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July 28, 2020

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On Wednesday 29 July between 4pm - 6pm, the #FemaleTechFounder July event is taking place. This interesting panel features female teach founders and co-founders who will be joining forces through the power of videoconferencing to celebrate successes, share stories and experiences and talking about what they're looking forward to next.

As part of this event, our very own Dr Giulia Sirigu (Senior Innovation Advisor) from Inventya will be talking about 'Enabling Growth Through Innovation' with a focus on supporting businesses' response to COVID as we start to adapt to the 'new normal' and the easing of lockdown in the workplace,as well as giving an update on Innovate UK fully-funded COVID-19 support for companies doing innovation.

Giulia will be talking about the short-term challenges and how Inventya can help support businesses in order for them to develop this into mid-term stability and eventually in to long-term growth and future plans for businesses.

This event is open to everyone (not just women) who're interested in tech, startups and everything that goes into creating products that users love! To find out more about the event and to register, visit the #FemaleTechFounderblog: http://blog.assenty.com/2020/07/09/femaletechfounder-night-july/

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