Office Hours: Investment with Maven

Our Office Hours are a series of one-to-one sessions with various experts from to support tech startup founders on their journey. In this one, participants will be able to engage directly with and receive personalised advice from Victoria McLaren, Investment Manager, and Jamie Warner, Investment Associate, from Maven.

Areas up for discussion include:

• Your company’s plans for investment and consider any current funding round
• Assessing your company’s readiness and suitability for equity investment
• Understand both your current and future funding needs to help support growth plans

Private Equity Firm | Alternative Investment Firm | Maven CP provides the essential capital investment that enables businesses to build scale. Our range of funding solutions have helped hundreds of management teams across the UK make their vision a reality and achieve transformational levels of growth.

The Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) is here to support ambitious and innovative SMEs on their growth journey. As Fund Manager for IFS - Maven Equity Finance, we can provide equity funding of up to £5 million to Scottish businesses of all stages operating across all sectors and regions seeking investment to support :

• Expanding your team
• Product development and launch
• Investment in sales and marketing
• Expanding in new regions and countries
• Working capital in support of growth

If you’re ready to take your business to the next level, find out more or apply here:

Investment Fund for Scotland | Growth Capital | Maven Capital Partners (mavencp.com)

Victoria is an Investment Manager at Maven joining in 2024 with responsibility for deal origination and execution, with a focus on Scottish deals and opportunities for the IFS Fund. Victoria comes from a legal background, having practiced as a corporate lawyer for seven years at Brodies. She specialised in M&A, private equity, venture capital and early-stage investment work. Her deal experience spans a wide variety of industry sectors and involved cross-border transactions, with some notable deals in the technology, life-science and software sectors

Jamie is an Investment Associate who joined Maven in July 2024. His role involves deal origination and execution, with a focus on Scottish deals and opportunities for the IFS Fund. Prior to joining Maven, Jamie worked at EY on audit and assurance engagements across a range of sectors including technology, energy, retail and manufacturing. Prior to EY, he spent over four years at Azets where he sat both within the Corporate Tax and Audit teams. Jamie is a Chartered Accountant.

You will receive personalised advice from Victoria and Jamie during an in-person 25 minute slot.

This event will take place at CodeBase Edinburgh, 37a Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EL

This is a private meeting between yourself/your team and Victoria and Jamie from Maven.

Once you have registered to attend you will receive confirmation of your ticket. Please note the timing of your slot, and arrive at CodeBase Edinburgh 5 minutes prior to your timeslot.

As places are extremely limited for these office hours, please only register once.

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