Before the Cashflow Game on Wednesday 10th March Tan Tran will be speaking on VC Finance

at Global Business Centre, 9 Holles Street, London, W1G 0BD.
2 minutes from Oxford Circus Station

Testimonials from recent cashflow events I have organised

"Great content"

"Great session, great attendants"

"All very good"

Excellent Experience"

"Fantastic group of people, I definately learned a lot"

Presentation by Tan Tran will cover

-When does a business start to look for a funding from a business angel and VC funding?
-How to find and attract business angels for SMEs and venture capital for medium sized businesses?
-The Truth- What do business angels and venture capitalist really look for in your business?
-The type of funding and value added benefit you can expect from these investors?
-What common pitfalls to avoid when pitching for funding?

You will be offered the opportunity to ask questions to Tan on the evening


Tan Tran is a 36 year old serial entrepreneur; running several businesses specialising in property investments, property finance and venture capital.
 
He is also a member of the exclusive Concept Business Group and is a recognised member of the International Who's Who for his business contribution to the Anglo-American trade relationship.
 
Tan's business career started at an early age when he took responsibilities for the commercial side of his father's medical practice whilst Tan was still studying Biochemistry and Genetics at university.
 
Jumping away from medicine, Tan went into the financial services industry as a wealth manager for a small City based consultancy firm specialising in wealth management for the medical profession. He then progressed into investment banking and joined HSBC Private Clients where he enjoyed working with several international sporting and show biz clients. After a successful career with HSBC, Tan was head-hunted to a Dax-30 listed German investment boutique where he became their youngest Head of Property Finance, specialising in structured property finance and had clients afar as Canada, the Middle East and Australia.

Tan's career also led him to Washington DC where in 2005 he and some close friends established a Foreign Exchange dealing platform and within two years the business was merged with a global player in the sector. The whole business to date is now part of Travelex Global.

After some travelling, Tan came back to London and with true entrepreneurial spirit he started up several businesses in the personal loans and mortgage sector, successfully selling these outfits to large well know financial institutions.
 
He now split most of his time between Fontis Capital, a specialist property finance and investment company, Callidus Financial Wealth Management, a Financial Services Authority regulated consultancy based in Moorgate, City of London and Red-to-Black.co.uk, a national debt management company with a 60 person strong call centre based in Manchester, specialising in helping people and small businesses with their debt problems.
 
With strong believes in getting out and staying out of the daily rat race and the power of residual income streams from businesses, Tan also manages his own personal property portfolio.
 
In his spare time, Tan concentrate on his passion with renewable energy and carbon footprint offsetting as well as privately trading derivatives and FX.
His goal for 2010 is to start teaching small businesses and individuals how to survive in this economic climate, find and secure finance and start a recession proof property portfolio.

His presentation is titled The Devils Advocate- Go it Alone or Dance with a Venture Capitalist?


Event timings:

6pm- Registration and Networking
6.15- Presentation
6.45- Presentation finishes and opportunity to play the financial board game cashflow

Presentation by Phil Anderson on April 14th before the cashflow game

"How the past reveals the future: how to determine the rough shape of the markets, each year, in advance"

Presentation before the Cashflow Game on May 12th tbc