📢 FINAL CALL FOR FOUNER F*CKUPS, HAPPENING TOMORROW 🎟️ 👉 We're down to the last few tickets for tomorrow's Founder F*ckups event, so if you haven't got yours and have been thinking about joining us, this is your chance. ✅ Hear from founders who’ve been there before. ✅ Discover how they learnt their lessons the hard way. ✅ And, more importantly, listen to what advice they wish they had beforehand. 🚫 There will be a strict ‘no bullshit’ and ‘no judgement’ rule, and hopefully everyone can enjoy some awkward stories we can all learn a little from. 👉 Grab your ticket via the Eventbrite link: https://lnkd.in/eC2aEf3h Prolific North Bruntwood SciTech #VC #VentureCapital #founders
Praetura Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Manchester, Greater Manchester 10,879 followers
We raise capital to invest in exciting early-stage businesses. We give founders, investors and advisers #MoreThanMoney.
About us
Praetura are a venture capital firm in the North West, who invest in early-stage businesses and provide 'more than money' support. We have developed a reputation for being a supportive and proactive investor who injects more than just capital. We can evidence the value from our differentiated approach from both investment returns and testament from our portfolio companies. Our partnered entrepreneurs embrace the shoulder to shoulder Praetura approach and utilise our experience and resource to maximise their businesses’ potential. Your capital is at risk. Praetura Ventures Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 817345).
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http://www.praeturaventures.com
External link for Praetura Ventures
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 11-50 employees
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- Manchester, Greater Manchester
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- Privately Held
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Level 8, Bauhaus
27 Quay Street
Manchester, Greater Manchester M3 3GY, GB
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👉 Founder marketing advice 101: Don't be afraid to try things. The best thing you can do is get to the answer as quickly as you possibly can. 👏 Sage words from our Marketing Director Ben Davies, who recently sat down with Jack Brandwood for the The Start & Scale Podcast. 👇 Check out what else he had to say below. 🎙️📺 Watch on YouTube - https://lnkd.in/ec7sece5 🎧 Listen on Spotify - https://ow.ly/CyvZ50T63lr #Marketing #StartupMarketing #FounderContent #GrowthMarketing #Entrepreneurs #founder #Venturecapital
Marketing can polarize early stage founders. Some love it and over prioritise it, some hate it and start too late. I'm lucky enough to work with some amazing marketing teams in the Praetura Ventures portfolio. They're constantly bringing new ideas and it gives you so much energy. One day we're talking about Hitman III VR with XR Games, the next we're speaking with ScubaTx Limited about their organ transport technology. Countless times I've seen them creatively problem solve their way over hurdles where others would've just given up. Really enjoyed speaking to Jack Brandwood on the The Start & Scale Podcast about some of the most common challenges we see and how to handle them. 📺 Watch on YouTube - https://lnkd.in/ec7sece5 🎧 Listen on Spotify - https://ow.ly/CyvZ50T63lr #Marketing #StartupMarketing #FounderContent #GrowthMarketing #Entrepreneurs #founder #Venturecapital
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The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund’s #Lancashire launch has brought together a wide range of advisors, intermediaries and connectors from across the county. These include senior execs from fhunded, Boost Access to Finance, Lancashire County Council, and the team from Rosebud Business Finance. #Lancashire businesses, including PETAL Pacific European Timber Agency and Modern Milkman, have being cited by #NPIFII fund managers from FW Capital and Praetura Ventures as previous examples of how British Business Bank investments can support growing Lancs firms. Shouting about the next wave of successes will be key to driving the next phase of #NPIF funding according to BBB’s Simon Cunnington
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📆 North West founders...mark your calendar, book your train, secure your spot! 🇬🇧 The British Business Bank's Business Finance Week is back this year and is heading to #Lancashire for what promises to be an afternoon of insight and discussion to help you unlock vital finance and funding opportunities. 💬 Among the speakers will be our Marketing Director Ben Davies and a number of key voices from across the investment landscape, including Angelene Woodland Singleton from the British Business Bank. 🙌 The event will be held in Lancaster and is being supported by local ecosystem champions fhunded and Innovate Lancashire . Secure your FREE place via the link: https://lnkd.in/e58vf6xS British Business Bank North of England #funding #VC #investment #NPIFII
