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The Capital Angel Network (CAN) is an angel investor network made up of alumni from St Paul’s Girls’ School, St Paul’s Boys School, and Hammersmith Academy. As an established alumni community, we have an enviable opportunity to support entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, as well as to ‘give back’ through widening access and increasing bursaries. To learn more about CAN, visit https://wecan.capital/

Private Event

Pitch Night @ LSE

Capital Angel Network

LSE Generate

London, United Kingdom

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About Event

You're invited to Capital Angel Network's (CAN) eighth pitch night on 8 October at the LSE!

Join us at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) for three live business pitches and a fireside chat with Imme Ermgassen (Founder, Botivo).

Come and learn more about CAN's concept, what we have in the pipeline, and how you can get involved. We have three exciting live business pitches planned and a fireside chat with Imme Ermgassen (Founder, Botivo). You'll also get to connect with fellow angels, alumni, and students over drinks at the event. To attend the event, please register with your details to be added to the guest list.

Our fireside chat with Imme is moderated by committee member and director, Nick Troen.

Imme Ermgassen

Imme Ermgassen is the founder of Botivo, the British non-alcoholic aperitivo shaking up how we drink. Prior to founding Botivo, she had almost 2 decades of experience in strategy and brand building for global giants like Beam Suntori, Adidas, Heineken and MTV.

Botivo is now a cult brand that is growing fast and not only best-seller in places like Waitrose, Majestic and Whole Foods, it is also being poured in 45 of the UK’s top 100 restaurants. Recognised as one of Code Hospitality’s Women of the Year 2025 and recently ranked the 31st most Influential Person in Drinks, Imme is at the forefront of shaping the future of drinks.

About CAN

The Capital Angel Network (CAN) is an angel investor network made up of alumni from St Paul’s Girls’ School, St Paul’s Boys School, and Hammersmith Academy. As an established alumni community, we have an enviable opportunity to support entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, as well as to ‘give back’ through widening access and increasing bursaries.

CAN will offer founders, alumni or not, access to a network of engaged investors, who are open to providing seed, early-stage or growth capital. These angels will in turn, pledge to donate up to 20% of related proceeds to support the founding mission of the schools that educated them; namely creating bursaries and opportunities for children no matter their background.

Our overriding goal is to build a virtuous flow of new capital between alumni, businesses and schools to fuel growth and expand access. While we’re at it, however, we also want to create some fun and approachable networking settings for the alumni of all partner schools.

Purpose:

Build a virtuous flow of new capital between alumni, businesses and schools to fuel growth and expand access.

Mission:

Through creating a fun and accessible angel network of investment and networking opportunities for alumni of partner schools.

Vision:

Provide capital to fuel the growth of the brightest businesses and minds no matter their background.

To learn more about CAN, visit https://wecan.capital/

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