Are you a small or medium enterprise that would like help navigating the funding landscape?
This workshop will focus on which funding type is right for your business needs. It will include sessions on which funding pots are available to you as an SME and advice on how to write a compelling funding bid.
In addition there will be an opportunity to take part in a Q&A session with our speakers and networking.
Topics and speakers
- Commercial funding - A2F, North West Angels, Maven Capital, Campus Capital
- Government and grant funding - Innovate UK/KTN/Lancs Council
- University options – Glyn from Lancaster University & Pete from UCLAN
- EU funding – Lindsay from the Innovation Agency
- Lessons learnt from 4-5 SMEs who have secured funding to share their story of success
- Q&A with the panel
For further information, please contact:
david.nutter@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
This event is part of a series of workshops run by the Innovation Agency in collaboration with Lancaster University to support SMEs in Lancashire.

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