The Chicago Angels Network and Startup Manufactory have partnered to host this panel discussion.

 

Where

Chicago Booth London
Woolgate Exchange
25 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5HA, United Kingdom

Event Details

Thinking of investing in start-ups and want to learn how to assess an opportunity? Are you an aspiring entrepreneur and need to know what will make you an attractive investment?

Join us for a discussion with practitioners in the start-up world who will share their insights on what factors improve the probability of a start-up's success, and which lead to struggle and failure.

The Chicago Angels Network and Startup Manufactory have partnered to host this panel discussion

Panel speakers

Julian Carter
is a co-founder and managing director of EC1 Capital, a London based web and mobile investment fund. He has more than 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur and investor. Julian is a hands-on mentor and sits on a number of start-up boards including WeSwap, User Replay and TRULY Experiences.

Nancy Fechnay is a partner at Flight.vc, a community of over 2,500 investors and 80 portfolio companies, and runs its UK syndicate in London. She mentors for several accelerators including Techstars, Mass Challenge and Cognicity Challenge. Nancy holds a MBA from Duke University and founded Duke Ventures.

Chaney Ojinnaka, '12 (XP81) is founder and CEO of Chalkrow, an international B2B leads and research platform for institutional funds and corporations. He mentors across Europe in accelerators such as TechStars in Berlin, INiTS in Austria, Ideacy in Cyprus, and was a former Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Startupbootcamp. Chaney holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Alex Shevelenko is founder and CEO of Glocal Partners, a boutique advisory firm for new market entry and incubator of productivity applications. His latest venture is Relayto, a publishing platform for web documents and applications. He mentors for accelerators in London and Paris including Seedcamp, LeCamping and Startup Leadership Program. Alex holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

 

Cost

£10 (includes networking drinks)

 

Registration

Register Online

Please be advised that we are unable to offer refunds, your registration is a firm commitment to the event.

Deadline: 9/23/2015

Program

6:30 PM-7:00 PM: Registration

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Panel Discussion

8:30 PM-9:30 PM: Networking Drinks

Questions

Yesenia Hernandez, '05, Matt Kuppers 

Other Information

Chicago Angels Network (C.A.N.) is building a trusted network of domain experts, mentors and angel investors to help entrepreneurs build successful, fast growing businesses. Follow C.A.N. on Twitter at @chicago_angels

Startup Manufactory is a start-up business consultancy that specializes in building start-ups, advising corporates and educational institutions. Follow Startup Manufactory on Twitter at @StartupMfactory