Ian Greig MBA

Consultant

Contracts nerd | Specialist in B2B consultancy, coaching + creative services | Founder @ New Legal + Ingenuity Club

I help UK and international professionals and SMEs in the tech, knowledge and health space run their businesses like top 1% companies with modern legal docs and compliance, with the help of our financial, tax and growth advisory partners. The goal is simple:

✅ Less stress
✅ More time
✅ More profit


Since 2022, the team at New Legal have been keeping modern professionals, directors, advisors, SMEs and their shareholders safe, compliant and financially sound with simple and robust contracts, contracting processes & compliance solutions, and holistic business advice via partners.

Message me if you’re a professional businessperson who wants to work smarter, scale faster and earn more, all while protecting your assets.

Or join our circle of partners advising high-growth and unique SMEs: via New, we connect exceptional professionals to clients worldwide — a global network powered by our shared infrastructure.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Ciao ciao!

Ian

new-legal.com

Consultant, Director, Founder, Advisor

Abaz Ibekwe is a Corporate leader ,dealmaker ,Business development expert and Thought leader.
I have a combination of African, English and German culture and upbringing through education, traveling and networking.
My curiosity for the fast evolving global economy led my sojourn to become an ''Expert Generalist" ,studying and building expertise in many different disciplines, industries, skills and topics .
Over the past years, i have built companies, functioned in different capacities, worked, networked and built relationships locally and internationally in diverse sectors including; Finance and Investment, Technology, Media and global branding ,Electric mobility, Blockchain and crypto ecosystem.

These experience has helped developed my undying love for business development, dealmaking and corporate management.
I have helped some international brands explore various opportunities in African market and also help expose our local brands to global market and potentials through strategic partnership, top-tier media visibility and global branding.

I have worked with several SMEs in Africa, drafting a roadmap and strategic plans for product development, business structuring, customers and clients acquisition and fundraising .

My experience in Security and equity trading has helped developed my research and analysis skills, critical thinking, detailing and swift execution.
This also built my risk planning and mitigation skills which has helped me maximize the role of probabilities in business.
I never run out of ideas when it comes to launching new ventures, scaling and positioning for growth and profitability..

Abaz ibekwe is the finalist of 2018 Solvers league challenge ,a fellow at youngstars foundation and Alumnus of USPF changemakers challenge.
The Founding and managing partner of Metrocapital,co-founder of RocketMedia and other micro projects.
He is an eternal optimist, visionary and globalization evangelist.


KEY SKILLS
Leadership||Dealmaking||Critical thinking||
Product management||Detailing||Research& Analysis
Business development||Global Branding||Capital raising
Deal sourcing||Strategy Development &Execution

Abaz Ibekwe

Funding Alerts in Austria for Impact Innovators
Austria has one of Europe's most generous non-dilutive funding landscapes. More options than most founders realize.

💰 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦: 
→ Austria Wirtschaftsservice — €55K to €1M+ (Preseed, Seedfinancing, Deep Tech, Creative Impact) 
→ FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency — €75K to €3M in R&D grants + loans, up to 70% funding rate 
→ Wirtschaftsagentur Wien — €8K to €600K (Startup Grant, Innovation, Climate Fund) 
→ Steirische Wirtschaftsförderung SFG — co-investment equity up to €1.5M alongside private investors 

🚀 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗨𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 & 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦: 
→ AplusB — national incubator network, 9 centers bridging academia & startups 
→ aws First Incubator — 12-month program, up to €55K grant for pre-founders
→ INiTS | Vienna's High-Tech Incubator — TU Wien + Uni Wien, up to €100K funding, 350+ alumni 
→ accent Inkubator GmbH — Lower Austria, deep-tech, 18-24 months support 
→ tech2b Inkubator GmbH — Upper Austria, 40+ startups/year → Science Park Graz — Styria, tech/research, ESA BIC partner 
→ Build It Green ünderzentrum Kärnten! — Medtech/Bioeconomy focus → InnCubator — Innsbruck, 6-month program, co-working + prototyping 
→ weXelerate ft. Venturecake — 9,000m² multi-corporate accelerator 
→ @Gründungsgarage — Aacademic accelerator (TU Graz + Uni Graz), pre-seed
→ Global Incubator Network Austria (GIN) — aws + FFG, Asia internationalization 

Every Bundesland has its own startup agency: 
→ Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
→ ecoplus. Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (NÖ + riz up)
→ Business Upper Austria - OÖ. Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH
→ SFG(Steiermark)
→ Standortagentur Tirol
→ Innovation Salzburg GmbH
→ Wirtschafts-Standort Vorarlberg GmbH
→ BABEG | Success in Carinthia (Kärnten)
→ Wirtschaftsagentur Burgenland


🏔️ 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 (𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗠): 
→ tecnet equity — NÖ, seed/early-stage, up to €3M, 45+ investments 
→ OÖ HightechFonds — Upper Austria VC, €100K-€1.5M, 22 investments, tech2b partnership
→ Carinthian Venture Fonds — Carinthia's public VC, €100K-€1.5M, co-invests with private partners

At TechField Africa, we work with leading organisations and high-growth ventures across the continent to strengthen their funding readiness.
We support with:
• Expression of Interest structuring
• Full proposal development
• Grant writing and technical documentation
• Financial modelling and co-financing structuring
• Repayable grant positioning
• Investment and funding program development
We don’t just “write applications.”
We help structure projects in a way that aligns with what investment committees are actually looking for.
If you’re planning to apply for any funding opportunity, 
Reach out to us for our service details and engagement terms.
(Only serious and revenue generation organization with impacts only)
Let’s position your project properly.
Kindly schedule a meeting
https://lnkd.in/d2tqeBCR

Terms, fees and conditions apply.

✅Bridging The GAP between INNOVATORS & INVESTORS in Africa|✅Connecting Africa Startups To Global Opportunities ✅ Accelerating Global Trade and investment in Africa ✅AI Governace and Regulation.

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