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• 2e2 Group, Terry Burt, Chief Executive Officer
• ACIS, Dan Sandhu, CEO
• Adaffix, Claudia Poepperl, CEO
• Admob Europe, Russell Buckley, VP Alliances
• Advent Ventures, Stephan Gueorguiev, Associate
• AlertMe, Pilgrim Beart, Executive Director & Co-Founder
• All-In Group, David Peto, CEO
• AlpinaSearch, Gary Reeman, CEO
• Amadeus Capital, Laurence John, CEO, Amadeus Mobile Seed Fund
• Amadeus Capital Partners, Dr Hermann Hauser, Director
• Amino Telecommunications plc, Stuart Darling, CFO
• Angel Investor, John Taysom, Chairman
• Angel Investor, Mark Zaleski, Chairman
• ARM, Tudor Brown, Founder and President
• AskPeopleYouKnow, David Gilbey, Co Founder
• Astley Clarke, Bec Astley Clarke, CEO
• Atlantic Healthcare Ltd, Clare Twemlow, Director of Finance
• Audioboo, Karen Barber, Director
• AVEVA Group plc, Richard Longdon, CEO
• AVG Technologies, Santiago Matheus, VP Corporate Development
• AVG Technologies, Ashish Patel, Senior VP of Corporate Development
• babypac, Rebecca Chicot, Founder
• babypac, Diana Hill, Founder
• Balderton Capital, Harry Briggs, Associate
• Basis Technologies, Craig Oliver, CIO
• Basis Technologies, Phill Sly, CEO
• BDO LLP, Jamie Cassell, Partner
• BDO LLP, Tim Ferris, Tax Partner
• BDO LLP, Gary Hanson, Partner
• BDO LLP, Piers Harrison, Director
• BDO LLP, Jeannette Hume, Partner
• BDO LLP, Karl Kirk, Marketing Manager
• Betable, Christoher Griffin, CEO/Founder
• Betable, Jay Shek, CFO
• BioCair UK, Chris Cooke, CFO
• Breathing Buildings, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Managing Director
• Breathing Buildings, David Wilkinson, Finance & Operations Director
• Buddi, Sara Murray, CEO
• Business Weekly, Tony Quested, Publisher
• Calibre One, James Brocket, Managing Director
• Cambridge Angels, Paul Anson, Director
• Cambridge Angels, Nick Balon, Investor
• Cambridge Enterprise, Shirley Jamieson, Head of Marketing
• Cambridge Enterprise, Teri Willey, Director
• Cambridge News, Jenny Chapman, Business Editor
• Cambridge Temperature Concepts, Shamus Husheer, CEO
• Camvine, Quentin Stafford-Fraser, CEO
• Catwalk Genius, Helen Brown, Co-Founder
• CDI Europe, Iris Lapinski, Director UK
• Channel 4 Television, Melanie Hayes, 4iP Investment Manager
• Chemist Direct, Mitesh Soma, CEO
• Chesham Holdings Ltd, Sherry Coutu, Trustee/Director
• CIP Technologies, Peter Wharton, CEO
• Clean Energy Investor, Chris Hardman, Contributing Editor
• Clickstream Technologies Plc, Brewster Barclay, Managing Director
• Clifton Cowley, Tom Wood, Managing Director
• CloudApps, Sam Bose, Chief Carbon Officer
• Corporate Locate, James Holloway, Founder
• CSR plc, Alex Bevis, VP Finance
• DataGiving, Sobia Hamid, Project Manager
• Delta Partners, John Kenny, Partner
• DIY Kyoto, Richard Woods, Director
• eCommera, Mike Ross, CEO
• EnvAl, Dr Carlos Ludlow-Palafox, Director
• EOC Partners, Martyn Macpherson, Founder and Managing Partner
• Fintech Ventures, Neil Mcclements, Managing Partner
• Flexiant, Alex Bligh, CEO
• FreshMinds, James Callander, MD Talent
• FreshMinds, Alistair Leathwood, Managing Director
• Gameware Development, Jeremy Cooke, CEO
• Genius Incubator, Arifa Khan, Managing Director
• Gill Jennings & Every, Rowena Powell, Trade Mark Attorney
• Gill Jennings & Every, Tony Smee, Partner
• Global Corporate Venturing, James Mawson, Editor
• Good Energies (UK) LLP, Etienne Pollard, Associate
• Green-Tide Turbines Ltd, Michael Evans, CEO
• Grove Group, Philip Witheridge, MD
• handPoint, David Gudjonsson, Managing Director
• Hotspur Capital, Colin Willis, Managing Partner
• House of Lords, The Earl of Erroll, Chairman
• Howzat Media, David Soskin, Vice Chairman
• HTK, Marlon Bowser, Managing Director
• Huddle, Alastair Mitchell, CEO
• ideaSpace, Stew Mctavish, Director
• IF Communications, Isabel Fox, CEO
• IF Communications, Gemma Lewis, Director
• IF Communications, Cordelia Meacher, Director
