WREN presents: Webinar on Navigating the Spinout Pathway with Scottish Enterprise, 11th November 12:00-13:00
WREN presents: Webinar on Navigating the Spinout Pathway with Scottish Enterprise, 11th November 12:00-13:00
UofG Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Engagement; WREN presents:
Date: Monday 11 November 2024
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Venue: online
Category: Academic events, Student events, Courses, Staff workshops and seminars
Speaker: Nicola McMillan
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1038984690177?aff=oddtdtcreator
The Women Researchers' Enterprise Network (WREN) is excited to invite you to an informative online session featuring Nicola McMillan, the Team Leader of the Scottish Enterprise High Growth Company Creation team.
During this webinar, Nicola will share insights on how Scottish Enterprise aids budding businesses with a variety of financial support options, including grants, loans, and venture capital investments. Additionally, we will learn about Scottish Enterprise's upcoming initiative designed to empower female entrepreneurs.
Ensure your spot in this virtual lunchtime event on the 11th November (12:00-13:00) by securing your webinar link through Eventbrite.
Find out more about the WREN Network and our events: glasgow.ac.uk/wren
About the speaker:
Nicola McMillan leads the High Growth Company Creation Team which delivers the High Growth Spin Out Programme at Scottish Enterprise, supporting the commercialisation of world class research from Scotland’s Universities, Research Institutions, and the NHS. The programme supports academics to develop their commercial proposition, spin out and raise investment with the ambition to become internationally competitive scaling businesses. Previously Nicola managed a portfolio of Scottish Enterprise’s High growth Venture’s clients, supporting Scotland’s ambitious start-ups and early-stage scale ups raise significant equity investment.
Nicola has worked in Economic Development, with a specific focus on Innovation and the early-stage high growth sectors for the last 15 years in a range of positions nationally and internationally.
Scottish Enterprise’s High Growth Spin Out Programme works with Scotland's Universities, Research Institutes, and the NHS to create spinout projects and commercialise leading-edge technologies that demonstrate commercial milestones - leading to spinout, company formation and investment being secured. The programme has an intensive support structure and includes a mix grant and investment funding which sit alongside in-depth advisory support to secure a spin out that has the capability to scale internationally and bring new and disruptive technologies to the market.