MobileMonday Belfast News

E-Synergy Seminar : Proof of Concept grants, Investment Readiness Training & the Invest Growth Equity Fund

2009-10-21T22:28:00Z

E-Synergy will be hosting a free of charge Introductory Seminar in Belfast on Tuesday 27 October 2009

The half day event aims to explain the E-Synergy offerings including:

Proof of Concept grants
Investment Readiness Training
Invest Growth Equity Fund.

The event will be held in the The Presidents Club, Midtown Center, 25 Talbot Street, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast BT1 2LD

If you are interested in attending please contact Kirsten Campbell on 020 7583 3503 or e-mail k.Campbell@e-synergy.com to book a place.

E-Synergy Investment Readiness Programme (IRP)

2009-06-14T16:46:00Z

Dear All,

E-Synergy are one of London’s most active Fund Managers, we provides early stage finance, support and training to companies and entrepreneurs. E-Synergy manages a number of specialist funds including: two £5m Early Growth Funds for English companies, a £2m Scottish Co-investment Fund, a £1m pre-commercial grants for a group of London universities and a £5m Early Growth Fund for Northern Irish companies.

Throughout E-Synergy’s life we have developed an acclaimed series of Investment Readiness Programmes. The workshop sessions put up to ten companies together and aims to help companies understand the investor perspective as well as giving a thorough grounding in a range of issues including strategic planning, sales and marketing techniques, intellectual property licensing, corporate finance and legal agreements.

This is used to condition our investment pipeline and get to know prospective investee companies. Details of the two Introductory Seminars are attached and prospective companies are encouraged to contact Kirsten Campbell if you are interested in attending one of the two dates.

The Investment Readiness Programmes is sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland.

Is your company appropriate for investment?

Do you know what investors are looking for?

Do you speak investors’ language?

Raising investment can often seem enigmatic and frustrating, but it needn’t be. Raising capital is like selling. Before you meet prospective clients, you need to figure out who to approach, understand your prospects’ needs, and speak their language. There is no dark art to raising finance, just a bit of education and a lot of preparation.

The E-Synergy Investment Readiness Programme is developed and delivered by experienced fundraising team and is designed to enlighten entrepreneurs about the investment raising process. This Introductory Seminar gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn more about E-Synergy and the full Investment Readiness Programme and will give us a chance to meet you and answer questions you may have is this area.

The next two workshop will be held on Monday, 22 June and Wednesday 1 July 2009, and is available through invitation only. There is limited capacity and registrations will be taken on a first come first serve basis, so please register early. To register or to find out more information about the E-Synergy Investment Readiness Programme, please contact Kirsten Campbell at +44 207 583 3503 or k.campbell@e-synergy.com.

Click on the link below to download the flyer

NI IRP Flyer.pdf

MobileMonday launches in Northern Ireland

2008-04-11T13:14:00Z

Belfast welcomes world’s leading networking and educational community in the mobile technology industry

Belfast, 11^th April 2008 – MobileMonday, the public online community which aims to bring together developers, decision-makers, researchers and funding agencies from the mobile industry, is coming to Northern Ireland with the establishment of MobileMonday Belfast.The launch will take place on Monday 21^st April with an early evening event at the Radisson hotel in Belfast, with leading industry speakers discussing the topic of “Mobile Advertising”.MobileMonday organises monthly events, international conventions and offers an online community and newsletters. Its main objectives are to promote innovation within the mobile industry, to encourage networking amongst different organisations and to communicate industry trends, research findings and future projections.Co-founder of MobileMonday Belfast and CTO of Mobility Data Systems, Colm Hayden, said, “The benefits for local companies will be for their staff to network with other professionals with mobile communication interests based here, as well as meeting international mobile industry speakers invited on various occasions. Participants will also have the opportunity to present their company to a worldwide audience at very low cost.”Norbert Sagnard, co-founder of MobileMonday Belfast and Managing Consultant with Sagnard Marketing Associates, added, “Every year, Mobile Monday organises a Peer Awards and a Global Summit, where we hope to place innovative local companies in front of a global audience of mobile professionals. We also expect 700 events in 2008 in 70 different cities around the world with more than 90,000 participants. These figures make MobileMonday the world’s leading event organiser - and it’s here, right now, in Northern Ireland!”

Notes to editors:

MobileMonday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influencers fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. The organisation behind MobileMonday is a Finnish Not-for-Profit Organisation called MobileMonday Oy, which coordinates the global community with the help of more than 300 volunteers, worldwide.MobileMonday has six main objectives, which are, to encourage innovation within the mobile sector, to facilitate networking between small and large, and local and foreign companies, to help local companies participate effectively in international initiatives through the import and export of visions, concepts, technologies, know-how and best practices, to present innovative visions, trends, studies and forecasts from the mobile marketplace, to facilitate and create partnerships, and to contribute to the education of the broader public through its publications, online presence and media partnerships.For further information please contact:Norbert Sagnard
Co-founder of MobileMonday Belfast
(M) 07884 187 727
(E):norbert(at)mobilemondaybelfast.org
Local site: http://mobilemondaybelfast.org/ and global site: www.mobilemonday.net