• iMeta Technologies Ltd, David Levin, COO
• Imperial College, Adam Sebba, MBA
• Index Ventures, Shardul Shah, Associate
• i-nexus, Rex Harrison, CFO
• Informatics Ventures, Andrew Mitchell, Business Development
• Inmobi, Rob Jonas, VP, Managing Director
• Intel Capital, Abdul Guefor, Managing Director
• Intelligent Energy, Henri Winand PhD MBA, CEO
• Intergence Systems, Royce Murphy, Director
• IRIS Software Group, Martin Leuw, Chief Executive Officer
• Jefferies, Mark Fisher, Head of European Technology
• Jefferies & Company, Benjamin Robertson, Managing Director
• Judge Business School, Alex van Someren, Entrepreneur in Residence
• KashFlow, Duane Jackson, Founder
• Kestevenlaw, Ted Dewhurst, In House Counsel
• Kleinwort Benson Private Bank, Katharine Kennedy, Private Banker
• Knowledge Peers plc, Jessica Figueras, Director
• MedicAnimal, Andrew Bucher, Founder
• MedicAnimal, Ivan Retzignac, CEO
• Mind Candy Ltd, Toby Moore, CTO
• Mindcandy, Divinia Knowles, CFO
• Miriam Lagage, Miriam Lahage, Founder & ex CEO
• Mixcloud, Mat Clayton, Co-Founder
• Money Dashboard, Gavin Littlejohn, CEO
• mybusinessFD, Chris Chapman, CFO
• NESTA, Matthew Mead, MD
• NESTA, George Whitehead, Director, Business Development
• Net a Porter, Mark Sebba, CEO
• NHSI, Dawson King, CEO
• Nivio, Sachin Duggal, President and CEO
• Nokia Research Center, Tapani Ryhanen, Laboratory Director
• Novacem, Stuart Evans, Exec Chairman
• Octopus Investments, Alan Wallace, Director
• OpenCloud, Jeff Gordon, CEO
• Opportunity Link, Mark Cheverton, Managing Director
• Owlstone, Billy Boyle, Co-founder
• Patients Know Best, Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, CEO
• Pavers Ltd, Stuart Paver, Managing Director
• Plastic Logic, Martin Jackson, CTO
• Polecat, James Lawn, Co-Founder
• Polysolar, Jody Chatterjee, Director & Co-Owner + CFO
• PrismaStar, Joshua Z Tabin, Chief Techthusiast (CEO)
• Recogmission, Bill Ennis, Chairman and CEO
• Red Gate Software, Colin Oakman, CFO
• Scottish Equity Partners, Julie Curran, Partner
• SEB Venture Capital, James E. Raby, Partner
• Shazam Entertainment, Keith Lovell, CFO
• Silicon Valley Bank, Simon Andrews, Vice President
• Silicon Valley Bank, Phil Cox, Head of UK, Europe & Israel
• Silicon Valley Bank, Elly Gilbert, Communications
• Silicon Valley Bank, Oscar Jazdowski, Head of Origination
• Silicon Valley Bank, Erin Lockwood, Relationship Manager
• Sphere Medical, Stuart Hendry, CEO
• Sphere Medical, Ann Simon, CFO
• Spreadshirt, Jana Eggers, CEO
• SS-AW.com, Chris Morton, Founder
• Starfish, Peter Cowley, Director
• Suffolk Creative, John Rotherham, Founder, Owner
• TagMan, John Yeomans, Director
• Taptu, Steve Ives, CEO
• Taylor Vinters, Patrick Farrant, Partner
• Taylor Wessing, Charles Fletcher, Associate
• TeePeeGames Ltd, Tony Pearce, CEO
• The BLN, Cong Cong Bo, Project Manager
• The BLN, Samara Dawson, Events Manager
• The BLN, Darren Harper, Director
• The BLN, Augustyna Kret, Project Manager
• The BLN, Mark Test Littlewood, Founder
• The BLN, Mark Littlewood, Founder
• The Conversation Group, Ted Shelton, Founder
• The Extreme Sports Company, Al Gosling, Founder
• The Next Woman, Simone Brummelhuis, Founder
• TidePowerd, Nicolas Beecroft, CEO
• Timetric, Andrew Walkingshaw, CEO
• TLcom Capital Partners Ltd, Mauro Pretolani, General Partner
• Tonejet, Ray Southam, CEO
• True Knowledge, Jonathan Gough, Director
• TTP Venture Managers Limited, Mr Clennell Collingwood, Venture Manager
• TTP Venture Managers Limited, Alex McCracken, Partner
• ViaPost, Simon Campbell, CEO
• Viewsflow, Azeem Azhar, Director
• WAYN, Peter Ward, Co-Founder & Co-CEO
• Wellington Partners, Chirag Patel, Associate
• Whitefox technologies, Gillian Harrison, CEO
• Widget UK Ltd, Mark Needham, Chairman
• WorldStores Ltd, Joe Murray, Director
• XJTAG, Simon Payne, CEO
• ZBD Displays Ltd, Colin Garrett, Chairman
• ZeeToZed Inc, Sandeep Jain, CEO
• Zeus, Paul Brennan, Chairman

