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VC Coffee Morning with Edge Investments

November 16, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm GMT

THIS EVENT IS FOR TECHHUB MEMBERS ONLY

Join us for an informal chat over coffee and cake where we will be welcoming Joanna Smith and Hannah Williamson from Edge Investments.

Edge Investments is a specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, in particular media and entertainment, which has raised more than £145m since launch. Edge Investments is focused on delivering growth capital to emerging companies. They generally invest £500k to £5m as growth capital in businesses which:-

  • are in their identified sectors – the creative industries and the technologies that power them
  • have proven management
  • have existing revenues of in excess of £1m pa
  • which are profitable or have reasonable visibility over profits in the near term
  • require a total round of £500k to £5m
  • have the capability to scale rapidly to build earnings and value in 2-7 years
  • with an exit route in 5-7 years
  • which are capable of generating a return of at least 3x money within a five year period.

and where Edge can add value to enhance returns. Edge can invest worldwide but they look for businesses with some UK presence/angle.

Joanna Smith (Investment Manager) ACA, has spent her career in finance both in practice at PwC and then in an investment role at Channel 4 and is an Investment Manager at Edge Investments.

Joanna attained a 2:1 degree from Oxford University and started her career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers where she trained as an accountant, working on clients in the entertainment and media sector such as Fremantle Media, MTV and Walt Disney. In 2012, she joined Channel 4 as an analyst where she worked on their existing venture capital portfolio and subsequently helped launch the £20 million C4 Indie Growth Fund. In 2014 she became Corporate Development Manager of the Indie Growth Fund and Film4. In 2015 Joanna became Corporate Development Manager Investments with responsibility over all investment activity at Channel 4, including the new Commercial Growth Fund, which offers discounted advertising airtime for equity in early stage businesses. She joined Edge in early 2016.

Hannah Williamson (Associate) joined Edge in 2015, her role includes supporting the Investment Team with deal flow generation and assessment, particularly focusing on retail tech and content businesses.

Prior to Edge, Hannah worked at the online retailer ASOS for 3 years, within the operational side of the business. Hannah holds a first-class honours degree in Fashion and Textile Management from Nottingham Trent University.

This session will be run as 1:1 slots. To book a slot, please use the eventbride widget below. To get the access code, please email perdie.alder@techhub.com

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Date: November 16, 2017
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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