Crossing the pond - How to fundraise and sell in the USA

​Spend an evening learning how to supercharge your startup the other side of the pond in the USA!

• ​​Listen and learn from VCs, founders and experts in transatlantic growth on our a jam-packed panel discussion

• ​Meet new founders during 60-second "Show & tells", -

• ​Network to your hearts content before and after

​​Whether you're a British, European - frankly global startup looking to break into the U.S. or an established company navigating new challenges, this event will equip you with key strategies, industry knowledge, and networking opportunities to succeed.

​If you are interested in speaking / pitching or sponsoring (we can't do this without amazing industry advocates), reach out.

​Agenda:

• ​6:00 - 6.45: Arrive / Welcome

• ​6:45 - 7:30 Panel discussion:

  • ​"How to sell and fundraise in the USA"

    • ​Moderated by Sara Rona, MD, Head of Europe, MENA & ANZ at SVB

• ​7:30 - 7:45: Startup Stories

  • ​60 second shares from founders building the next big thing.

• ​7:45 - 8:30: Wrap and get networking

​Panelists:

​Zehra Naqvi, Investor Headline. Her focus is at the intersection of culture, content, consumption, curation, and community.

​Sherrise Pond, Principal Anthemis. Focused on venture growth stage investments across Europe and North America. She also contributes to fundraising efforts and, with her prior background and work in impact investing, leads an internal cross-functional group to improve Anthemis’ Impact strategies within its investment and corporate policies.

​Arjun Kapur, Investor Left Lane Capital. A global venture capital and growth equity firm, investing in high-growth internet and consumer technology companies that are fundamental to the lives of customers.

​Pearce Dolan, Head of Product Deel, and fellow expat. Who has understands the challenges of moving and establishing yourself in the US.

​Your hosts:

​​SVB Global Gateway is a dedicated international business development team supporting venture capital (VC) firms, VC-backed startups and growth stage companies expanding into the US from innovation centers around the world. The Global Gateway team has helped international founders and investors across all stages for more than a decade in navigating the challenges and complexities that arise when expanding to the US. The team’s mission is to enhance the probability of success when entering the US market through our platform and value add service.  As the bank of the innovation economy, SVB works with nearly half of the VC backed startups in the US and more than 60% of the investors. #yes, SVB

​​​​​Deel makes hiring contractors and employees seamless across 150+ countries. They handle payroll, taxes, compliance, immigration, and more so that you can focus more time on building. Today, Deel serves over 25,000 customers from early stage startups to enterprises like Nike, Dropbox, Shopify, and Notion.

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