• Commonest titles (in order of popularity): CEO, Founder, Chair, CFO, Director, VP, other.
• Over 95% board/partner level.
• Revenue range $0 – $ 800,000,000

2e2 Group – ACIS – Adaffix – Admob – Advent – AlertMe – AllIn Group – Amadeus – Amino Telecommunications – Anti-X Labs – ARM – AskPeopleYouKnow – Astley Clarke – Atlantic – Audioboo – AVEVA Group plc – AVG Technologies – Balderton – Basis Technologies – BDO – Betable – BioCair UK – Breathing Buildings – Buddi – Cambridge Angels – Cambridge Enterprise – Cambridge Green – Camvine – Cambridge Temperature Concepts – Catwalk Genius – CDI Europe – Channel Four – Chemsit Direct – Chesham Holdings – CIP Technologies – Clean Energy Ventures – Clickstream Technologies Plc – Clifton Cowley – CloudApps – CSR – DataGiving – Delta Partners – DIY Kyoto – eCommera -Enigma Diagnostics – Enval – Extreme Group – Fintech Ventures – Flexiant – Freshasalettuce – FreshMinds – Gameware Development – Genius Incubator – Gill Jennings & Every – God – Graham and Green – Green-Tide Turbines – Grove Group – Hotspur Capital – Howzat Media – HTK – Huddle – ideaSpace – IF Communications – iQ Capital –  iMeta Technologies – Index Ventures – i-nexus – Inmobi – Intelligent Energy – Intergence Systems – IRIS Software Group – Jefferies – KashFlow – Knowledge Peers – Medicanimal – Mind Candy – Mixcloud – MMC Ventures – MoneyDashboard – NESTA – Net a Porter – NHSi – Nivio – Nokia Research Center- Novacem - Nuance – Nujira – Octopus (not a pyschic one) – OpenCloud – Opportunity Link – Owlstone – Patients Know Best – Pavers – Plastic Logic – Polecat – Red Gate Software – SEB – SEP – Shazam Entertainment – Silicon Valley Bank – Sphere Medical – Spreadshirt – SS-AW.com – Starfish – Suffolk Creative – Tagman – Taptu – TeePeeGames – The BLN – The Conversation Group – TidePowerd – Timetric – TLCom – Tonejet – ViaPost – WAYN – Whitefox Technologies – Viewsflow – Violin – Wellington Partners – Widget UK – Worldstores – XJTAG – ZanRan – ZBD Displays – ZeeToZed – Zeus

Here is a partial A-Z list.

Please note it does not include the investors. We will publish a list of them later in the week but confirmed participants in this group include Advent, Amadeus, Index, Kleiner Perkins and Wellington. We really want an investor beginning with Z to get a proper A-Z index.

The following companies will have CEO/founder/partner/board representation:

2e2 Group – Adaffix – Admob – AlertMe – Anti-X Labs – ARM – AskPeopleYouKnow – Astley Clarke – AVEVA Group plc – AVG Technologies – Basis Technologies – BDO – BioCair UK – Breathing Buildings – Buddi – Cambridge Angels – Cambridge Enterprise – Cambridge Green – Novacem – Cambridge Temperature Concepts – Catwalk Genius – CDI Europe – Chesham Holdings – CIP Technologies – Clickstream Technologies Plc – Clifton Cowley – CloudApps – DIY Kyoto – eCommera -Enigma Diagnostics – Enval – Extreme Group – Flexiant – FreshMinds – Gameware Development – Genius Incubator – Gill Jennings & Every – God – Graham and Green – Green-Tide Turbines – Grove Group – Hotspur Capital – Howzat Media – HTK – ideaSpace – IF Communications – iMeta Technologies – i-nexus – Inmobi – Intelligent Energy – Intergence Systems – IRIS Software Group – Jefferies – Knowledge Peers – Medicanimal – Mind Candy – Mixcloud – NESTA – Net a Porter – Nivio – Nokia Research Center – Nujira – OpenCloud – Opportunity Link – Owlstone – Pavers – Plastic Logic – Polecat – Red Gate Software – Shazam Entertainment – Silicon Valley Bank – Sphere Medical – Spreadshirt – Starfish – Suffolk Creative – Tagman – Taptu – TeePeeGames – The BLN – The Conversation Group – TidePowerd – Timetric – ViaPost – Viewsflow – Violin – Widget UK – ZanRan – ZBD Displays – ZeeToZed – Zeus

We will announce the 10 startups to watch on the day.

