Urbano Finance networking breakfast

Urbano Business networking breakfasts bring together directors, business owners, entrepreneurs and management of companies from across London's corporate and commercial spectrum to share experiences, explore new opportunities and learn lessons to help them drive their businesses forward.

Previous Urbano business breakfast speakers have included Peter Barron - Google's Director of External Affairs, Jackie Sadek - CEO of UK Regeneration, Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of Angel News, Jo Haigh (VC deal-maker), John Roberts - Director of HR at Ford, Craig McCoy, HR Director of Bupa, Lara Morgan and other entrepreneurs, industry experts such as John Whiting - the Government's tax advisor, and other experienced business people.

Urbano events are always very informal and relaxed, with plenty of time to network with the other attendees who either own, run or hold senior positions in their companies. The range of businesses represented is a cross-section of London's creative and professional sectors, all happy to share their experiences and connections.

Urbano Finance events explore the issues around business finance, investment, funding: how to find it, make it and keep it!

About our speaker

Darren Westlake, the founder and CEO of Crowdcube.

Crowdcube is the world’s first equity based web service that uses Crowdfunding to empower entrepreneurs to raise finance from ordinary people in return for equity. Darren has spent the last 20 years working in the internet and telecoms industry and has founded 2 successful internet startups.

Darren will look at the growing world of peer-to-peer financing, how it works for investors and entrepreneurs.

Crowdcube

This event will also look at The Enterprise Investment Scheme and the year of special tax breaks that the Government launched in April for business investors in small companies.

Format

8:00am – Registration, coffee and pastries

8:20am – Presentation by Darren

8:50am – Q&A

9:00am – 10.30am Informal and facilitated networking

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