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From Seed to Series A: What Actually Scales

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From Seed to Series A: What Actually Scales

Hosted by Cooper Parry

When

Tuesday 17 November 2026

4:30pm

Where

Campfield Studios

Campfield Studios, Liverpool Road, Manchester, M3 4FP

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Price

free

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about this room

An evening on the operational side of getting from seed to Series A: building a repeatable growth engine, picking a go-to-market motion, and the hiring calls that either compound or cost you a year.

Cooper Parry hosts with Exchange Accelerator. The panel is Anish Kapoor (founder and chairman, AccessPay), Harry Panter (co-founder and CEO, Housr), Laura Wiggins (YFM Equity Partners), Ted Tavendale (Puma Growth Partners) and Tom Watts (Cooper Parry), followed by a showcase of Exchange cohort businesses. Doors 17:00, panel from 17:30, finishing around 20:30 with food, drinks and networking at Campfield Studios on Liverpool Road. Free, approval-gated on Luma; the organiser says a few places remain.

why go

two founders who've made the climb next to two active Northern growth investors, so you hear both sides of the Series A table in one room. Best for founders who've raised a seed round and are eighteen months from the next one.

Speakers

Anish Kapoor · Founder & Chairman, AccessPay

Harry Panter · Co-Founder & CEO, Housr

Laura Wiggins · Investment Director, YFM Equity Partners

Ted Tavendale · Investor, Puma Growth Partners

Tom Watts · Partner, Cooper Parry

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Campfield Studios, Campfield Studios, Liverpool Road, Manchester, M3 4FP

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