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Presentation by Henry Nurser, Blu Wireless Technology Ltd
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© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
Henry NurserBlu Wireless Technology Ltd
Raising Money for a Technology Start-up
© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
Blu Wireless Technology LtdFounded 2009 in Bristol, UK - a centre of excellence
for DSP, consumer & wireless semiconductor designProviding solutions to efficiently address the multi-
Gigabit baseband processing challenge– WiGig (WiFi .11ad) for wireless Personal Area Networks– Low cost backhaul for 4G small cell rollout
Specialists in DSP & Wireless System design– Team with deep expertise in both digital and RF domains– Prof Andrew Nix (UoB), Sir Robin Saxby (Ex CEO/Chair of
ARM) & Glenn Collinson (Ex CSR) on advisory boardClosed £3M funding in July 2013
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Experienced Management TeamHenry Nurser (CEO)– R&D and Business Unit Director at
STMicroelectronics for Consumer and Automotive markets.
Ray McConnell (CTO)– High performance and low power parallel
processor architecture at Inmos, Clearspeed and PixelFusion.
Mark Barrett (CMO)– RF system, Wireless SoC development &
marketing with Philips Research, ERA Technology, VTech and 3 start-ups
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Why Multi Gigabit Wireless?High speed data transfer
onto mobile platforms for ‘Sync & Go’
HDMI cable replacement for HD content or 3D gaming
Cheap deployment of self-organising networks of small cells on lamp posts, etc.
<£2K >£15K
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© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
Why Multi Gigabit Wireless?High speed data transfer
onto mobile platforms for ‘Sync & Go’
HDMI cable replacement for HD content or 3D gaming
Cheap deployment of self-organising networks of small cells on lamp posts, etc.
<£2K >£15K
Proprietary
..for n
ow..
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© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
How to ‘Tick the Boxes’
1 to 2 yrs
‘THE IDEA’
CREDIBILITY
MARKET KNOWLEDGE
© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
How to ‘Tick the Boxes’
1 to 2 yrs
‘THE IDEA’
CREDIBILITY
MARKET KNOWLEDGE
+ ‘SWEAT’
ExploitSEIS <£200K
© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
How to ‘Tick the Boxes’
1 to 2 yrs
‘THE IDEA’
CREDIBILITY
MARKET KNOWLEDGE
+ ‘SWEAT’
ExploitSEIS <£200K
2 to 3yrs
CUSTOMERS
REVENUE
PUBLICITY
PARTNERS
MENTORS…
© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
How to ‘Tick the Boxes’
1 to 2 yrs
‘THE IDEA’
CREDIBILITY
MARKET KNOWLEDGE
+ ‘SWEAT’
ExploitSEIS <£200K
2 to 3yrs
CUSTOMERS
REVENUE
PUBLICITY
PARTNERS
MENTORS…
+ MORE ‘SWEAT’
ExploitEIS <£2M
© Blu-Wireless 2012 – Commercial in Confidence© Blu-Wireless Technology - Sept 2013
Further Tips – Sources of FundingFind a corporate that needs development help– Use ££ to fund internal IP development in parallel
Expect to send your Exec Summary to many people, but avoid [email protected]– Go through people that know you!
READ the information on websites of EIS funds, Angel networks and even VCs.....– When they state ‘up to £1M’ that means <£250K
Travel to other cities – London & Cambridge