SOUTH LONDON INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP (SLIP)

The core mission of Connect London is to help businesses with high growth potential, by connecting them with people and organisations with the right resources to enable the business to achieve its full potential.

Connect London can help in a number of ways :

• Assistance with obtaining funding and/or investors
• Connecting entrepreneurs with mentors who have relevant business experience
• Recommending business service suppliers and professional firms
• Locating academic support if required
• Networking with businesses and people with similar aspirations.

Connect London was inspired by Connect San Diego - identified by Lord Sainsbury in his 2007 report The Race to the Top as best practice in the World.  Connect has helped thousands of companies and raised over £800 Million so far.

Latest News

• COST EFFECTIVE LITIGATION introduced from October 2010 - GLE launches a new team to help clients benefit from the reforms.  For more information (click here)

• See just released feature in TIME Magazine by Bruce Katz called Intelligent Cities (click here)

• Inc. Magazine spotlights CONNECT as one of 20 business incubators across the U.S. "Where Great Ideas are Born" (click here for more information)

• Connect London/Aspire Fund Event

  HSBC HOSTS CONNECT EVENT FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

• Connect London opens Innovation Centre in Kingston offering accommodation for early start-ups together with full Business Support

• Connect UK has been launched as an affiliation of not-for-profit networks established across the UK. Each regional Connect organises events, workshops, seminars and investment forums to meet the needs in their community, location and regional focus.

• Connect Goa starts in India

• Business Angel Investing - NESTA and BBAA have released the results of a very interesting research document 'SIDING WITH THE ANGELS' - primary outcomes and effective strategies:

• Business Angel Investing is risky, but overall appears to generate attractive outcomes.
  • Stay connected to entrepreneurial and industry expertise.
  • Even a relatively small amount of due diligence (20 hours) can help avoid failures.

• Connect London Sponsors Imperial Empowered Ideas Competition
• GLOBAL CONNECT 2009 ANNUAL REPORT

http://www.connect.org/resources/docs/CONNECT-Annual-Report.pdf

• Connect London have taken over running the secretariat of South London Innovation Partnership (SLIP)

• Springboard To Recovery (S2R) - Connect London has designed a Seminar to help existing companies survive the recession an come out fitter

• DIUS and Gordon Brown Support Connect London

• Looking for New Opportunities and Ways to Drive  Your Business Forward? In Challenging Times Good Leadership can make a Real Difference

We are a member of the ACHIEVE MORE Partnership and its Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange (EIX) http://eandix.ning.com

The EIX is the place for Entrepreneurship and Innovation enabling exchange of views on innovative tools, better practice, leading edge incubation and seed financing