• How do I get an investor to invest in my business?
• What if you had $500K or $1M invested in your business
• what would you do
• How do they calculate what my business is worth

This high impact intensive workshop is designed for business owners who want to know more
about seeking external investment and how to go about securing it.

Workshop Agenda: (4 hours)

• What do investors look for in your business
• Calculating a valuation for your business
• The process of closing the deal and what are the common terms
• How are deals structured
• What help is out there to help you become investment ready
• Update on the market in NZ including Angel Group access
  
  If you are contemplating raising external funding for your business in the next two years then
  you should attend this workshop.

The Escalator Service is a NZTE funded specialist capital raising support unit, utilizing a
national network of approved advisor-brokers. It provides professional education and deal
broking services for aspiring companies who are planning to complete significant deals
including capital raising, strategic alliances, Licensing and JV’s.

Escalator provides professional services on a 100% at risk basis. No money raised - no fee
charged. Over 100 businesses have already benefited from the over $80M Raised.
Your Capital Raising Presenters are:

Mark Robotham – General Manager Escalator Service – facilitates leveraged
capital investment and strategic alliances for business growth.
Mark has been described as a passionate and pragmatic orchestrator of
Entrepreneurs.
Having “gone global” with some of NZ’s pioneering technology export
companies, working in places such as Silicon Valley and Marton, Mark now
helps the rising stars of the navigate the issues of high growth. His background is in Electronic
Engineering, Marketing, Business Growth and Governance. He is also founder of a consultancy
practice that works with high growth potential companies www.growthmanagement.co.nz

John Cunningham - co founder of Ignition Partner, he advises companies and
helps implement strategies for growth from innovation, with an emphasis on
Technology, IP, Structure and Capital Planning.
John is known as the “wise one”. As an Escalator approved broker and academic
John brings a wealth of experience as a VC, as well as the large corporate world. He
is a director of several unlisted companies. John lectures in technology management
at Waikato University and is on the Board of Massey nanotechnology. He is deputy
chair of the advisory group for Technology NZ. www.ignitionpartner.co.nz