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Cass Business School - A world-class reputation

An integral part of City University London, Sir John Cass Business School is among the global elite of business schools that hold the gold standard of ‘triple-crown’ accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

Cass is consistently ranked amongst the best business schools and programmes in the world which, coupled with an established 40-year reputation for excellence in research and business education, enables to attract some of the best academics, students and businesses worldwide into an exclusive Cass network.

Cass Entrepreneurship Fund

The Cass Entrepreneurship Fund is a £10 million venture capital fund, providing growth equity to start-up and early stage companies. The Fund has been established with the generous support of Peter Cullum CBE, one of Cass’ most successful entrepreneurs and the Founder and Executive Chairman of Towergate Insurance.

The venture fund supports innovative growth companies emerging from the Cass community.  The Fund is open to all Alumni of Cass Business School as well as participants on the New Venture Creation programme and Your Business Future programmes.

Alva is the first investment made by the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund in April 2010. From the summer of 2009,  Alva was incubated within the Peter Cullum Centre of Entrepreneurship at Cass, which provided space to operate from as the company was being established, and by providing the support and facilities of the Cass academics and services.

Alva and academics of Cass Business School collaborate in joint research investigating the impact of reputation in different business areas.