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Investment Readiness Programme Showcase

Date: 25 February 2025 13:30 - 17:30

Register by: Monday 24 February 2025

About this event

Join Digital Catapult for the Investment Readiness Programme Showcase to celebrate eight pioneering tech companies as they each showcase innovative solutions within the manufacturing industry.

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.

Interested in the future of sustainable manufacturing? Join us for our morning event on the 25th February to explore pioneering innovations as four cohort companies present their solutions and tackle some of the UK’s most pressing manufacturing challenges. Register here now

Who should attend?

This event will be of interest to investors looking to explore AI-driven solutions that are transforming the manufacturing sector, driving sustainability, and fostering innovation. Attendees will gain insights into how these technologies are accelerating growth, creating investment opportunities, and contributing to the UK’s economic progress.

Why attend?

  • Meet the innovative companies that have completed the Made Smarter Innovation: Investment Readiness Programme as they showcase their solutions driving sustainability in manufacturing.
  • Connect with key programme partners and industry leaders who have helped these companies prepare to scale and secure investment.
  • Hear from experts on how technologies like AI are transforming manufacturing and creating exciting opportunities for investors.
  • Learn about the future of the Made Smarter Innovation programme and Digital Catapult’s plans to support sustainable innovation.

Agenda

13:30 – Registration and networking lunch

14:30 – Welcome from Digital Catapult

Speaker: Justin Cross, Director of Innovation Practice, Digital Catapult

14:35 – Keynote Speaker

14:50 – Dragons Den Style: Meet the Investor Panel and Cohorts

Investor panel:

  • Onur Canlitepe, Founding Partner, Atlas Ventures
  • Nastasha Velasco, Head of Innovation Consultancy, DECaDE 

Speakers:

  • Donaa
  • Bombiix
  • Remade
  • Agave Networks

15:35 – Break

15:50 – Dragons Den Style: Meet the Investor Panel and Cohorts

Speakers:

  • Riskoa
  • Voxshell
  • Supply Fuel Solutions
  • Heuris

16:10 – Panel Discussion: Bridging the Gap:Unlocking collaboration between SMEs and Industry

Discover what comes after securing investment for your green tech company. This session explores the opportunities and challenges of fostering collaboration between SMEs and large manufacturers. Our experts will share strategies for building successful partnerships, overcoming cultural and operational differences, and driving growth for all stakeholders. Expect practical insights and real-world examples to help bridge the gap and unlock shared success.

Chair: Robyn Wilson, Startup Investment Manager, Digital Catapult 

Speakers:

  • Ravi Gidoomal, Director, Edge Digital Manufacturing 
  • Onur Canlitepe, Founding Partner, Atlas Ventures
  • Buffy Price, COO of Carbon Re 

17:00 – Wrap up

17:05 – Networking

17:30 – Event Close

Grow – Panel Discussion – LinkedIn

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Data Protection:

Catapult is hosting this event and is the data controller for your personal data. Catapult is responsible to you for how it stores, uses and processes your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy which can be found at https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/legal/privacy-policy/. Any data processors will only process your personal data on our instructions and for the purpose defined below.

The Catapult may record the event including video, audio and automatic transcription of the audio, your screen name, and any written questions or comments you submit, which may include your personal data. The recording will only be used by Catapult (including its sub-processors) for its own use, including business planning, improvement, auditing and operation, including use on its projects and programmes, and may be retained indefinitely. The recording may also be published online.

Catapult may also 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 Catapult may also contact you for feedback or research purposes. If you’ve signed up to allow us to stay in contact, we 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 sponsor for the same uses as Catapult in relation to the event.

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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.

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