Date: 27th January 2025 Time: 9.00-10.00am
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE (map)
Speaker: Alex Depledge (Resi.co.uk)
Chair: Juanita González-Uribe (FMG & LSE Finance)
This event features a fireside chat and Q&A session with Alex Depledge, serial tech entrepreneur and the current CEO of Resi.co.uk, on Scaling the Startup: Financing Growth and Unlocking Value.
Alex will share insights from her entrepreneurial journey as the current CEO of the UK’s largest residential architectural practice, as well as her experience founding, scaling, and successfully exiting Hassle.com, Europe’s largest domestic cleaning marketplace.
This lecture series focuses on the role of finance in the entrepreneurial journey. The aim is to improve our understanding of the role of early-stage financiers in the start-up and scale-up of new ventures. Discussions will touch upon several research topics like the types of constraints that limit the start and growth of new companies, and the role of specialized financiers, as well as policy, in mitigating them.
Registration
This public event is delivered in-person only, is free and open to all, with no ticket or pre-registration required. Attendance will be on a first-come, first-served basis, within the limits of the venue capacity.
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Alex Depledge is a serial tech entrepreneur and the current CEO of Resi.co.uk - the UK’s largest residential architectural practice designed to help UK homeowners renovate and extend their homes. Prior to Resi.co.uk, Alex founded Hassle.com, Europe’s largest domestic cleaning marketplace. Responsible for taking Hassle.com from inception to over £8million turnover in under 2 years, Alex also negotiated its subsequent sale for €32m.
In addition to her entrepreneurial success, Alex is a TV & radio commentator and sits on the board of Persimmon Homes. She has also won a string of awards including: Emerging Technology Scale-up 2022 at the Enterprise Awards, The Barclay’s Entrepreneur Award for Start Up of the Year 2020 and was made an MBE for services to the Sharing Economy in 2016.
Juanita González-Uribe is Associate Professor in Finance at the London School of Economics. Her research focuses on entrepreneurship, private equity and innovation. Her work spans different regions including Latin America, the UK, and the USA.
