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It’s been over a year since we moved to online pitch events, and in that time we have run 45 online pitching sessions…. 45!

What have we learnt during all of these events?

Online events allowed us to continue. Above everything else they have enabled the angelgroups wheels to keep turning.
They keep us connected to our network. Although it will never replace the physical interaction in our eyes, it has allowed us to check in with our members and maintain our relationships.
It provided us an opportunity to fast track our plans. Online events were always something we intended to introduce, but we were forced (like many others) to find a solution and find one fast
It opened up our angel groups. We are now pleased to say we have welcomed angels from across the UK (and overseas) to our groups.
The phrase “you’re on mute” has been said more than any other sentence this past year!

We’re really looking forward to returning to physical events but we will always run the online session for our angels and sme’s further afield.

Our final bitesize funding event in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs is on the 25th May and this event will cover Investments – Passive vs. Active.

During this session we will explain:

▪ The difference between passive and active equity funding

▪ The pros and cons of passive and active

▪ A bit more about angelgroups

We will be finishing off these events focusing on equity funding and what the differences are between passive and active, as well as the pros and cons of each. We live in the world of active angel investment, which is often referred to as ‘smart money’ so we will be ending the session with some more information on what this is and how it can help your business. We will try and fit in some Q&A on this last event so we can answer any questions you have.

We hope you can join us, and look forward to seeing you there.

‘A sustainable business, or a green business, is an enterprise that has minimal negative impact or potentially a positive effect on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy.’

We are lucky enough to speak to these types of businesses on a daily basis. There are some fantastically innovative businesses who’s main focus is sustainability.

It’s not only businesses that we have seen focus on this though, as a lot of our angel members will not invest in a company if they do not tick this box.

Happy official Earth Day.

Yesterday we ran our latest in a series of bitesize funding events. The event was The Pitch and we covered the do’s and don’ts of pitching for investment.

If you are interested in learning more about pitching or will be pitching soon then we would be thrilled if you gave it a watch. We hope you find it useful.

As always please do get in touch if you have any questions or would like to find out more.

The Annual Investing in Women Code report has been released. It was an absolute pleasure providing data towards this initiative.

“While the COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for entrepreneurs across the country, this inaugural progress report is testament to the commitment within the industry to increase transparency and accountability.”

Click HERE to view the latest research.

We have just closed the funding round for a business that is doing something so innovative… that we can’t tell you what it is.

What we can tell you, is that it is in the manufacturing space with an incredible team who have built something which will make a huge environmental impact. Sounds exciting right?! This raise has bought together angels from a variety of different backgrounds who will be adding a huge amount of expertise to what is already a terrific team.

Angelgroups Martin Avison said, “We are delighted to have worked with the founder to secure the investment needed as well as a first-class group of investors that have added real value to the business. It’s always great to work with a company who have got such an exciting product as well as being able to make such a huge environmental impact. We wish the team every success in what looks to be a promising future.“

Join us next week (20/04/21 at 08:30am) for the next in our series of bitesize funding events with Barclays Eagle Labs where we will be covering the do’s and don’ts of pitching, including delivery and the common pitfalls founders fall into when pitching. Register today

A couple of weeks ago we ran our latest bitesize funding event alongside Barclays Eagle Labs where we discussed The Pitch Deck. We covered:

The difference between an Information Deck and a Pitch Deck
The five compelling reasons
The perfect pitch

Remember, you are hiring each slide to do a job. If you would like to find out more about how to create a pitch deck, what to include and also what not to include, then please do watch the recording. We hope you enjoy it! Our next event will cover The Pitch, and the do’s and don’ts of pitching for investment. Please register for the next event HERE.

Deal complete! We are thrilled to announce that Orb Innovation have received their funding. A huge congratulations to them.

Orb Innovations have designed an easy and unobtrusive way to monitor human health, wellness, and performance in real-time. Capturing over 100 parameters about an individual, their platform and patent-pending technology empowers users with the information they need in a digestible way.

ORB’s vision is to provide Formula 1 level insights into human health, wellness, and performance.

We are delighted to have supported Orb Innovations with their investment. This is a really exciting technology and a real game changer within the sports analytics market. The opportunity doesn’t stop there though, as this technology has a number of other applications, which combined with the great founding team can only go from strength to strength.

It’s International Women’s Day! We’re celebrating the day by looking back on all the fantastic female founders and investors we have had the pleasure of working with. Over recent years we have seen a surge in female founders seeking investment, so would like to showcase one of the female led businesses that we are supporting through their due diligence at the moment.

Nura and Rahma are one of the best co-founding teams that we have come across. For such young individuals they have worked incredibly hard and dedicated a huge amount of time and effort into growing their business. They pitched with us recently and one of the angels referred to them as ‘superstars’. They received a lot of interest and we are currently pulling an angel syndicate together to fund and support their business.

To all the brilliant women out there – we applaud you!

A huge congratulations to Prox & Reverie for securing their investment!

Prox & Reverie is owned and operated by a former Disney executive and an experienced Virtual Reality creator. The company is developing a multi-purpose, multi-user mixed reality production space to enable industries across all sectors to develop their immersive capability in a Covid safe environment. The company will offer clients a unique production space and the toolkit and skills required to develop experiential design across the sectors, for example, virtual tactical training for the emergency services or virtual design facilities for the automotive industry.

Angelgroups Martin Avison said, “It has been an absolute pleasure to work with the founders and investors to secure Prox & Reverie the funding they needed to grow their business. The Multi Reality sector has significant potential for high growth. Combing this potential with the experience of the founders and their unique abilities, this company will definitely be one to watch for the future”

Alistair Maclean-Clark, Co-Founder Prox & Reverie said “It has been a pleasure working with Martin, Amber and all the team at the angelgroups. Whilst fund raising is never easy, angelgroups have made the process as efficient and co-ordinated as it could possibly have been. We would recommend them and their team to any company seeking funding at this level”.

Yesterday was our first in a series of bitesize funding events in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs. If you missed the event and would like to catch up, just CLICK HERE. Martin Avison discussed the funding options open to SME’s including:

Debt
Grant
Equity

Our next funding event is on the 23rd of March where we will discuss The Pitch Deck; the content, what to cover and how to structure your pitch. You can register for the next event HERE.

We’re really looking forward to the next funding event and answering some more fantastic questions from passionate founders.