Meet the Funder: Laura Franses

What will this event cover? 

In this month's Meet the Funder in partnership with British Business Bank, we will be joined by Laura Franses, Advisor to the Commercial Growth Fund at S4C Digital Media.

Agenda 

10:00am - 10:30am - Facilitated questions giving you industry insights such as how to get a funders attention and the importance of due diligence. 

10:30am - 10:45am - Q&A with attendees

Speaker Bio 

Laura Franses - Advisor to the Commercial Growth Fund at S4C Digital Media

Laura is one of the most preeminent investors and commercial strategists in the TV and digital sector, having successfully completed over 30 transactions in this space. Her experience spans executive roles at Channel 4, ITV, Nutopia Ltd, and Zodiak.

Laura joined S4C to set up and run their investment fund in autumn 2023 and completed their first investment into Kubos Limited earlier this year (https://kubos-semi.com/). Previously, Laura set up and ran the highly successful Channel 4 Growth Fund, resulting in a portfolio of 13 investments, of which seven companies were sold, including Eleven Films (creators of Sex Education), Whisper Films (sports producers sold to Sony), True North (sold to Sky), and Voltage (sold to BBC Studios).

She joins most recently from ITV, where she worked on the launch of the digital platform ITVX.

In partnership with British Business Bank: 

Meet the Funder is supported by the British Business Bank in Wales.  

British Business Bank is the UK government-owned business development bank dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses.   

BBB aim to make finance markets work better for smaller businesses. Through our network of delivery partners we are diversifying the finance market and providing finance to start a business, grow to the next level, or stay ahead of the competition.