Discovering financial opportunities: implementing creative funding tactics (Meta Business Growth Summit 2024)

What was covered

Jeremy sat on the evening panel “Discovering Financial Opportunities: Implementing Creative Funding Tactics” at the Business Growth Summit 2024 held at the Meta office in Singapore on 14 May 2024, speaking as Co-Founder and Partner of Orvel Ventures alongside Paul Ong of Innoven Capital, Bart Jeung of Choco Up and Hester Spiegel of Epic Angels, moderated by Tamara Pritchard.

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Key points

• Date and venue: Tuesday 14 May 2024, Meta Office, Singapore (networking evening from 5:00pm)
• Moderator: Tamara Pritchard
• Panelists: Jeremy Au (Co-Founder and Partner, Orvel Ventures), Paul Ong (Partner, Innoven Capital), Bart Jeung (Head of Strategic Partnerships, Choco Up) and Hester Spiegel (Epic Angels)
• Panel title on the stage slide: Discovering Financial Opportunities: Implementing Creative Funding Tactics
• Planned flow, introductions by funding route: angel investment, venture capital (equity and debt) and revenue-based financing
• Planned theme: creative funding structures that panelists have seen work and would call out to founders
• Planned theme, working backwards: structuring choices that can stop founders reaching these funding routes later
• Planned theme: resources and support available to founders, including networks and tools
• Planned theme: the temptations founders face in the current funding environment, and what to resist and how