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Loads of you will know that I have always been incredibly passionate about taking direct action to tackle the disparity in investment outcomes for female founders. On Tuesday next week I will be attending the inaugural meeting of the Liverpool City Region ✨High Growth Female Founder Growth Board ✨ as VC representative from Praetura Ventures. The prime focuses of this board will be: ✨ targeted support and investment, to enable more female founded & co-founded enterprises to create and build high-growth companies ✨ to raise the profile of our high growth female led businesses to inspire others ✨ The Taskforce aims to boost the number of women-led high-growth enterprises across all regions. ✨ it will also take direct actions to increase the number of women-led high-growth businesses complements ongoing work to fulfil government ambitions to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030. Knowing the incredible group of women involved in this project there will be a focus on actions and not words. We're not just going to recycle the conversation, but define meaningful, measurable outputs and drive forward to deliver positive change. Cant wait to get started 💪 Lorna Green Helen Heap Dr Aileen Jones Carmel Booth Emma Nolan Katie Nicholson Liz Ashall-Payne Claire Lewis Laura Brown Helen Oldham Jordan Dargue Zandra Moore ⁉Founders in my network, I'm curious... have things changed in the LCR ecosystem at all in recent years or not? And if so, for better or for worse? What would YOU like to see in the region, as a female founder? PS: Want to know more about this initiative, or get involved in one more local to you? 📍 Edinburgh 📍 Birmingham 📍 Leeds 📍 Newcastle read more about the taskforce here - https://lnkd.in/eGuv9f9z
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📲 Lots of today’s job seekers are digital natives, so why hasn’t the job market changed? 🚫 Badly formatted ads 🚫 Poor targeting 🚫 And never hearing back from prospective employers ✅ But there is a much smarter approach to talent attraction, with faster employment routes for job seekers, significant cost-savings for employers and all-round better outcomes for everyone! 👇After being named the fastest-growing job seeking app in London, Placed has built an unrivalled mass employment engine and is changing the way employers find candidates. Their programmatic sourcing technology, PlacedReach, allows organisations to increase the reach and exposure of their jobs, whilst focusing on quality. 🎥 Watch our latest deep dive video with founder and CEO Jennifer Johansson and the Placed App team to see how it works. Great to work with the team shooting this – enjoy! #VC #VentureCapital #founders #TA #TalentAttraction
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🫀 ScubaTx Limited is doing ground-breaking work in the organ preservation space, which is why we've backed them again! 🙌 Today we announced that the life sciences pioneer has raised £1.4m in a round led by the GMC Life Sciences Fund By Praetura (Bruntwood SciTech, Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington, Greater Manchester Combined Authority) – on top of the business expanding to the North West. 🇺🇸 But the story doesn't just stop on the Oxford Road Corridor and Manchester Science Park, where ScubaTx Limited has opened its new office. The company is also engaging with commercial partners and key opinion leaders in the US! 🫁 This is in addition to the pre-clinical trial work being done around its organ preservation device, which has the potential to improve patient outcomes and reduce the burden on health systems. 👉 Check out the story on Prolific North for more info, or watch the short video below: https://lnkd.in/ehdNb4sM #MedTech #LifeSciences #VC #VentureCapital #Funding
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“It’s very easy to spend money poorly when it comes to marketing” ❌💰🤑 Are you ready for a brand new episode brimming with marketing insights for founders and entrepreneurs? Episode 14 (S3) of #TheStartAndScalePodcast drops this Thursday, September 5th. Join us as we sit down with Ben Davies, Group Marketing Director at Praetura Group! 🎙️ Ben’s stellar ep explores the biggest mistakes startups make when marketing, how to build a community and where to start with your marketing strategy. Plus SO much more! A must-listen for all startup founders, entrepreneurs and CEOs navigating both brand and growth marketing, with budgets of varying sizes. Full episode coming this Thursday! 📺 Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://ow.ly/Trpg50T63hY 🎧 Click here to subscribe on Spotify - https://ow.ly/rnQh50T63i2 #Marketing #StartupMarketing #FounderContent #GrowthMarketing #Entrepreneurs
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🚀 The Pitch UK returns to Manchester for another Regional Final, and we're judging! 🙌 Our Investment Director Camilla Greenwood will be among the panel assessing this year's founder finalists and providing useful feedback and guidance. 💬 As well as the pitches, there will also be ample time for investors and founders to network and grow their connections. 🤝 You don't have to be a founder – or a finalist for that matter – to join, with tickets available via the Eventbrite link: https://lnkd.in/evYxqXuJ #VC #VentureCapital #Funding #Founders #Startups
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🤩Excited to chair the panel at one of my favourite events in the North. 🎉Founder F*ck Ups is landing next week with Prolific North. 👎We're rarely honest about our mistakes publicly. This doesn't help anyone, particularly early stage founders at the start of their journey. 😮If you're bored of 'LinkedIn Lessons' every morning, come and listen to some incredible people give a real view on the things they've messed up along the way. No humble brags, no bullsh*t - just a few raw stories and tough lessons from people who've actually grown a company. ❤️Looking forward to speaking with Ayaan Mohamed Ali, Anna Sutton, Bobby Thandi and Eddie Whittingham next week. So good to work on this with Alexandra, Natalie, Ellie and Spencer. 📆Get your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/eKBNqbfR