Dorset Business Angels Pitch Event

Dorset Business Angels Network Limited provide quality, private equity investment opportunities to local High Net Worth and Sophisticated Investors.

We help early-stage businesses find equity capital, especially in southern England, our local area.

We do this by bringing our investors and entrepreneurs together to accelerate the growth of early-stage businesses.

Join us for networking from 5.30pm in the Causerie Suite, enjoy refreshments whilst meeting and catching up with fellow investors, DBA sponsors and the DBA team. The pitch presentations will start at 6.15pm with an introduction from our Chairman, Don McQueen.

Five carefully selected companies seeking investment, will make a 15 minute pitch each, after which there is time for Q&A. Then, expressions of interest from Angel Investors are registered for further action. Once the pitch presentations are finished, those staying for dinner, will enjoy a 2 course private meal with wine and a chance to start new conversations and continue those started earlier in the evening.

The first 3 pitches (of 5) are as follows:

Pitch 1: Market Sector: Advanced Robotics

This Company specialises in robotics technology for agricultural settings. A robust vehicle utilises robotic arms with AI and a state-of-the-art navigation system.

Labour shortages during the crop-picking season mean that many farmers are having to leave their crops to rot in the fields.

To solve these labour challenges, this Company is manufacturing a range of robotic equipment that can be safely employed in agriculture alongside human pickers to harvest a variety of crops.

A spin-out from a Company that has 40 years experience in robotics across various industries, the management now seek £500K to complete the development work on 3 robots and become revenue generating in the next 12 months.

Pitch 2: Market Sector: Healthy Meals

This company delivers personalised, healthy and affordable ready-to-eat meals to businesses and their customers.

Over 15% of commercial kitchens have operational issues – staffing problems, food quality, health and safety issues and above all, 99% have food waste.

This Company’s solution is ‘fast meals” – meals can be reheated in just 5 minutes and have zero food waste. Fresh meals are cooked and delivered to kitchens – in turn, they just have to re-heat and serve them.

Having recently signed contracts with two major organisations, they are now seeking up to £500K to scale up the business.

Pitch 3: Market Sector: Entertainment

By combining the functions of several apps this platform – dedicated to group bookings – aims to simplify organising nights out with friends.

This Company’s mission is to create memorable nights out for the users of its platform.

It has developed a pre-booking platform that makes group bookings simpler, less risky, and cheaper for the organiser.

The net result is that users are relieved of the stress – and expense – when bookings made through the normal channels go wrong, making the whole process less time consuming and more rewarding.

The management now seek £300K to scale up quickly across the UK.

Pitch 4: Market Sector: Digital Entertainment

A digital platform bringing together elements of fan fiction, gaming, multimedia streaming and classic storytelling providing a single area to experience total story immersion.

This Company’s mission statement is to create a new digital portal where consumers of crime fiction can experience a new immersive online story.

Through the curation of creative and innovative content, delivered in a technologically enabled format, the aim is to enrich the customer’s experience of crime fiction. Once that goal has been reached, and the platform becomes firmly established, the aim is to add other genres as well.

Using a subscription-based model, monthly instalments of a story will be released, combined with a range of digitally enabled features. Management is now in the process of updating the beta-tested prototype as well as recruiting new writers and creatives. The net result will address two core customer problems:

Consumers now expect more from entertainment channels and have increasingly become engaged with the digital delivery mechanism, but the publishing industry has not kept up with these expectations.

The publishing industry’s value chain currently benefits the publishers and agents over the writers, leaving them with very low margins on sales. This platform offers writers not only a new outlet for their work, but much higher margins as well.

The Directors are now seeking £250K to expand the platform.

Pitch 5: Market Sector: SaaS

This Company offers a digital identity platform; a unique opportunity for businesses to share verified company identity data quickly and securely.

One of the industry’s largest problems, is still the manual gathering, updating, and sharing of corporate information for enterprise due diligence. 

This Company provides a system that allows corporates to create a digital identity by facilitating the permission/authorised sharing of due diligence credentials that are verified and risk assessed by regulated institutions. 

Verified and validated results can be shared by the corporation with other institutions or business partners to simplify onboarding the corporation, or enabling strategic partnerships such as supply chains, to be securely established.

 Revenue generating with clients looking to streamline their due diligence assessment processes, the Company is negotiating with 3 Fintech hub-providers that will grow the customer base exponentially.

 The management now seek £500K to finance the next phase of development.

The evening will also include a short presentation from our Sponsor, Investec Wealth and Management.

The Menu

Mains

• Pan fried salmon, creamy pommel puree, buttered asparagus, garlic and coriander cream sauce
• Pea and mint risotto, rocket and parmesan crisp
• Pan fried chicken supreme, fondant potato, green beans, mushroom tarragon sauce

To Finish

• Warmed chocolate brownie, chocolate sauce served with vanilla ice cream
• Selection of ice cream

Tea & Coffee

This event is suitable for:

• Angel Investors
• Those considering becoming an Angel Investor
• Support services involved in or interested in becoming involved with Angel investment

This event is not suitable for:

• New business networking
• Finding new clients
• Entrepreneurs considering a future pitch to investors*

*This is event is for Investors, it is only fair to presenting companies to ensure all attendees are genuine or potential investors.

Professionals who want to personally invest or, who have a portfolio of clients to whom Angel investing may be of interest are very welcome to attend. If you have a specific requirement to attend or if you are unsure whether this event is right for you, please email contact@dorsetbusinessangels.co.uk and we will be pleased to assist.

 Non Member Investor Self-Certification is Required for the Event

Under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended 2005) investors must “self-certify” by meeting simple criteria as “High Net Worth” or “Sophisticated” Investors.

 Therefore, any investor should read and sign the documentation via our About page on our website, either a High Net Worth Investor Certificate or a Sophisticated Investor Certificate, as is appropriate.

Members of Dorset Business Angels will have already submitted this information and need not do it again.

Visitors, who are neither members or investors are welcome to attend for information only purposes and must understand that they can only invest in a non regulated investment on becoming a paid up member of Dorset Business Angels.

Pitchers – We also wish to point out that companies or individuals seeking investment through the Dorset Business Angels must ensure that the information presented to potential investors is neither inaccurate or misleading. They are, accordingly, similarly advised to seek guidance from someone authorised under the Act.

DISCLAIMER

Any information provided on the website or other communication is for information purposes only. The website and other communications and their content are not, and should not be deemed to be an offer of, or invitation to engage in any investment activity. The website and other communications should not be construed as advice, or a personal recommendation by Dorset Business Angels Network Limited. Dorset Business Angels Network Limited is not authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The content of this promotion is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). Reliance on the promotion for the purpose of engaging in any investment activity may expose an individual to a significant risk of losing all of the investment. UK residents wishing to participate in this promotion must fall into the category of sophisticated investor or high net worth individual as outlined by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

If you have any issues booking your ticket. Email our Events Manager: Debbie Frith debbie@thepassionatepa.co.uk