“Darren has proven to have that rare combination of high level smarts and great people skills. He is capable of dancing the perfect line, always ‘getting stuff done’ whilst simultaneously treating founders and advisors with respect, humanity and appropriate humour. He consistently shows great business insight in his interactions with founders and also has the ability to keep the complex set of gears in an accelerator program moving effectively. ”
About
Hey, I'm Darren 👋🏻 an early-stage investor at Antler, a venture capital firm that…
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How can you create a pitch deck that secures venture capital funding?
Simplicity is beautiful, but beauty can be complex. When creating a pitch, it's essential to identify the one critical message to convey and ensure that all content supports it. You then need to back this up with substance, I.e. traction. Starting with a script and building the pitch around it is often the best approach. Otherwise, the result may resemble the verbal equivalent of Frankenstein's monster.
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How can you create a pitch deck that secures venture capital funding?
It is important to find investors who share your vision and values rather than changing your business to fit their preferences. Otherwise, both you and the investors will end up feeling frustrated. Remember that venture capitalists seek high-growth potential and look for highly motivated founders who are onto something others have yet to spot. So, this won't be for everyone.
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For some decisions, once convinced of the right answer, the only "right" way to respond is to act immediately. It can get messy and there can be…
For some decisions, once convinced of the right answer, the only "right" way to respond is to act immediately. It can get messy and there can be…
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Congrats Nick Telson-Sillett, 🎺 Rory Sadler, Andrew Webster and the whole trumpet 🎺 team. Trying to scale a sales product throughout a period of…
Congrats Nick Telson-Sillett, 🎺 Rory Sadler, Andrew Webster and the whole trumpet 🎺 team. Trying to scale a sales product throughout a period of…
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Investors often discuss concepts like hustle, trajectory, and traction, but what does that actually look like in practice? It means starting by…
Investors often discuss concepts like hustle, trajectory, and traction, but what does that actually look like in practice? It means starting by…
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Manchester School of Art
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Activities and Societies: Student Rep MCRSA Forum
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Gallery Assistant
Manchester Art Corner
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• Responsible for invigilating the gallery
• Assisted in the installation of exhibitions
• Established and managed the promotion of the gallery's online presence
• Produced print marketing
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Augmentor
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See projectAugmentor is a 10 week equity-free programme supporting early stage businesses working with immersive technologies. Focused on companies developing innovative and commercially-focused applications of augmented, mixed and virtual reality, it supports those with a product or service ready for market in getting investment ready.
I led on programme development and delivery at Digital Catapult alongside delivery partners. This involves developing the programme from application process…Augmentor is a 10 week equity-free programme supporting early stage businesses working with immersive technologies. Focused on companies developing innovative and commercially-focused applications of augmented, mixed and virtual reality, it supports those with a product or service ready for market in getting investment ready.
I led on programme development and delivery at Digital Catapult alongside delivery partners. This involves developing the programme from application process, recruiting mentors, judges and partners, to planning and organising workshops and monitoring the progress of participating companies.
Augmentor ends with an investor showcase backed by the BVCA and UKBAA. Over 100 investors attend the event, many of the companies who took part in Augmentor secure investment as a result. -
The Art of Walking
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See projectThis course explores walking as a creative practice and takes a journey from Blake and Wordsworth to Richard Long and Marina Abramović. Unravelling tangled routes of Situationists, Surrealists, psychogeography, mythogeography, deep topographers and more, as well as sharing inspiring techniques for DIY dérives that bring the theory into multi-sensory reality.
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emoto
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emoto is a FutureEverything project for London 2012 Festival and the Cultural Olympiad visualising the emotional response to London 2012 - emoto is a unique data art project by Moritz Stefaner, Drew Hemment and Studio NAND. that captures and visualises the excitement around the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Reporting to Joanne Williams (Marketing Manager) I ensured this project was exposed to FutureEverything's audience and network as much as possible by utilising many aspects…emoto is a FutureEverything project for London 2012 Festival and the Cultural Olympiad visualising the emotional response to London 2012 - emoto is a unique data art project by Moritz Stefaner, Drew Hemment and Studio NAND. that captures and visualises the excitement around the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Reporting to Joanne Williams (Marketing Manager) I ensured this project was exposed to FutureEverything's audience and network as much as possible by utilising many aspects of social and digital media. Joanne and I also worked on market research during this project to enable future developments similar to this.
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English
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Organizations
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Tech London Advocates
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