; DN Capital; Elderstreet Investments; EW Capital; Fasken Martineau; FBC Manby Bowdler; First Flight; Fraser Finance; GE Capital; Good Energies; Envestors; Government of Alberta; Great Eastern Investment Fund; Growth Investment Network East Midlands; Herald Investment; Hill Street Finance; ICON Corporate Finance; Ilyn; Ingenious Media VC; IPSO Ventures; IQ Capital; ISIS Innovation; Jefferies International; Kleinwort Benson; Knowledge Peers; Kreos Capital; Langham Hall; London Technology Fund; MacQuarie Bank International; MessageLab Investments; MMC Ventures; NACO; Naked Wines VC (supplied the wines); NESTA; New Markets Partners; Next Wave Partners; Novus Modus; NW Brown; Orange Corporate Finance; Oxford Capital Partners; Palace Ventures; People Value; QV Partners; Rawlinson & Hunter; Regent Partners International; Remarkable Innovation Pte; Royal Society Enterprise Fund; Sheriden Evans; Synchro Europe; The Carbon Trust; The Founders Club; TTP Ventures; UCLB; University of Westminster Funds; Venture West; WHEB Ventures; Women's Investment Network; XOIO; Zeus Private Equity. Followed by The Simon Gall Network successful drinks evening. | 
