Presentation by Peter Leather, Head of IP and Commercialisation, UCLAN at the Funding - Liverpool City Region SME workshop on Thursday 7 February 2019 at The Accelerator, Liverpool

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2. Investment Readiness Programme
“A Finishing School for SMES”
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Pete Leather
Programme Director, UCLan Ventures
Head of IP & Commercialisation

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Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idmELYaaTXw

4. •Many investors
•No shortage of money
But……most businesses fail to raise
investment!
This is caused by:
• Lack of knowledge about available financing option
• Fear of losing control of their business
• Information asymmetry
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Why the Investment Readiness Programme?

5. Investor led – team of experienced investors
Real knowledge – not theory
Improved investment prospects
Gives investors confidence
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Market gap – programme developed by investment
professionals
Investment Readiness Programme?

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• Workshops
• 1 to 1 support
• Intellectual property focus
• Investment proposal due diligence & feedback
• Pitching practice & investor identification
For early stage to established SMEs, with growth potential typically seeking
£50,000 to £millions.
The programme ensures you understand what is required, you have all the
information needed so you are properly prepared; to get through the
investors door.
Flexible Investor-Led Programme?

7. • 96% of UK businesses do not know the value of their Intellectual
Property Rights
• Only 11% of UK businesses know that disclosure of an invention before
filing will invalidate a patent.
• 74% of UK businesses could not correctly identify the owner of
copyright when using a subcontractor
• Only 4% of UK businesses have an Intellectual Property policy
• G20 lose $125 billion annually to counterfeiting & piracy
• Total counterfeiting globally has reached to 1.2 Trillion USD in 2017
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IP Facts

8. Investor - Graham Shiers, Founder & Director, Business Catalyst Club
Commenting on the pitch by a Lancashire Investment Readiness programme
beneficiary, …
“Spot on! Unlike many other companies we see, didn’t sell the product, sold
the business”.
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Beneficiary - Martin Leeming CEO Trak-Rap Ltd
“This is a must do programme for anybody thinking about raising
investment in their business. Knowledgeable people, with a variety of
relevant backgrounds and hands on experience, take you step by step
through this minefield, using a series of group workshops and one to
ones”.
Feedback

9. For info:
T. 01772895656
E. investmentreadiness@uclan.ac.uk
W. www.uclan.ac.uk/investmentreadiness
Twitter. @invreadiness
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Lancashire Investment Readiness programme?
Watch the video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7z9LOssFZI