The BLN Growth Forum will present unrivalled opportunities to network with people behind some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurial businesses. Please contact Mark Littlewood on +44 (0)7760 171 929 or email mark@theBLN.com to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.
Growth Forum Partners
BDO
Whether your business is a start-up or a multi-national, we can help you achieve your goals. BDO LLP has over 235 partners and 3,150 staff in the UK & 14 offices across the country.
BDO International is the world’s 5th largest accountancy network with more than 1,000 offices in over 110 countries with 44,000 employees worldwide.
ideaSpace
ideaSpace is an experiment designed to connect innovators to the resources they need in order to make a significant impact on the world around them. ideaSpace is part of the University of Cambridge.
ideaSpace is an innovation hub, part of the new Hauser Forum, home to the University of Cambridge’s technology transfer operation Cambridge Enterprise, and also leading companies such as Nokia Research.
ideaSpace is where members turn ideas into technologies, products, and viable businesses.
SVB Financial Group
SVB Financial is the UK arm of a commercial bank specializing in banking and lending to technology, life science and cleantech companies across all growth sectors.
SVB banks approximately 60% of the technology companies in the US. SVB also banks venture capital and private equity firms.
Growth Forum Supporters
Cambridge Enterprise Limited
Cambridge Enterprise Limited is responsible for the commercialisation of University of Cambridge intellectual property and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University.
Activities include management and licensing of intellectual property and patents, proof of concept funding and support for University staff and research groups wishing to provide expert advice or facilities to public and private sector organisations.
Cambridge Enterprise provides access to angel and early stage capital through the Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds and Cambridge Enterprise Venture Partners, and offers business planning, mentoring and other related programmes.
Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide.
Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US9bn in over 1,000 companies in 46 countries.
In that timeframe, 174 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 231 were acquired or participated in a merger.
