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Mustard Seed Venture Pitch Competition
WLT - Wolfson Lecture Theatre
London Business School Regent's Park, London, NW1 4SA, United Kingdom
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Mustard Seed, an early-stage enterprise investor, returns to campus Wednesday, February 10 to host a pitching competition for business models centered on economic inclusion. A special prize awarded for the business solution that best accounts for the integration of migrants into the European labour market. We are excited to hear your ideas!
NO IDEA IS TOO SMALL
Submissions Due: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1st
Submission Criteria:
Submit a PowerPoint presentation or 2 minute video addressing the following:
- What social/environmental problem are you solving and how?
- Why are you the right team to solve this problem?
- What traction do you have (users, revenue, prototypes, etc.)?
- How does your business make money? How does it scale?
- How is your company going to make the world a better place?
- How much money are you seeking and how will you spend it? (Optional)
Main prize:
The winning team will receive the Greenhouse award, which includes an intensive business model workshop, financial modeling and relevant connections to members in our network.
Second prize:
Also along the theme of economic inclusion, we are providing a second prize to the team with the best idea of how to aid in the migration crisis: how can we better integrate migrants into the European labour market?
SUBMIT YOUR BUSINESS IDEA HERE
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Where
WLT - Wolfson Lecture Theatre
London Business School Regent's Park, London, NW1 4SA, United Kingdom
Speakers
Alex Pitt
Co-Founder & Director of Incubation
Mustard Seed
Formerly Senior Vice President at Mubadala in Abu Dhabi, Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group (New York, Chicago, Dubai), investment banker at Goldman Sachs (London)
Panelist at Social Enterprise Week and Acumen Social Enterprise Competition
Member of the British Ambassador’s UAE Strategic Advisory Board
MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, BSc degree in Government and Economics from the London School of Economics
Paola Broyd
Board Member
Numbers for Good, Senior Advisor of Newcoh and EthicalFin
Former Global Head of Client Relationship Management and Global Head of Equity Distribution at State Street Bank
Head of Asset Owners Solutions, and Director of Equity Sales at Credit Suisse in London
Executive Director of the Equity Research Department at Goldman Sachs
Stuart Cash
Business Angel
Stuart has over 15 years experience in managing investments, building businesses, executing M&A and risk management transactions.
Former Partner at Goldman Sachs in New York and London
Executive Director at the investment company SBC Warburg, and solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner
Roberta Ventura
Portfolio Manager, Founder and CEO
SEP
Hedge fund Portfolio Manager, with over 20 years in Investment Banking and Asset Management in London and Geneva
Founder and CEO of SEP, a social enterprise producing elegant and bespoke fashion accessories, crafted with traditional techniques by women residing in refugee camps in Jordan. Roberta believes that providing refugees with employment opportunities enables them to achieve confidence and self-sufficiency.
Degree with Hons in Business Administration from Bocconi University, Milan