When you have a great business idea, funding is nearly always the sticking point.

We have put together a panel to discuss how to go about researching the best way to fund your business and the different factors to consider in this journey for your business.

• What it costs to start a food & drink business
• Where to get loans
• Organic growth vs funded growth
• How to make use of the three Fs (Friends, Family and Fools!)
• At what point you should look for investment
• What is SEIS investment
• How do you value a business and what should you be willing to give away
• How to find Angels and build a relationship
• What stage should you be at to get investment

Speakers will be announced soon.

Bread & Jam are the organisers of the UK's biggest food and drink founders' festival. The Festival brings together emerging and scaling food and drink brands, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, buyers, media and industry leaders.

Bread & Jam also run a comprehensive programme of socials, virtual workshops,1-day summits (Plant-Based and Future) and their popular free Fortnightly Monday Motivation Panels.

Addition is an outsourced finance business for start-ups and SMEs. They support over 200 small businesses - from Michelin star restaurants to vegan chocolate startups - with a full-suite of financial product offerings. Addition’s flexible finance solutions include portfolio CFO services for scaling up - offering support with pitch deck creation, KPIs, forecasting, financial modeling and more.