A practical morning helping business owners understand their funding options, meet funders and make better informed decisions about funding.

Business Funding Without the JargonStraightforward conversations about funding your business, whatever stage you’re at.

A Bamboosters event in partnership with the PSP Engagement Hub

📅 Tuesday 17 November 2026

🕘 9.00am to 12.30pm

📍 The Engagement Hub, Plymouth Science Park

About the event

Every business needs funding at some point.

What that funding looks like, and why you need it, can change significantly as your business develops.

You might be starting a new business, managing cash flow, investing in new equipment or people, funding steady organic growth, or getting ready to scale.

Business Funding Without the Jargon is designed to help business owners understand the different funding options available and, importantly, when different types of funding might be right for their business.

No complicated financial language. No hard sell.

Just straightforward, practical conversations about business and funding.

What will we cover?

During the morning, we’ll explore:

The different types of funding available to businesses

How your funding needs can change as your business develops

Funding for start-up, established businesses, organic growth and scale-up

How funding can support investment in people, equipment and future plans

Funding for working capital and cash flow

What funders look for when considering funding

How to prepare for a conversation with a funder

The questions you should be asking before taking on funding

Most importantly, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and talk directly with funders, ask questions and begin building relationships.

Who is it for?

This morning is for business owners and leaders at any stage of their business journey.

You don’t need to be actively looking for funding to attend.

In fact, one of the aims of the event is to encourage business owners to understand their options and start building relationships with funders before they need the money.

Whether you are starting out, running an established business, growing steadily or planning something much bigger, the session will help you better understand what funding could look like for your business.

Why attend?

By the end of the morning, we want you to leave with:

A clearer understanding of your funding options.

A better idea of what might be right for your business.

Greater confidence talking about funding.

And, importantly, connections with people you can talk to when the time is right.

No jargon. No hard sell. No expectation that you need funding today.

Just useful conversations about your business, your ambitions and how you might fund them.

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