Women Scale Ups - StartmeupHK Festival Community Event
05 Sep 2022 06:00pm - 08:00pm
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Garage Society, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Free Event
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Join our Women Scale-Ups event to highlight how local entrepreneurs and global business women can scale up in Hong Kong and beyond.
Presented by Next Chapter Raise, this community event is part of the StartmeupHK Festival 2022.
Bringing together investors and female founders who have used Hong Kong as a launchpad to scale their business to share their perspectives, experiences and insights. Plus an opportunity to network with investors and the female founder ecosystem and increase your network for scaling your business!
Date & Time: 5th September, 2022, 6:00-8:00pm HKT
In-Person: Garage Society, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
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Join Virtually: Live Streamed Globally
PANEL 1
How to go from Start Up to Sale Up
For many businesses, moving from startup to scale up is a big leap. This involves getting funding and structuring the team to support scaling fast and capture the market opportunity. In this panel, you will hear from Eugenie Pratley, HSBC Global Business Banking and Andy Lee, AngelVest & Sprout on the funding and business support that businesses can access in Hong Kong to scale their business in Hong Kong and beyond.
Eugiena Pratley, HSBC Global Business Bank which has recently launched the HSBC Female Entrepreneur Fund that is more than just a source of capital but is seeking to build partnerships with founders to help scale their business to the next level.
Andy Lee, ex-Uber Asia Pacific head, investor with Angel Vest, HK and Shanghai's largest angel network, and co-founder and CEO of Sprout, and investor-backend company helping startups scale up through managing share, employees share options and fundraising in one platform.
PANEL 2:
Fireside Chat: Backstage Pass to Successful Fundraising
Want to know what makes the difference for winning pitches to successfully raise millions of dollars? Want to know what investors are really looking for when you are using their money to scale up your business?
In this fireside chat, we will speak with two founders on their fundraising success including what worked in their pitch decks, what investor discussions were really like and how they used funding to scale.
Winnie Wong, Chief of Staff, Pickupp will share the insider tips on Pickupp's success in raising US$50million.
Bianca Ho, Co-Founder & COO at WATI.io & Clare.AI, leads with a vision to help companies grow smarter and scale.
7:30-8:00pm In person networking
A golden opportunity to connect and network with investors and the female founder ecosystem and increase your network for scaling your business!
More Events
Garage Society, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Free Event
Registration closed
Join our Women Scale-Ups event to highlight how local entrepreneurs and global business women can scale up in Hong Kong and beyond.
Presented by Next Chapter Raise, this community event is part of the StartmeupHK Festival 2022.
Bringing together investors and female founders who have used Hong Kong as a launchpad to scale their business to share their perspectives, experiences and insights. Plus an opportunity to network with investors and the female founder ecosystem and increase your network for scaling your business!
Date & Time: 5th September, 2022, 6:00-8:00pm HKT
In-Person: Garage Society, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
-OR-
Join Virtually: Live Streamed Globally
PANEL 1
How to go from Start Up to Sale Up
For many businesses, moving from startup to scale up is a big leap. This involves getting funding and structuring the team to support scaling fast and capture the market opportunity. In this panel, you will hear from Eugenie Pratley, HSBC Global Business Banking and Andy Lee, AngelVest & Sprout on the funding and business support that businesses can access in Hong Kong to scale their business in Hong Kong and beyond.
Eugiena Pratley, HSBC Global Business Bank which has recently launched the HSBC Female Entrepreneur Fund that is more than just a source of capital but is seeking to build partnerships with founders to help scale their business to the next level.
Andy Lee, ex-Uber Asia Pacific head, investor with Angel Vest, HK and Shanghai's largest angel network, and co-founder and CEO of Sprout, and investor-backend company helping startups scale up through managing share, employees share options and fundraising in one platform.
PANEL 2:
Fireside Chat: Backstage Pass to Successful Fundraising
Want to know what makes the difference for winning pitches to successfully raise millions of dollars? Want to know what investors are really looking for when you are using their money to scale up your business?
In this fireside chat, we will speak with two founders on their fundraising success including what worked in their pitch decks, what investor discussions were really like and how they used funding to scale.
Winnie Wong, Chief of Staff, Pickupp will share the insider tips on Pickupp's success in raising US$50million.
Bianca Ho, Co-Founder & COO at WATI.io & Clare.AI, leads with a vision to help companies grow smarter and scale.
7:30-8:00pm In person networking
A golden opportunity to connect and network with investors and the female founder ecosystem and increase your network for scaling your business!