We hope everyone had a wonderful time over the festive period and hopefully you feel adequetly rested and ready to tackle whatever 2020 has in store.
We are starting the New Year with a nice big coffee and a meeting to refresh our 2020 plans. We’ll be firing on all cylinders in no time!
We hope your first day back is great and if you’re looking for funding this New Year, just get in touch.
As 2019 draws to a close it makes us wonder what 2020 has in store, and you’re probably thinking the same.
We often ask companies “what difference would funding make to your business?” and the answer is fairly unanimous – “it would enable us to grow”.
Profitable growth is the aim of the game, so it feels great when we are able to facilitate this by putting the right Investors with the right businesses. After all, that’s what makes Angel investment different. It’s the people behind the money and the added value they bring.
If you’re looking to scale in 2020 and seeking investment/support then let’s have a chat.
We had a great time over in Sheffield yesterday delivering a workshop on Pitching for Investment. It was great to meet and answer questions from local founders who are looking to scale their business.
There are so many fantastic businesses in Yorkshire – it really is a great place to grow your company!
“Invigorating, exciting and emotional”
Feedback is so important. We take all comments and suggestions on board, but we have to admit when we get feedback like this we want to shout it from the rooftops!
We asked the businesses who pitched with us this week how they found the event and were thrilled with their comments:
“The event was great, strong group of Angels with plenty of time to chat to them before and after”
“The day itself was very supportive, friendly, professional and full of customer service”
We are ending the week with a great big smile on our faces.
A couple of weeks ago we were lucky enought to be invited to record our next podcast on Angel Investing as part of Nick Bramley’s Impact Sessions.
If you’re a business looking at Angel Investment as a route of funding your SME, then we’re hoping you will give this podcast a listen and hopefully you find is useful.
If you have any questions following this podcast please just get in touch, we love talking all things Funding related!
Click HERE to watch the Podcast on YouTube.
Angel Investment is often referred to as “smart money” as it’s not just cash an Angel can provide, but also their wealth of expertise. Businesses often come to us with a desired Investor in mind, with a list of skills/knowledge they would like them to have. So a fundamental decision you need to ask yourself is do you need “smart money”, or just money, which lends itself to the Crowdfunding model.
We always encourage our SME customers to spend time with any interested Angels to get to know them a little bit more. Because at the end of the day, it’s both parties that have to be happy working together to create a successful growth team.
In a few weeks time we are running our BIGGEST event to date…..
To mark our final event of 2019 we will be having more businesses pitch to even more Angels as we end the year in style – oh and more drinks to bring in the festive season!
We will be capturing some of the event and are really looking forward to sharing it with our angelgroups community in the weeks that follow… watch this space.
It’s been an incredibly busy couple of days with pitching sessions in both Lincoln and York. We’re full steam ahead pulling syndicates together before the end of the year, so that businesses can kick start their 2020 growth plans!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Leeds!
Yesterday was our Leeds pitching session and what an event it was. We had 4 fantastic and innovative businesses pitch, all of which Angels marked an interest in – so we’ll be setting up follow on meetings for these this week.
Exciting times ahead for these businesses, we can’t wait to see where their funding journey takes them.
Well done to the businesses who pitched with us yesterday over at our Hull Angel Group – it was another fantastic session. Thank you as always to our Hull partners Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP and Smailes Goldie Group for supporting and hosting the sessions. We’re looking forward to the next event!
Well done to the businesses who pitched with us yesterday over at our Hull Angel Group – it was another fantastic session. Thank you as always to our Hull partners Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP and Smailes Goldie Group for supporting and hosting the sessions. We’re looking forward to the next event!