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Black Founders Programme Showcase

Date: 14 November 2024 14:00 - 17:00

Register by: Wednesday 13 November 2024

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About this event

Join Digital Catapult, Sony Music UK and Sony Music Publishing on Thursday 14 November for the Black Founders Programme Showcase to celebrate ten pioneering Black-founded startups as they each showcase innovative solutions within the creative space.

Attendees will experience short investment pitches from some of the UK’s most exciting companies, as they share their development story throughout the programme and the path to investment readiness.

Recognising the value in building connections, there will be plenty of time in the agenda for dedicated networking where personal introductions to the founders can be made.

There will also be the opportunity to hear from the expert consultants that helped shape the programme to create long-lasting, positive impact for the ten startup founders.

This programme is delivered in conjunction with Sony Music UK and Sony Music Publishing.

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Who should attend?

This event will be of primary interest to an investor focused audience including:

  • Venture capital, angel or impact investors
  • Investment leads, managers or associates
  • Leaders and individuals within the creative industries 

The event is also intended for the community of consultants, mentors, and organisations that have helped shape the programme and supported the founders throughout.

Why attend?

  • Meet the ten of the most exciting deeptech startups working in the creative industries
  • Opportunity to make new connections with the founders and programme community
  • Celebrate the diversity of talent within the UK’s Black tech community
  • See how multiple experiences and services are being shaped through the adoption of advanced digital technologies
  • Gain insights about how the programme has supported Black-founded companies in becoming investment ready

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Legal & Privacy Terms

Data Protection:

Sony Music Entertainment UK and Catapult (each a “Host”) are co-hosting this event, and each Host is individually (not jointly) a Controller. Each Host is individually responsible to you for how that Host respectively stores, uses and processes your personal data in accordance with that Host’s privacy policy. One Host is not responsible to you for the other Host’s storage, use or processing of your data. Actions taken by one Host (e.g. deleting personal data) will be independent of the other Host. If you need to make a data request, please make such request directly to the relevan Host(s). Each Host’s privacy policy can be found at Co-Host: https://tools.sonymusiccreative.com/privacy/; and Catapult https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/legal/privacy-policy/

The Hosts may take photographs and/or videos at the event, which will be used in general promotional material recording or relating to the event, including use with websites, emails, social media and tangible literature. If you have any concerns relating to this, please contact the events coordinator at the Event.

The Hosts will use your submitted information for the purposes of organising and operating the event, related post event and dissemination activities and assessing the impact of the event. The Hosts may also contact you for feedback or research purposes. If you’ve signed up to allow either or both Hosts to stay in contact, the Hosts (as applicable) may also contact you regarding other activities and events they hope to be of interest to you. Where a programme, facility or event sponsor has been named, we may also pass your information to such sponsors for the same uses as Catapult in relation to the event. By registering for the event, you agree to each Host collecting and using your personal data in the ways, for the purpose(s) and for the period defined above. If you are applying on behalf of another person, you are confirming their acknowledgement and agreement to these terms. You may at any time send a request to Catapult at [email protected] or to Co-Host at [email protected] to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing or object to the processing your personal data.

Terms and Conditions:

Notice of admission: Digital Catapult (DC) is private property and admission to DC is by invitation only. We reserve the right to refuse admission to DC or to parts of DC to any person, or to require a person to leave DC, if his or her conduct or presence is considered by an officer of DC to be causing or liable to cause annoyance, endanger/be liable to endanger the exhibits, fabric of the building or be otherwise undesirable.

Your Property: We reserve the right to refuse to allow any item to be brought into DC, or to inspect any item. No item may be left unattended anywhere in DC. We reserve the right to deal with any unattended items as we deem appropriate, and accept no liability for damage which may be caused in consequence. We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage sustained by items left in the lockers, or cloakrooms, other than loss or damage caused by our negligence or that of our staff. You agree that the organisers may use your contributions for, without limitation, creating and publishing material relating to the event, but no contribution will be personally attributed in materials without explicit consent. We reserve the right to use delegate participation in our post event activities.

Enforcement: Employees of the Catapult are authorised by us to require compliance with these conditions.

If you are applying on behalf of another person, you are confirming their consent to these terms and the privacy terms.

Any comments or complaints about this event should be sent to [email protected], with the subject line “COMPLAINT” and dated.

Enforcement: Employees of the Catapult are authorised by us to require compliance with these conditions.

If you are applying on behalf of another person, you are confirming their consent to these terms and the privacy terms.

Any comments or complaints about this event should be sent to [email protected], with the subject line “COMPLAINT” and dated.