% Eastbourne KTP Presentation
% Aidan Delaney
% aidan@ontologyengineering.org | @aidandelaney
About Me {data-background=’images/royal-pavilion-brighton.jpg’}
- Academic for over a decade (PhD in CS involving logic).
- Researcher in Visual Languages and Visual Reasoning.
- Shipped code in Haskell, C, Java, Perl, Python, C++, JavaScript & others.
- Director of an Eastbourne not-for-profit TechResort
- Previously CAS Regional Co-ordinator for East Sussex & Kent.
- Often wing, sometimes flank, centre, out-half or hooker for Eastbourne RFC IIIs.
Cyclr KTP {data-background-video=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyclrcdn/videos/website-background-final.mp4, https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyclrcdn/videos/website-background-final.webm” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}
How it came together {data-background=”#CCCCCC” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}
- Ian and I met in Cohub.
- Ian bought me beer.
- Shona and Ian filled in some paperwork.
- Cyclr got ~£120k and a really great employee.
Results so far {data-background=”#00d414” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}
- New company/product with valuation of £2,000,000.
- 4 jobs, looking to expand.
- Currently in the middle of a seed-funding round.
- As it is software, potential for huge profits.
Observations {data-background=”#f08” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}
- The paperwork for KTPs is very light touch.
- KTPs are grants not equity based.
- New applicants are advised to show 10x growth.
Thank You {data-background=”#08f” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}
- To you, for giving up your time.
- To Stuart & Laura at Cohub, for the use of the venue.
- To Uni of Brighton for my time, and Shona’s.