Sponsors — Liverpool Slush'D

Baltic Ventures

Baltic Ventures is a tech accelerator supporting game-changing founders who are building the solutions and businesses of tomorrow. Based in the Baltic Triangle, Baltic Ventures accelerates early-stage tech businesses with global ambition. Through an inclusive space, Baltic Ventures is on a mission to ensure that the Liverpool City Region is a place where the best founders can succeed, and anyone has the opportunity to realise their company's potential.

Baltic Ventures will officially announce the Accelerator 2024 cohort at Slush'D. Over the next 4 months, 8 more ground breaking companies will participate in a 4-month cohort programme, including a substantial cash investment, weekly workshops, VC investor meetings, and mentorship.

Find out more by connecting with Becca Harvey.

Growth Platform

Growth Platform is Liverpool City Region’s growth company established to help strengthen, simplify and coordinate the business landscape for the City Region – making it easier for businesses to start, grow and invest. Our mission is to deliver growth across the City Region – through business support via our Local Growth Hub Service; championing the region’s sector strengths as well as attracting investment through our inward investment service to create a fairer, greener and more inclusive economy for all who live and work in the city region.

Find out more by connecting with Helen Cross.

Sedulo

Sedulo is the official accountancy sponsor of Liverpool Slush’D 2024 - and one of the UK’s fastest-growing mid-tier advisory firms! We offer a comprehensive range of services that go beyond traditional accountancy, providing expert, well-rounded business advice for SMEs and scale-ups. At Liverpool Slush’D, you'll see how Sedulo’s strategic finance team, with their 24/7 support, can help you navigate the challenges of scaling your business.

To find out more, connect with Callum Wilson.

Gateway Angels

The Liverpool City Region Angel Network provides opportunities for angel investors to be connected with innovative start-ups and high -potential entrepreneurs across the LCR Region. The network aims to create growth for the local economy, and improve access to finance by driving opportunities for businesses and investors across the region.

Find out more by connecting with Katie Nicholson.

VeUP

VeUP is your ultimate growth partner, designed to propel SaaS start-ups to success by utilizing our invaluable strategic alliance with AWS, transforming your business potential into measurable results.

Our team on the ground at Slush'd includes industry veterans with a deep understanding of the SaaS market, company founders who have grown businesses from early stage to exit, and venture partners who have invested in some of the world’s most transformative technology.

Our mission is clear: to supply you with the tools you need to scale efficiently, secure investment, and conquer the global SaaS landscape.

Find out more, connect with Andy Sands and Shay O’Carroll.

Marks and Clerk

Marks & Clerk are dedicated to serving businesses of all sizes, delivering unparalleled expertise in legal, commercial, and technical matters. Their extensive team of patent attorneys, trademark attorneys, commercial lawyers, and IP litigators has empowered countless businesses worldwide to safeguard, enforce, and optimise the value of their intellectual property

Find out more by connecting with Ross Feasey.

DTM Legal

We are a regional law firm with national expertise taking pride in our legal excellence and outstanding service. We work closely with clients to become their trusted partner by combining commercial acumen, passion and a can-do approach and have worked with Digital, Tech and Fintech businesses, from start up to PLCs, across the UK for over 10 years.

We take a proactive and holistic approach where we develop a key understanding of the clients’ business and work in partnership with them at every stage – providing commercial, employment, dispute, property and succession planning legal advice always in our clients’ best interests.

As one of the fastest growing legal teams in the North West, DTM Legal is a Top Tier law firm with a highly talented and experienced team of legal professionals. We have the right people, the right contacts and the right expertise to take your business to the next level.

We also provide training, seminars and regular contact to ensure we make valuable contributions to strategic decisions and have taken a leading role in the Liverpool City Region FinTech ecosystem including the production of the 2023 Liverpool City Region FinTech Report and being part of panel discussions at a number of FinTech events across the region.

Find out more by connecting with Richard Harris.

NatWest

As a leading supporter of small businesses across the UK, NatWest is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs in the Liverpool region secure funding and accelerate their growth. With their innovative new lending proposition, high-growth businesses can now leverage the value of their Intellectual Property (IP) to scale faster and achieve even greater success.

Find out more by connecting with Nathan Johnson.