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Invest Solent brings together investors and ambitious businesses with one goal – helping great ideas secure the backing they need to grow.
This carefully curated event is designed to create meaningful conversations between investors and investment-ready businesses from across the Solent. Rather than a busy conference or open pitching session, Invest Solent offers a focused environment where every business has been screened in advance, ensuring investors spend their time meeting founders with clear growth plans, realistic funding requirements, and a genuine opportunity to scale.
Whether you’re looking for new investment opportunities or seeking funding to accelerate your business, Invest Solent aims to connect the right people in the room.
The Solent is home to more than 50,000 businesses and over 1.3 million people. It is a region known for innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic strength, with ambitious businesses operating across sectors including:
The wider Solent and Hampshire economy generates more than £72 billion of economic output every year, creating a strong pipeline of businesses with growth potential.
Invest Solent provides an opportunity to meet a carefully selected group of founders who are actively seeking investment and ready to discuss their plans.
Our Invest Solent event will be held on 25 November. Join us for a relaxed but purposeful afternoon designed to encourage conversation and connection.
12:00 – Arrival 12:30 – BBQ lunch and introductions 13:30 – Curated business pitches 15:30 – Tea, cake, and networking 16:00 – Follow-up conversations
You’ll benefit from:
Most importantly, you’ll spend less time searching for opportunities and more time speaking to businesses that align with your investment interests.
To ensure we bring the most relevant opportunities to you, we’d like to understand:
We’ll use this information to help shape the final business cohort and ensure the conversations on the day are as productive as possible.
Email us to express your interest in attending as an investor.
We’ll review responses and be in touch with further details about the event and the businesses being considered for the final pitch cohort.
We’re inviting a select number of businesses to apply for a place in the Invest Solent pitching cohort.
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to present directly to a small group of engaged investors actively looking for new opportunities.
This is not an open pitching event. Businesses will be reviewed to ensure that they are investment-ready and a good fit for the investors attending.
Businesses from all sectors will be considered, although preference may be given to those that align with the interests expressed by attending investors.
If you’d like to be considered for a pitching slot, complete the application form below and tell us about:
Applications will be reviewed by the Invest Solent team. Due to the limited number of pitching places available, completing the form does not guarantee participation.
Invest Solent is about cutting through the noise and creating the conditions for meaningful investment conversations.
By carefully matching investors with ambitious businesses, we’re helping regional innovation secure the backing it needs to grow, create jobs and strengthen the Solent economy.
Complete the form below to express your interest in taking part.
