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Isle Of Wight Businesses Have Just One Week To Apply For Chance To Access £10m Investment

Britain’s Got Startups, the event series which provides start-up and scale-up businesses with access to local, regional, national and international investments of up to £10m, has announced that there is just one week for founders based on the Isle of Wight to apply.

Eligible to all limited companies based on the Isle of Wight that are seeking funding between £150k and £10m, founders are given until the closing date of Thursday 7 March to complete an application form online.

Giving regional businesses a platform with local, London-based and international investors, 12 of the companies that apply will be invited to pitch at the semi-final event in Guildford on Thursday 21 March before the top six are asked to present in Bath during the main event on Thursday 25 April. 

The Britain’s Got Start-ups event series is sponsored by Abstract Tech and Novus Capital. Throughout 2024, it will feature in the South-East, South-West, Midlands and East of England before a grand finale in London.

Managing Director of Novus Capital and Britain’s Got Start-ups event organiser, Jenson Brook, said:

“We encourage any business that wants to super-charge their start-up and scale-up journey to apply now!

“Once all submissions have been reviewed, we will be bringing together innovative founders from start-ups and scale-ups with local, national and international investors so that we can provide a potentially life-changing platform for some of the brightest and most disruptive organisations on the Isle of Wight."

Following the successful pilot of Britain’s Got Startups in Manchester during 2023, the event series attracted 117 applications, resulting in 24 shortlisted semi-finalists, 12 finalists and 50 investor follow-ups. It is anticipated these numbers will more than double during 2024.

For more information about Britain’s Got Startups, please visit: https://www.britainsgotstartups.co.uk/

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