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Next Company Presentations Event

The next Henley Business Angels Company Presentations event, at which selected entrepreneurs will present their businesses for investment, is on 8 June 2023.

We plan to hold this event both face to face and online. The location will be at the following address:

Henley Business School Building Room G10,
Whiteknights Campus,
Reading,
RG6 6UD

The programme for the company presentations event is as follows:

4:00pm – Arrival and Registration
4:30pm – Welcome and Introduction by Jurek Sikorski, Henley Business Angels Director
4:35pm – Progress and Announcements by Gareth Hawkins, Henley Business Angels Managing Consultant
4:40pm – Guest Speaker Talk
5:00pm – Break
5:05pm – Company Presentations chaired by Professor William Kilgallon, Managing Director of Cybex Ventures and Henley Business Angels member
6:45pm – Concluding Remarks by Gareth Hawkins, Henley Business Angels Managing Consultant
6:50pm – Refreshments and Exhibition

If you are interested in becoming a member, please visit our Investor page.

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