September 2015 – Table Crowd Blog

Your seed round: Angels, Crowdfunding or VCs? – Next week’s dinner

Money, money, money... Does it make the world go round? We're getting October off to a good start here at TableCrowd with an exciting dinner coming up next week focused exclusively on the options available for you when raising capital at seed stage. Come along next week to hear from our expert speaker, Tim Jackson, and to meet like-minded folk in the same boat as you. Dine with Tim Jackson, partner at Lean ...

Fundraising

Adrian Lloyd from Episode 1 #AfterDinnerRoundup

Another valuable dinner this week here at TableCrowd over at Jamie's Italian with Adrian Lloyd, Founder Partner of Episode 1 Ventures. Episode 1 invests in seed and series A rounds of up to £2m in software-driven businesses with the potential to transform industries. Episode 1 like entrepreneurs who are data-driven, and are building a portfolio of companies that are using software technology to disrupt their chosen marketplaces. So what does Adrian advise for entrepreneurs who ...

Fundraising , Property , Sharing Economy

BlaBlaCar, flexible childcare, Dubai-based seed investors – Next week’s dinners at TableCrowd

You may have heard the name 'BlaBlaCar' bandied around at the moment and it certainly is a company that's made us sit up and listen, did you see that they just raised $200m? Next week, we're lucky enough to have Daniel Benamran, the UK Country Manager of dining with us at one our new venues, Mas Q Menos. Alternatively, come and join the conversation about flexible childcare on Tuesday night ...

Marketing , Tips

How to build your ‘brand DNA’

What do successful brands have in common? "They have a 'brand DNA'", says Robin Gadsby, one of the world's leading brand strategy and integration experts who has led some of the biggest brands like O2 to success. At our marketing dinner last week, Robin shared some of his tips for creating and maintaining a successful brand: Brand DNA: every brand must establish this at the very beginning Your DNA is made up ...

Community News

What dining with TableCrowd meant for Synap Founder

Recently we had a really lovely message from James Gupta, the Founder of Synap, an online education platform that uses AI algorithms and psychology research to enhance the way students and professionals learn. James attributes joining an EdTech dinner in June last year as the starting point of a chain reaction of meetings, events and business decisions which have pushed his business to a completely different place. Here is his ...

Fundraising , Marketing , Startup Dinners

Seedcamp, Forward Partners and Robin Gadsby, brand strategist #AfterDinnerRoundups

Last week, we got the chance to pick the brains of two seed investors: Matthew Bradley of Forward Partners and Reshma Sohoni of Seedcamp. Also in the mix was our dinner with Robin Gadsby, one of the world's leading brand strategy and integration experts whose clients include Google, Gettaxi and Rocket Fuel. To learn about what they expect from the companies that they work with, read on below... Dinner for solo founders with ...

Fundraising , TableCrowd News

Big welcome to our wonderful new partner – Venntro Media Group

It's always a good day at TableCrowd HQ when we get to announce a new partner, and we're really excited to have Venntro Media Group come aboard. Ross Williams, their CEO, has joined us at plenty of dinners including most recently our dinner with Paperless Post on planning for international growth, and dinner with journalist Edwin Smith. Founded in 2003, Venntro is the award-winning global media group that connects people to ...

Business Spotlights

#BusinessSpotlight on Stu Lewin of BTL Brands

This week, we had the pleasure of catching up with Stuart Lewin, after he dined with Ken Valledy last month. Stuart, who is the Founder and Creative Director of BTL Brand, gave us an insight of his business and what they have been up to since they launched. Here is what he had to say: What's the elevator pitch for your business? We like to help brands 'do better' online and offline. ...

Fundraising , Women

Seed & Series A funding and Ideas & development – Topics at Next Week’s Dinners

How are we half way through September already?! With the summer well and truly over, and the dark nights drawing in, it's best to get your diaries full of dinners to get you through the colder months ahead of us. With a Women's only dinner and one for those looking to understand how to secure investment in seed and series A, let's take a look at what we've got planned ...

Marketing

Connecting with brands: Tech2Brand dinner #AfterDinnerRoundup

Our members this week were treated to a dinner with Ken Valledy from Tech2Brand. Held in the sumptuous surroundings of Drummonds, Ken was on hand to share some insight into how large established brands connect with new start-ups. Let's find out what he said... If you'd have told me five years ago I'd be here speaking at this start-up dinner, I'd have said, 'Why, what did I do wrong?' Ken explained how he never imagined ...