Check out the slide deck on Incubating, Accelerating and Financing London Mobile Business that I presented at MOMO in march. It is every link to sources of investment, funding, support and advice that a tech entrepreneur will need.

Incubating, Accelerating and Financing London’s Mobile

Disrupting London, March 5 2013 at 12.30PM

Level39, One Canada Square, London (Canary Wharf)

DisruptingLondon.com

 Exclusive invitation for Capital Enterprise members

Meet some of the most inspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups from the United States as they visit London on their European business development Road Show on March 5!  Huddle co-founder Andy McLoughlin will present the keynote to start off the afternoon, so make sure to be on time!

 Capital Enterprise CEO John Spindler will participate in the conference, which will be the very first event ever to take place in Europe’s largest technology accelerator space; brand new Level39. Members are invited to attend for only £ 25 to cover the costs of coffee and drinks (regular conference pass price is £ 249).

Visit DisruptingLondon.com and use coupon code Capital Enterprise for this opportunity.

Digital Innovation in TV: Exclusive Speed Networking Event

CALLING ALL BIO-ENTREPRENEURS

Angels in the City Entrepreneur Pitching Event

The Student Enterprise Conference 2013

Innotribe Startup Challenge 2013

Lloyds TSB looking for the brightest and the best

Understanding Business Finance:  Accessing Growth Finance Seminar

Business support and mentoring for social entrepreneurs

Web in Feb is coming!

Cr8net conference is back  

U-Create

How to start and grow your business

Co-Founders Mingle and Match

Big Venture Challenge 2013

Digital Innovation in TV: Exclusive Speed Networking Event

Are you a digital company with innovative applications or services that could contribute to the future of the TV industry? There are just seven days left to apply for this exclusive speed networking event which offers the opportunity to connect with noteworthy individuals from BBC, MTV Networks UK, Virgin Media, Decipher, Channel 4, Maverick TV, and Zodiak Media.

CALLING ALL BIO-ENTREPRENEURS

OneStart – the largest business plan competition in the world, Together with SR One, Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable are now accepting entries for innovative ideas that can meaningful impact patient health. Offering £100k, free lab space at Stevenage BioScience Catalyst, and a chance to set the biotech-world on fire.

Angels in the City Entrepreneur Pitching Event
Are you an innovating entrepreneur living in Tech City or the boroughs surrounding the City of London, seeking equity investment from the Capital’s Angel investors? Then apply for an opportunity to pitch to over 100 seed investors.

The Student Enterprise Conference 2013

Interested in starting or growing a business? Join over 200 students and grads for the 4th annual Student Enterprise Conference at Nottingham Trent University on Feb 9-10. Tickets are just £25 for the weekend - available at nsec2013.eventbrite.com using discount code Enterprise123. Great sessions from the likes of Google, Virgin’s youngest ever MD, and founders who’ve been there and done it! Gain real insight into the world of starting up and building a business. Get involved!

Innotribe Startup Challenge 2013

Could you be the next startup or innovator to transform the financial services industry? Are you interested in sharing your innovative ideas and knowledge with a panel of influential decision-makers from leading financial institutions across the globe? If so, let’s join forces. The Innotribe Startup Challenge bridges the gap between the financial services industry and today’s brightest startups and innovators. Launched by SWIFT, the Challenge travels around the world, with three regional showcases in the US, Asia, and Europe.  It provides participants with the unique opportunity to get together and create smart company pitches, facilitate insightful discussions on emerging innovations, and participate in useful networking events. It has never been more important to explore new ways of doing business, collaborate with the right people at the right time, and make things happen.

Lloyds TSB looking for the brightest and the best

For the second time Lloyds TSB want to recognise the success of businesses like yours through the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards. We’re setting out to find the very best entrepreneurial talent emerging out of our universities.  The 2013 Enterprise Awards aims to celebrate innovation, drive and dedication and will provide winners with national recognition, business support and a cash prize to invest in their business.

 Understanding Business Finance:  Accessing Growth Finance Seminar

This seminar will help growing businesses access alternatives sources of finance to banks. If you are looking to access finance or been refused a business loan by your bank this is the seminar for you.

Come and listen to a panel of experts to help you understand the new range of financial products as alternatives to banks so you can identify the right type of finance for your business.

This seminar is exclusively for Camden businesses looking to explore funding options, raise finance to grow and expand.

 Business support and mentoring for social entrepreneurs

If you are a social entrepreneur interested in taking part in Impact Lab’s mentoring programme apply today!

Web in Feb is coming!

‘Web in Feb’ 2013 is here to help you and your business get connected.  The British Library has put together a month of special workshops and events for you to target and optimise your online audience to its maximum potential.

