Feb 2019 Progress Report – Foundation laid

What was your performance last month? Fancy sharing it publicly? Hell No! That’s all fine. But here is ours.   We are building a dynamic fully manual market place where startups meet investors with Techcelerate actively helping our Startup members to progress. Growing Techcelerate Specialists will ensure our Startups have the right know-how at the […]

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Techcelerate Launch with Partners on 5th Feb

On 5th Feb, we launched Techcelerate with partners, SeedLegals (Anthony Rose, CEO) and RDVault (Shoayb Patel, CEO) supported by Barclays (Matthew Priestly and Michael Holligan). It was co-hosted by Alexandra Morris, CEO of MakeUrMove and Head of Techcelerate Network and Manoj Ranaweera, Founder of Techcelerate.     Alexandra Morris kickstarted the event by introducing the programme.  Matthew Priestly, Ecosystem Manager of […]

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Northern Tech Awards 2019 is open for entries

Northern Tech Awards (NTA) was founded in 2011 by Techcelerate to celebrate tech entrepreneurship in style. It was acquired by GP Bullhound in 2013 and continues to be the major tech event in the North. Having toured Liverpool (2014), Leeds (2015), Newcastle (2016) and Edinburgh (2017),  NTA is back in Manchester for 2019.   A […]

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Report on Techcelerate Coffees London #1

Joan Lockwood, Stewart Townsend and I hosted our first ever Techcelerate Coffees London (TCLDN) meetup on 6th November 2018 at White Collar Factory of London. It was attended by seasoned tech entrepreneurs to newbies. Even a family office dropped in.   Mini Reunion TCLDN provided the ideal opportunity for some of my old fellow tech […]

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Manchester Angel Investor Volker Hirsch joins Amadeus Capital

I’ve known Volker Hirsch for many years since he was part of the Techcelerate Network during our previous tenure from 2006 to 2013. In February 2010, Volker spoke eloquently at Techcelerate Event on Mobile Social, Advertising, Shopping, Payments, Application Development and Acquisitions (what a title!) with Keith Curran, Charles Weir and Barry Sharples. Volker started out as a corporate […]

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Report on Techcelerate Coffees Manchester #6

Date: 10th October 2018 Location: Benugo, XYZ Building, Spinningfields, Manchester The monthly Techcelerate Coffees meet took place on Wednesday at the fantastic open space in Benugo, Spinningfields, Manchester. Attendees from a wide range of tech sectors all discussing various ideas and businesses. From start ups to early stage Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and established businesses, we […]

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Few thoughts on Manchester’s latest social network #Padoq

I love trialling new products, especially those built in my home town Manchester, UK. This used to be part of my job over the last five years to discover new products, increase my knowledge and explore partnership opportunities for UnifiedVU. When it comes to social, I spent two days solid when Google+ was first introduced. […]

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Event Report on Techcelerate Coffees #5

The fourth Techcelerate Coffees meet took place on Wednesday at the fantastic open space in Benugo, XYZ Building, Spinningfields, Manchester. Another well attended event which is presently capped at 25 attendees. A wide variety of topics up for discussion from the many tech entrepreneurs and founders. A common theme was the difficulties facing more established business […]

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Techcelerate Specialist Phil Webb raises Seed Investment for C7 Health

Techcelerate Specialist and ex-CTO EMIS Plc (2017 revenues: £160.4 million) Phil Webb has raised seed investment for his HealthTech Company C7 Health. Techcelerate Specialists are ideal in filling skill gaps in your company when getting ready for investment, as well as when there is a need to achieve a rapid growth boost post investment. They are […]

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Event Report on Techcelerate Coffees #4

Another fantastic coffee morning took place at Benugo in the XYZ Building at Spinningfields yesterday. First thing to mention is the space itself, a fabulous space to work, meet and socialise all of which was achieved yesterday. The fourth coffee morning had a very healthy attendance and we had the benefit of varied businesses from […]

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