Easier Access to Equity Investment
Reality Gap works with the private equity community and entrepreneurial new businesses providing pre-investment commercialization expertise INSIDE the business to validate and improve its chances of success BEFORE any major investment is made.
This isn’t due diligence and it isn’t consultancy. It is far stronger in that Reality Gap will actually go out into the market and generate sales contracts for the new business, establishing the market, the customer and the price.
The team include Martin Avison, Steve McMahon, Jock Millican and Heleen Kist. Find out more at www.reality-gap.co.uk
Where would you go to buy or sell a business?
www.Goingconcern.co.uk is a website to facilitate the buying and selling of businesses including insolvencies. It is aimed at the business professions and their clients with responses directed through them. An efficient market for businesses has the potential for significant economic impact and to encourage additional investment by simplifying acquisition and disposal. The ultimate aim of Goingconcern is to become the first port of call for those looking to buy or sell a business.
The team of Tom Rae, David Whyte and Martin Browne have developed the site which now has over 400 live listings and a weekly newsletter listing insolvencies but a number of questions remain…………….
Giving his comments on both companies we are delighted to welcome;
Dr Geoff Gregson of University of Edinburgh
PhD(Edinburgh); LLM(Distinction)(Edinburgh); MSc (Edinburgh); MBA(Calgary); BPE(Alberta)
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Previous experience as business consultant and analyst assisting new technology-based companies in accessing investment, team formation, business strategy, etc. Started-up and managed two companies and remain involved in assisting high-growth start-ups and supporting activities of the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club:
Our thanks to MBM Commercial LLP for co-sponsoring this event;
MBM Commercial is a niche commercial legal firm which has a focus on working with investors, entrepreneurs and high growth SME's. Many of its clients work in the technology sectors, including biotechnology, life sciences and healthcare. It is a dynamic and busy practice which recently won "Law Firm of the Year 2008" in the Law Awards of Scotland. The mantra of the firm is to help you get the result you want, on time and on budget. Much of the work that they do is based on fixed fees to ensure there are no surprises. Many of the lawyers within the firm are double graduates with a second degree in technology. The firm provides a full range of commercial legal services to businesses, which include corporate, corporate finance, intellectual property and technology, commercial contracts, commercial property, commercial litigation and employment