Mercia EIS Funds

Startup competition launches

THE PITCH
Startup competition
Q1 2015
To kick off 2015, we will be holding our first quarterly startup Business plan competition with a rotating sector focus.
We therefore formally invite applications from startups in the sectors of ‘Electronics and Hardware’, ‘Advanced Materials’, ‘Engineering’ and ‘Specialised Manufacturing’.
Companies applying should be no older than 2 years old and will not have received either EIS or VCT funding previously.
Prizes include:
£3000 (winner)
To enter, please submit an executive summary or slide deck outlining your
business proposition to alexh@merciafund.co.uk by 12pm on
Saturday 28th February. Finalists will be invited to pitch in person to the
Mercia Fund Management team at 2pm on Monday 9th March.