We are delighted to have secured Richard Hargreaves to deliver a talk to our angel groups at our Leeds Christmas event. Richard has a wealth of experience in investing and was previously the Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and author of the book ‘Business Angel investing’.
Richard will be discussing his strategy for creating a portfolio of angel investments and the lessons learnt.
Our Christmas event is set to be the biggest event we have ran in 2 years and places are booking up fast!
Yesterday the British Business Bank released their report on Smaller Businesses and the Transition to Net Zero.
The report highlights ‘the crucial role smaller businesses can play in driving the changes required in the UK’s transition to a net zero economy.’
This report is a fascinating read, with access to finance being identified as part of the solution to drive more action. To read the full report, click here.
Today’s the day!
We are 30 minutes away from the start of our first physical event in over 18 months. To say we are excited is an understatement. The businesses are currently getting used to the lay of the land and we are ready to welcome the angels back around the table for what will be a great first session.
Good luck to everyone pitching!
A huge congratulations to Amy Whitell and the team at Collctiv in securing their investment. We are delighted to have been part of this funding round and introduce another board member to the team. We are confident that this team will be one to watch in the future
Collctiv makes it easy for groups of people to spend money together, by simplifying the process of collecting money from a group of people – and by making it possible for groups to split a bill at checkout.
Organisers can use their app to easily collect money from group members – who simply tap to pay without downloading an app or doing any banking – and Merchants who sell directly to groups can grow their sales by letting their customers split a group payment at checkout.
Collctiv, CEO & Co-founder, Amy Whitell commented on the investment, “It’s been a pleasure to work with the team at angelgroups and the investors that they’ve introduced us to. We are so pleased to have concluded the round and to have added to the team with non-exec experience”.
We have been out and about again this week doing some more face to face meetings and preparing for our first physical pitch event which is in 2 weeks time!
Yesterday we spent the afternoon over at Get Your Media’s offices doing some more filming. We always strive to work smarter not harder and video is one of the tools which enables us to do this. It was also great to see the team and have a bit of a catch up over some future projects we have planned.
We’re not the only ones who have been out and about this week as some of our angels made the trip down to London yesterday to meet with a business to discuss their investment opportunity. Exciting times ahead for that business – watch this space.
It was smiles all round yesterday as some of the team went into Leeds for the first time in well over a year. It was FANTASTIC to be back in the city and seeing some familiar faces.
Barclays Eagle Lab Leeds were gracious hosts and we look forward to seeing the team again in a few weeks time when we’re back.
Only a few weeks to go until our first physical pitch event since March last year and we can not wait to welcome everyone back.
We’re thrilled to announce that we have grown our team and will look to bring on even more fantastic people in the coming months and into 2022.
It’s fantastic working with people who are really passionate about the funding landscape. We work in a really exciting industry and it’s great to share that enthusiasm amongst the team.
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
It has been nearly 18 months since we’ve ran a physical event, and we are finally at a point where are able to consider hosting one again.
Our members have been incredibly supportive of the impromptu move to online events and we’re really looking forward to catching up with them in person in the not too distant future!
Going forward we will offer a blended solution of both online and physical events to cater for both angels and SME’s who are based further afield. Online events have enabled us to open our groups and invite members from across the UK and overseas.
We’re excited about the next chapter and finally having that cup of coffee with everyone again.
We have thoroughly enjoyed working with the team at fused4 and have been delighted to have supported them through their funding needs. We truly believe that their disruptive model for the tech recruitment industry is both long overdue and will be welcomed by employees and employers alike. This is certainly one business to watch for the future, well done!
Fused4 is on an exciting journey to fundamentally change the way technology hiring is done. This is a market that is still predominantly manual in its processes, dependent on complicated and expensive supply chains and is ripe for digitisation, where emerging technologies can deliver a modern, engaging and efficient experience for both employers and candidates.
Chief Hiring Innovator at Fused4, Nigel Nerurkar commented on the investment, “We’re very excited with the new investors we now have on board, secured via angelgroups, who we know will bring fantastic expertise and support with our aggressive plan for rapid growth. Angelgroups have a simple, well-structured, and supportive process for securing investment and we got so much more out of the process than great investors. A big thanks to Martin Avison, Amber Avison and team – we would highly recommend you (and will).
Founder and Lightning is a pioneering venture builder, partnering with ambitious founders, equipping them with the team, tools and expertise needed to build outstanding technology-based companies. They act as co-founders, highly experienced in concept validation, product design, technical development, and financial & commercial strategy.
Angelgroups’ Martin Avison said, “I am so pleased to have funded Founder and Lightning. They are doing some extremely exciting things to help SME businesses to scale, and I am really looking forward to working with such an excellent team into the future.”.
Matt Jonns founder of Founder and Lightning said, “Working with angelgroups has been a great experience and one that we would highly recommend. The whole process from start to finish has been fantastic and we’re delighted to not only have secured a contribution to our round but also to welcome some brilliant angels into our team.”
We wish the Founder and Lightning team every success.
We are running an event with several companies from Silicon Valley in August and we’re really excited to bring this opportunity to our angel members.
This isn’t a typical angelgroups event, but will give our members the opportunity to see businesses with truly global potential who they can get involved with at an early stage. All three businesses have a reason to engage with UK investors, other than just the investment.
We provide our angels with opportunities in a variety of sectors and stages of their growth journey, and these businesses will be no different.
If you would like to find out more and discuss becoming a member please do get in touch.
We are absolutely delighted to have been a small part in Lightsong’s journey. They are a truly inspiring business that has already made significant traction and with such a high-quality team we feel sure that they are destined to be market leaders within their sector.
Lightsong is a unique music creation, publishing and sales platform that serves music creators by providing economic opportunity and route to market enabling them to monetise their talent increasing supply chain efficiency, revenue and margins. Lightsong’s platform architecture and functionality solves many complexities of the current music industry.
Tolga Kashif, CEO at Lightsong, commented on the investment, “At Lightsong, we feel that success in fundraising means collaborating with a high-quality consulting team who are prepared to ‘go the distance’ and have the integrity, skillsets and focus needed to deliver an effective framework for success.
Martin Avison and his team at angelgroups fit this bill. We found their intuitive approach to working with our Company and in liaising with investors effective, enjoyable and transformative. While providing an insightful excellent service, they also helped highlight wider challenges at a time where the Covid pandemic has brought multiple disruptions to the socio-economic landscape further accelerating technological change.
Time wisely spent with angelgroups both in preparation and in communicating our offering and opportunity to investors proved vital to our achieving a successful fundraise with which we are delighted. We deeply thank Martin Avison and his team for their professionalism, belief and dedication in helping our Company progress into this next exciting stage of growth.”