Great news that Jana Eggers, the CEO and human dynamo behind Spreadshirt will be joining us at the BLN Growth Forum on July 15th to share her views and experiences on growing great teams. Spreadshirt, founded by Lukasz Gadowski in March 2001, now employs 300 people across the globe allows customers to create, buy and sell your own clothing. VC investors are Accel and Kennet Partners.

“Jana joined Spreadshirt in November 2006 to grow the North American corporation and to help manage the global corporation. In August of 2007, Jana was named Spreadshirt’s global CEO.

Jana brought her passion for the customer and innovation to Spreadshirt, which has mixed well with the creative and dedicated global team. She’s excited to lead Spreadshirt’s three business units – direct to customer shopping, shop partner platform, and design competitions – serving different customers that together build a strong proposition for the market. She also likes the opportunity to express herself everyday wearing a Spreadshirt with her own message.

Jana came to Spreadshirt from Intuit where she founded the corporate Innovation Lab and ran the company’s fastest growing business unit, QuickBase – an online application platform. Prior to Intuit, Jana held executive and technical positions at American Airline’s Sabre, Lycos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and several start-ups.

Jana’s work in innovation and leadership has been recognized with Mass High Tech’s Women to Watch award in 2004; Intuit’s CEO Excellent Award in 2005; and Hendrix College’s Odyssey Award for Professional and Leadership Development in 2007. She’s been featured in Business Week and Fortune magazines, and is a frequent invited speaker on technology, business, innovation, and leadership.”Company site.

Jana also writes the excellent Life on a shirt blog. http://www.lifeonashirt.com/

To register for the BLN Growth Forum, held on 15th July, visit: http://growthforum2010.thebln.com/tickets/

Much mirth at BLN Towers this morning as Cambridge Evening News run a great piece on the BLN Growth Forum, ‘Ask a question’ competition. A nice page in the Business Section. Sadly it has been illustrated with a picture of me that the editor, Jenny Chapman, must have conned out of my mother. Nice to see me looking so young, if not jaundiced.

The good looking chap in the cravat on the right is Hermann Hauser, founder of Acorn Computers (and ARM, Virata, Solexa, Plastic Logic,  the Olivetti Research Laboratory etc etc).

To read the full article, you can view it here.

Join us on 15th July for the BLN Growth Forum in partnership with BDO, Ideaspace & Silicon Valley Bank.

Our speakers have created over $10 billion of company value from zero. Check them out here.

Send a question that you would like to ask them to Question@thebln.com to win a BLN Growth Forum pass.

Closing date for entries 15th June.

We tried to nick the wording take inspiration for the words for a money back guarantee from other event sites but then discovered that we couldn’t find any conferences or fora that offered such a thing.

Here then is ours. It is all our own work. If you know of events that do, would be fascinated to take a look.

No Quibble Money Back Guarantee

We hope you will get value from your day but we also recognise that you are busy and probably thinking why should I give up a day at work and go to another conference?

We think you will find the people you meet at our Forum have more in common with you, and have more to offer you by way of shared experience, advice, investment and potential partnerships, than most events you go to. (Or you don’t bother going to anymore because you have got bored with wasting your time at events where some terribly important people get up on stage in a large, darkened room and don’t really tell you anything).

We want the BLN Growth Forum to be different – and we are prepared to put your money where our mouth is.

If you register on time for the day, you can at any point over the course of the proceedings, tell a member of our team you are leaving as you don’t feel you got value and would like your registration fee returned. We would love to know why, but we will happily return it with no questions asked. We look on this guarantee as our investment in customer feedback.

Frankly, we find it strange that other events don’t offer the same promise.

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Join us on 15th July for the BLN Growth Forum in partnership with BDO, Ideaspace & Silicon Valley Bank.

Our speakers have created over $10 billion of company value from zero. Check them out here.

This was really NOT a shallow attempt to squeeze more money out of you!

The problem has now been rectified but we are grateful to all those who pointed this out. We will extend the early booking discount to all those that have been in touch and to anyone that registers to attend until 11.00 am on June 8th.