InnovationRCA Director Dr. Nadia Danhash opens up about the impact of winning Accelerator of the Year at the 2019 UKBAA Angel Investment Awards

At the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards in 2019, InnovationRCA won the award for Accelerator of the Year.

As we gear up for this year’s awards, taking place on 8th June, we caught up with Dr. Nadia Danhash, Director of InnovationRCA, to talk about their win. Reflecting on the moment they found out they’d won and the impact it had, Nadia reveals:

“The whole team was over the moon. I can’t tell you. It was such a good boost for team morale. They work so hard all the time. It was a meaningful award. The fact that we were up against some stiff competition from bigger organisations, made it feel extra special that we’d won. It gave us that credibility and recognised the hard work of the whole team.”

Beyond the initial win, the award has helped InnovationRCA to stand out from the pack. Nadia comments:

“It’s raised our profile a little bit more as an angel network, as well as an accelerator program. In that sense, it’s been positive. It gives you that seal of approval that you must know what you’re doing if you’ve won this award. People take you a little bit more seriously.”

Watch the full interview with Nadia at the top of this article and find out more about InnovationRCA at https://www.rca.ac.uk/business/innovationrca/.

Nominations for the 2021 UKBAA Angel Investment Awards close on 11th April 2021. Visit http://awards.ukbaa.org.uk/ to submit your nomination.