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Venture Café Manchester: Global Entrepreneurship Week - What Makes a Founder?Thu 19 Nov · free
Mindstone Manchester November AI MeetupThu 19 Nov · free
From Seed to Series A: What Actually ScalesTue 17 Nov · freeDate & Time
Thursday 22 October 2026
5:00pm
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Online / Virtual
Price
Free
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Niamh Donovan (Sustainable Ventures) · Andrew Ruffler (Venture Café Manchester) + 1 more
The weekly Venture Café Manchester Thursday Gathering, themed for Global Entrepreneurship Week, at Sister's Renold Building. The evening runs 17:00-20:00 with pizza and networking, an innovator showcase, 60-second lightning pitches,…
Mindstone's Manchester AI meetup, run with UKAI and Barclays at Heron House, DiSH, 47 Lloyd Street. The evening is two live demos of AI tools, no slides, plus three talks:…
Mark Lyons (Puma Growth Partners) · Laura Wiggins (YFM Equity Partners) + 1 more
An evening on the operational side of getting from seed to Series A: building a repeatable growth engine, picking a go-to-market motion, and the hiring calls that either compound or…