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SCREEN YORKSHIRE & 4iP PRESENT: INVESTMENT WORKSHOP - YOUR INSIDE TRACK

Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)

Sheffield, United Kingdom

SCREEN YORKSHIRE & 4iP PRESENT: INVESTMENT WORKSHOP - YOUR...

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SCREEN YORKSHIRE & 4iP PRESENT: INVESTMENT WORKSHOP - YOUR INSIDE TRACK

4iP
Date:
Thursday 10th June 2010
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
Venue: Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus, S1 2BJ

This is your inside track to hear from the individuals on the front line of providing private and commercial investment into the very best digital content, services and products.

There are several unique sources of finance open to companies in this region, and investors that are interested and keen to support new products and services that exploit new technologies.

One of these is Channel 4's 4iP fund, which works alongside partnership funds from Screen Yorkshire. The two teams have brought together a range of fund mangers to share their experience of working with and supporting new, creative, products.

Workshop 1
Will explore what it means to be investor ready and will look at the support available to help companies access these funds and the range of investment options available to companies with great ideas and ambition.

Workshop 2
Will look explore ideas generation and focus on what makes a great idea, how to test the market opportunity and how to use marketing to capture and retain users/consumers.
(Dates and details to follow).

Workshop 1 - Investment Workshop speakers:
Lucy Würstlin
 - Yorkshire 4iP Commissioner
Emma Chshire - Head of Industry Development, Screen Yorkshire
Melanie Hayes - 4iP Investment Manager (Finance & Investment Overview
Karen Hobson - Development Manager, UnLtd (Mentoring & Coaching Case Studies)
Patrick Bradley - Director, Ingenious Media (Becoming Investor Ready: a VC's Guide)
Angela Pugh & Deborah Fox - Programme Managers, NESTA (The NESTA Creative Business Mentor Network)
Petter Warnsberg - Content & Concept Director, Hyper Island (Leadership & Management)
Andy Tait - Associate Partner, Pembridge Partners (Investment in Games & Mobile: A Case Study)
Ed French - Finance Yorkshire (The Regional Landscape; Seedcorn Funding)
Sarah Thelwall - Founder, MyCake (Financials - What should you be aiming for & how is everyone else doing?)


Screen Yorkshire is the regional screen agency, responsible for inspiring, promoting and supporting a successful and sustainable film, television, games and interactive media sector in Yorkshire and Humber. www.screenyorkshire.co.uk

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The Electric Works
3 Concourse Way
S1 2BG Sheffield
United Kingdom

Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)


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Screen Yorkshire manages the new £15m Yorkshire Content Fund, launched in February 2012. Screen Yorkshire will invest in content within in TV, film, video games and the digital sectors in Yorkshire and Humber through the innovative new Yorkshire Content Fund. The largest fund of its kind in the UK, the Yorkshire Content Fund is managed by Screen Yorkshire and is funded with £7,500,000 of investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which will be matched by private investment on a project-by-project basis. Screen Yorkshire will invest in content creation by Yorkshire-based companies as well as being used to attract productions looking to locate within the region. For further information visit www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/funding