Entries 和 nominations for the inaugural Greater Manchester 科技登山者 list are officially open, as the hunt for the best performing innovative tech businesses across the whole region begins.
科技登山者 is an annual list which showcases the top performing, innovative product-led technology businesses in the region 和 aims to gather data to showcase Greater Manchester as a leading, 全球科技目的地. 2019年首次推出, the project has welcomed a range of partners including tech investors, 当地政府, 对内投资, 和学术机构.
Submissions opened for 2023 on the 19th of July, following a launch event at Bruntwood SciTech’s No.十大网博靠谱平台市中心的环形广场1号. 该活动由Mo Aldalou主持, advisor at 科技登山者 和 programme director at Baltic Ventures, 召集了创始人和投资者小组, to talk about their lived experiences of raising investment, with over 90 attendees from the Manchester tech scene.
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Ryft首席执行官Sadra Hosseini表示:
“目前筹集资金很困难, but what’s good about 科技登山者 is that it raises the regions profile 和 shines a light on the investor opportunity here. 十大网博靠谱平台是一个非常有风度的地方, 和 an ideal location to build a business - we just need to make it easier to raise funding.”
Kiran Mehta, Investment Manager at Mercia Ventures spoke from an investor perspective, 和 added:
“Founders must really think about how they’ll st和 out. 平均, we spend about a matter of minutes reviewing the hundreds of pitch decks we receive each month, so it’s important to get the value proposition front 和 centre on page one. Think about investment as like a sales call - don’t waste time talking about how the underlying product works but focus on the value proposition 和 how it can solve a problem.”
在活动中, 科技登山者 also announced a br和-new national partnership with techUK, to elevate the work of 科技登山者 across the country.
Anna Heyes, Founder of 科技登山者 和 CEO at Active Profile said:
“《十大网博靠谱平台》的设计很简单. There’s no first or second prize – in our eyes, you’ve won if you’ve made the list. That’s a list of 20-25 tech businesses that are performing well under our three main headings – innovation, 影响(社会和环境), 投资准备.
随着我们的前进, we’re gathering growth data on the tech businesses so we can tell a story about the tech sector in each region, 这就是“科技攀登者”的不同之处. We’ve partnered with techUK as the first of multiple national partnerships in our plan.
We’re planning a big list reveal event in Manchester in October, open to anyone who enters to attend. It’s a fun couple of hours networking 和 celebrating with the community.”
Matt Robinson, Head of Nations 和 Regions at techUK added:
“techUK is delighted to be working with 和 supporting 科技登山者. We are in an important period for the UK tech sector with many technological changes helping drive new ideas, 概念和公司. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy for scaling tech companies. That’s why it’s important we celebrate 和 recognise companies doing brilliant things, 日益增长的, collaborating in new ways 和 securing new investment. 我鼓励个人和公司参与进来, 和 I can’t wait to find out more about them 和 their work”.
Anyone that becomes a Tech Climber will be sent a br和 pack – which is important for credibility, 尤其是对那些处于早期阶段的初创企业. And on from there, partners put together support packages for our winners to access. These include investment-readiness workshops, IP audits, 和 certain discounts.
This year’s sponsors for Manchester 科技登山者 include: Brabners, 伯恩斯希恩贝克·蒂利， 标志着 & 职员, 麦西亚资产管理公司 和 TD总统. 准合伙人是 数据城市, 交换, Innovateher, Manchester Digital, 十大网博靠谱平台的天使, 十大网博靠谱平台科技节, STFC 和 techUK.
If you’re a tech business in Manchester making a social or economic impact, 这是按比例设置的, 投资准备就绪并推动创新了吗, 输入你的业务(或指定一个你知道的)!).
报名截止日期为8月16日, with a celebration event to reveal this year’s Manchester 科技登山者 in October 2023.
