Meet the Investors: Glasgow

Meet the Investors is a series of events helping UK tech SMEs navigate scale-up finance. Each event connects SMEs with investors and experts to share insights, funding tips, and networking opportunities.

In October 2024, techUK published its UK Tech SMEs: Driving Economic Growth and Innovation report, highlighting the importance of SMEs to the UK economy and the challenges they face in achieving their growth ambitions.

Meet the Investors: Glasgow will look to address one of the key challenges identified in the report – access to scale-up finance. Through keynotes addresses and a panel discussion, you will hear from a number of investors who work in and around the Glasgow area, and have the opportunity to ask them questions.

Event details

Date and Time: 17 June, 14.00 - 17.00
Cost: Free
Location: Glasgow

Why you should attend

Who should attend

If you are a tech SME looking to raise investment to scale your business, come along and hear from investors as they discuss the finance ecosystem in Glasgow and top tips for accessing scale-up finance.

UK Tech SMEs: Driving Economic Growth and Innovation

This report illustrates the critical impact of tech SMEs across the nations and regions. techUK has combined quantitative data from Beauhurst with interviews from tech SMEs to provide both the current macroeconomic picture of tech SMEs, but also the economic and social impact made by individual tech SMEs.

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14.00 - 14.15	Registration and networking
14.15 - 14.20	Introduction
14.20 - 14.25	Overview of the region’s tech ecosystem and challenges/opportunities for growth in 2025
14.25 - 14.30	Overview of the investment landscape in the region and opportunities/areas of focus for 2025
14.30 - 14.40	Scale-up story
14.40 - 14.55	Q&A
14.55 - 15.05	Break
15.05 - 15.20	Fireside chat: scaling female-founded business
15.20 - 16.10	Panel Discussion Barry McCulloch, Senior Manager, British Business Bank Ben Leslie, Investment Director, Puma Growth Partners
16.10 - 17.00	Networking

Meet the Investors: Glasgow

Amy Burnett

Barry McCulloch

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