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12-13th June 2006 - BBAA's 2nd Annual Conference
David McMeekin, Chairman of Company Guides and the London Technology Fund, was the Scene Setting Speaker for the Specialist Early Stage Investing session at this two-day British Business Angels Association conference.
12th June 2006 - LTF and the Institute of Physics event: Successful SMEs, spin-outs and start-ups: Technology management for small businesses
David McMeekin, Chairman of Company Guides and the London Technology Fund, was a speaker at the Institute of Physics event for SMEs, spin-outs and start-ups. Following his presentation at the Institute in November, at this June event he provided an update on funding as part of the Update on finance, Technology Funds and Enterprise Capital Funds session of the event. Dr John Hassard, founder and CTO of the Imperial College spin-out deltaDOT, an LTF investee company, provided a case study for the event.
20th April 2006 - The London Technology Fund participates in the InvestorNet ICT RoundTable at Cass Business School
The London Technology Fund, the specialist investor in new technology companies in London, was delighted to help arrange and co-host with Cass Business School the InvestorNet ICT RoundTable event in London. The day included discussions on potential collaboration and investment opportunities with Cisco, Intel Capital and Microsoft, and presentations by specialist technology investors. It took place at Cass Business School in London. InvestorNet is a pan-European network of early stage technology venture capital investors. It is part of the European Commission's Gate2Growth Initiative, which is supported by the European Commission under its Innovation/SMEs programme.
11th April 2006 - Sources of Finance for SMEs at the Institute of Directors, City Branch
David McMeekin, Chairman of Company Guides Ltd, the London Technology Fund and of The Capital Fund, was delighted to accept an invitation to talk about the funds at a meeting of the City Branch of the Institute of Directors. The focus of the meeting was Sources of Finance for SMEs and talks were given by David and representatives of Clydesdale Bank. For further information about this branch of the IoD, email Mei Sim Lai or see www.iod.com.
April 2006 - Third edition of CGL's specialist guide for SMEs published
Company Guides Ltd published the third edition of Sources of Finance and Advice for SMEs in London (the 'Little Green Book') in April. The book has been further expanded to help SMEs identify sources of finance (grants, loans and equity) and sources of advice. It now includes a wide range of advisers and service providers specialising in the SME market, including corporate finance advisers, specialist advisers to start-ups, accountants, lawyers, IP specialists and product prototype companies. The latest edition is over 200 pages and can be viewed online on CGL's website.
29th March 2006 - The London Technology Fund announces investment in Imperial spin-out deltaDOT
The fund's first investment is part of an important funding round for Imperial College spin-out, deltaDOT. deltaDOT is a developer of biotools to enhance productivity in pharmaceutical and biotechnology research.
28th March 2006 - The London Technology Fund (LTF) holds the first of its twice yearly presentations and networking events
The LTF's first event since its launch in June was held at the RSA on 28 March. It was attended by over 60 professional advisers, investors and other relevant parties. The evening included a presentation by the fund's chairman, David McMeekin, explaining how the fund operates and providing a short overview of the investment pipeline. This was followed by a presentation by Dr Tony Baxter, CEO of the fund's first investee company, the Imperial College spin-out deltaDOT (www.deltadot.com). The final presentation was by Catriona Massey of the British Library Business & IP Centre. The British Library has established this centre, with the support of the London Development Agency, as an innovation hub for business development. It offers access to information and advice, including business planning and IP workshops and free access to market research reports. It is based at the British Library in Euston Road, NW1. For more information see www.bl.uk/bipc. The next of these twice yearly events will be held in October.
21st November 2005 - Finance for technology-based small companies
David McMeekin, Chairman of Company Guides and the London Technology Fund, was the introductory speaker at the Institute of Physics' event: Successful SMEs, spin-outs and start-ups series: Finance for technology-based small companies.
14-15th September 2005 - LTF participation in the 1st IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology & Innovation
Dr Tony Diment, Managing Director of the London Technology Fund, was one of three venture capital panel members in the Funding and Commercialisation session of the first IEE (www.iee.org) International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation, a two-day event held at the Institution of Electrical Engineers in Savoy Place.
27th June 2005 - Launch of the London Technology Fund
The fund was launched by Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London at the Royal Society.
October 2004 - Second edition of CGL's specialist guide to Sources of Finance for SMEs published
Company Guides Ltd published the second edition of Sources of Finance for SMEs in London (the 'Little Green Book') in October. This book provides details of sources of grants, loans and equity. The latest edition was expanded to 56 pages and now includes sources of corporate finance advice.
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