Director of Publisher Business Development at Ingram Content Group, Ruth Jones will chair a panel of judges and lead a short discussion on how to go about getting funding for your projects and what investors look for when putting their money behind businesses and individuals. This will be followed by some Dragon's Den style pitching (see the list of pitchers below)
Not only is Ruth involved in promoting the businesses that Ingram buy but will also be able to talk about 1440, an incubator they run for publishing entrepreneurs. Ruth's panel of judges will include: Tony Littner (Head of Start-Ups and Venture Capital at Harbottle & Lewis), Michael Spalter (Entrepreneur and Angel Investor), Ricardo Fayet (Co-Founder of Reedsy) and Ilona Simpson (Ariadne Capital).
The four people we have pitching for investment come from across the creative industries spectrum and include:
Richard Mason author and co-founder of Orson + Co
Nico Cary co-founder of Snaxapp
Tristan Abbot co-founder of Howdy
Madeleine Weightman co-founder of The Work Crowd
This event will be at the Groucho Club. Byte the Book and Groucho members get in free. Non-member tickets are £20. If you are keen to join Byte the Book please sign up here.
Members and non-members need to sign up for a ticket to reserve their place.
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