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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 10 March 2022.

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

National Grid Lecture Theatre,
Greenlands Campus,
Henley-on-Thames,
RG9 3AU

The programme for the company presentations event is as follows:

4:00pm – Arrival and Registration
4:30pm – Welcome and Announcements
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
6:50pm – Refreshments and Exhibition

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

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Posted at 10:00h in News by Alex

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Posted at 10:39h in News by Alex

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Posted at 11:46h in Events by Alex

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Posted at 09:49h in Events by Alex

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Posted at 16:25h in News by Alex

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Posted at 07:00h in News by Jurek Sikorski

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