Are you focused on financing your next growth stage, launching a new product, or identifying your next business opportunity? Join us for Scale-up Day and take part in our afternoon workshops that provide scale-ups with expert advice to accelerate your growth plans.
Workshop Schedule
Cambridge Union Society, Snooker Room
14:00 – 15:00 – Scaling Globally: International Expansion and Equity Funding from HSBC
16:00 – 17:00 – Maximising Grant Funding from MPA
Cambridge Union Society, Dining Room SOLD OUT
14:00 – 15:00 – Scale-ups: the challenges, opportunities and strategies that define their journey from Mills & Reeve
16:00 – 17:00 – How AI can help grow your business globally from the Department of Business & Trade
N.B. Delegates attending the Scale-up Day will be invited to register for workshops closer to the event.
Book your ticket to the Scale-Up Day today!
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Scaling Globally: International Expansion and Equity Funding
Presenter: Jamie Bignal, Director – Technology & Life SciencesCorporate Banking – East Anglia, HSBC
Workshop Host: HSBC
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Explore with HSBC UK what scaling tech businesses need to do to achieve their growth ambitions and global success
Join HSBC to explore how tech businesses can effectively enter new markets and navigate cross-cultural challenges to fuel international growth aspirations, focussed insights on growth regions including Asia, the US and Europe. Hear from HSBC Innovation Banking on securing external equity funding to equip your business with the tools and knowledge needed to scale and propel onto the global stage.
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Scale-ups: the challenges, opportunities, and strategies that define their journey SOLD OUT
Presenter: Zickie Lim, Corporate Partner and Head of our VC and Investments, Mills & Reeve
Workshop Host: Mills & Reeve
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
As we celebrate and promote inspirational scale-ups during Cambridge Tech Week, join Mills & Reeve Corporate Partner and Head of our VC and Investments team Zickie Lim who will facilitate a roundtable discussion around the themes of investment, talent and commercialisation.
The roundtable will discuss the following:
- Securing investment to fuel growth
- Do we think access to growth capital has recently improved?
- Are there enough active growth investors in the UK?
- How can we foster strong connections between investors and scale-ups?
- How do scale-ups access overseas investors?
- Talent acquisition and retention: the human capital edge
- In a global market, how do we attract and retain the best talent in the UK? In Cambridge?
- How do homegrown scale-ups compete against much more established tech businesses?
- How do UK scale-ups effectively target those digital nomads who bring diversity and innovation?
- The importance of being purpose-led and value-driven
- How do we inspire the future generation of tech talent?
- When do you scale? Where do you scale?
- Commercialisation: from R&D to market success
- How do we help scale-ups effectively transition from R&D into commercial businesses?
- Do we have the right tools/infrastructure in the UK?
- Do we have people with the right experience?
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Maximising Grant Funding
Presenter: Dr Chloe Sharp, Head of Grant Services, MPA
Workshop Host: MPA
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
Are you running a startup focused on innovation or a small business committed to community development and sustainability? Then this workshop on grants is perfect for you. Grants are ideally suited for businesses pioneering new technologies, conducting cutting-edge research, or engaging in projects with significant social or environmental impact. If your business is in sectors such as renewable energy, tech, or healthcare innovation then you are likely to find grants an invaluable source of funding.
Join Dr Chloe Sharp, Head of Grant Services at MPA in this exclusive workshop, where you will learn how to navigate the competitive grant application process, meet eligibility requirements, and secure the financial support needed to drive your impactful projects forward. The workshop will cover:
- An overview of the grant landscape (including local, regional, national and EU)
- Where to find grant opportunities
- What the different levels are, and how they impact what is achieved in a grant project
- The types of grant projects eligible for grants and how the type influences funding levels
- What makes a successful grant application
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How AI can help grow your business globally SOLD OUT
Presenters:
Mathilde Murphy, International Trade Advisor, Department for Business & Trade
Frederike Thöne, Senior Trade Adviser for Financial Services and Technology at the British Embassy in The Hague
Dr Chris Moore, Technology Specialist at the Department for Business & Trade (Science & Technology Directorate)
Workshop Host: Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
Join us at the upcoming Cambridge Tech Week live event to explore the potential of AI to grow businesses globally. We’ll cover the UK’s current AI capabilities, their impact on business scaling, and emerging commercial opportunities in the UK and internationally, with a look at quantum technologies’ role in future AI advancements. Discover AI and other export opportunities for UK tech companies in the Netherlands, including sector-specific examples and market access insights. This will be an interactive session to match your international trade ambitions with Department for Business and Trade (DBT) services, and to guide you with the practical next steps. Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable insights and actionable advice.
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