Alistair Forbes of Mercia (https://merciatech.co.uk) joins Gelb to speak about the differences between approaching angels and VCs, we spoke about how a VC considers an investment, and have a little debate around how initial valuation plays into how you’re considered by some investors.

Information about Alistair

Alistair has spent the bulk of his career in the IT and software industry and has been involved in starting, scaling and exiting software companies, as well as having gained experience from less successful businesses of some of the challenges faced by early stage businesses and how to deal with them. Having been an active private investor for several years, he joined Mercia Technologies in December 2017 as Investment Director to lead the Software and Internet sector for the firm, working with the Mercia team to invest in and support high growth software businesses across the UK.