 Cr8net conference is back  

Cr8net is a one-day conference for the creative industries, bringing together industry practitioners, policy makers and businesses. This year, Cr8net will be held at the innovative Village Underground (in ‘Tech City’) on 24th April 2013.

 U-Create

u-create is a fantastic opportunity for London Students that will challenge you to combine creativity with enterprise.

 How to start and grow your business

A two part monthly workshop designed to help you with many of the queries that you might have while starting up and growing your business.  The first half covers how to register your business, how to manage your finances, the basics on building a website and more. If you are familiar with the topics of the first half then you are welcome to join us at the break for the second part concentrating on product validation and how to pitch your product when selling to clients.

 Co-Founders Mingle and Match

Looking for an awesome co-founder? Meet people that share your passion and complement your skills.

 Big Venture Challenge 2013

Are you an ambitious England-based social entrepreneur looking to raise £50,000-£250,000 of investment to rapidly grow your social venture?

Monday 14 January 

Big thank you goes out to all those who attended, presented and helped out at our Startup New Year event last Thursday.  In total we had nearly 250 entrepreneurs buzzing around Google Campus and most people seemed to have a great time. 

In this week’s newsletter we have loads more events and competitions but to get the most update news, events and offers do follow us on twitter @capenterprise

£5m for entrepreneurs with a good idea
Spring Market Competition Made at the British Library
Startup Weekend
UnLtd Big Venture Challenge
Startup Workshops in Ikea
Fancy getting £9K wiped off your student loan?
Popup at Country Living magazine Popup Market
Fancy pitching to 2000 people?
Angels in the City Entrepreneur Pitching Event
Wayra – Closing 21 Jan 13 

£5m for entrepreneurs with a good idea
The Department of Health has announced £5 million of funding for businesses to come up with new products or services that will help improve the experience of people with mental health illnesses and people at the end of their life.

Spring Market Competition Made at the British Library
Are you a designer or maker? Have you used the Library to develop your ideas?
Win a stand at our Spring Market on Monday 4 March 2013 on the British Library Piazza in London. The Market is part of the  Spring Festival and will show off the work of ten of the most innovative jewellery, fashion, homeware and craft designers who have used the British Library. If you have attended an event, used our Business & IP Centre, seen an exhibition or have a Reader Pass you are eligible to enter.
 
Startup Weekend
The next Start-up weekend in London is on the 25^th of January on the theme of Education. Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures.

NHS Hack Day
NHS Hack Days are weekend events that brings together doctors, nurses, developers, designers, and other “geeks who love the NHS” to create disruptive solutions to problems in the health space. NHS Hack Days are ongoing and enjoy the support of prominent international health care and technology leaders. The next event is at Oxford on the 26^th and 27^th.

UnLtd Big Venture Challenge
Are you an ambitious social entrepreneur looking to raise £50,000-£250,000 of investment to rapidly grow your social venture?

Startup Workshops in Ikea
Enterprise Nation has teamed up with Ikea to run Startup workshops. They promise to be fun and friendly evening classes for people who want to start their own businesses

Fancy getting £9K wiped off your student loan?
Saddled by student debt? Whether you’re a first-year student or a graduate, if you embarked on a BA or BMus in 2006* or later, you could benefit from having £9,000 wiped off your Student Loans Company balance by IdeasTap.

Popup at Country Living magazine Popup Market
Turn your Passion into profit with practical advice and real-life inspiration form Country Living Magazine’s team of expert. 

Fancy pitching to 2000 people?
The TNW Startup Rally will give 20 finalists the chance to launch or announce new products or services in front of a global audience.  Present on the main stage in front of a live audience of 2000 people and an online audience of more than 20,000.   

Angels in the City Entrepreneur Pitching Event
Are you an innovating entrepreneur living in Tech City or the boroughs surrounding the City of London, seeking equity investment from the Capital’s Angel investors? Then apply for an opportunity to pitch to over 100 seed investors.

Wayra – Closing 21 Jan 13 
If you form part of an entrepreneurial team and have an innovation, business idea, solution, design or project that meets a need any other digital field associated with the web environment or mobile software, even if we do not yet know about it, whether or not you have created a company, Wayra can help you make it come true.

Award winning Apps software development House – Develapps has joined forcces with Capital Enterprise to offer entrepreneurs in London the opportunity to have a IOS or Android App built for them absolutely free.

The app they have offered to build to the winning companies specification will be a basic MVP but still sufficient for the winning company to test the market.

If you are interested then check out this link-

http://develapps.co.uk/mvp/Startup_New_Year/2mvp.pdf