Business Funding - an International Perspective

Every stage of growing a business is a funding decision, even when it doesn't feel like one.

How you pay for the next market, the next hire, the next acquisition quietly shapes what the business is worth years later, and who you can sell it to. Across the Atlantic, the options multiply and the advice gets thinner.

During the evening, hear from speakers across the corporate lifecycle, sharing their different funding, expansion and exit stories, so you leave with greater insight and awareness of the opportunities, and the pitfalls to avoid.

Designed for international founders and business executives planning to grow in New York City, the discussion will cover the advantages, tradeoffs, and tactics involved in raising capital from VC and PE sources.

🎙️ Speakers

Dan Jaeck is a Principal at Crane VC, based between New York and London, where he partners with founders building transformational software companies.
Before joining Crane, he spent four years at Eniac Ventures in NYC, investing in AI application-layer and infrastructure companies. Prior to Eniac, Dan began his career at Goldman Sachs in London on the Emerging Market Equities desk.

Joel Goschalk is a Senior Director at Dundon Advisers, advising middle-market companies on recapitalizations, restructurings and credit. He started as a London insolvency practitioner, co-founded and scaled a UK litigation funding and private equity business (Cavendish IP Solutions), and has spent over a decade as COO of a family office, advising on fundraising rounds, fund formation across the UK, US and offshore, and cross-border expansion.

Juliet Scott-Croxford, President, North America at Q5, where her 20+ years of leadership experience across consumer, media, retail, mobility and lifestyle sectors. As President, North America at Q5, she helps organisations accelerate growth and redesign how people and AI create value together. Formerly President of the Americas and now a Non-Executive Director at Brompton Bicycle North America, she sits on the advisory board of ParalympicsGB and has held senior roles at Worth Media and Guardian Media Group.

Moderated by:
Shree Shah's experience spans tech, financial services and international markets, including roles at the UK’s Department for Business and Trade in New York - where she advised 150+ UK tech companies on US expansion and fundraising, Fisher Investments and the University of Oxford.
She focuses on AI, enterprise SaaS, fintech and emerging technologies, and champions women and underrepresented founders as they scale.

👋 Co-host:

The Transatlantic Innovation Hub, is New York's launch pad for Italian & European companies, to help them successfully enter and scale in the U.S. market.

Located in the heart of Manhattan, TIH serves as a landing pad for innovation ecosystems, providing companies with both a physical presence in New York and a structured set of market access services to accelerate their U.S. expansion.

The Knowledge Shop is the founder community in NYC. We are industry and stage agnostic, helping not just startups grow, but supporting the founders building them.

🌟 Founding Partner:

Sabre Integrated has been providing commercial security systems in NYC since 2000.
From access control and video surveillance to fully integrated security systems, they design, install and support your business every step of the way

🫂 Charity Partner:

The St George's Society of New York, provides life-changing support to immigrants from Britain and the Commonwealth in New York. Established in 1770, we're the second-oldest charity in the city. We hold events year round - join us for Pancake day 🥞

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