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The British Business Bank has published the latest research on the UK Business Angel Market

This report provides fresh insight into business angel investors in the UK. The right funding at the right time, coupled with the expertise that external angel investors can bring, is often the key to unlocking rapid growth for companies wanting to expand, diversify, or enter new markets. A vibrant and healthy business angel market is therefore a key ingredient for a successful national economy.

Business angel investments tend to be of a private nature. This has meant that data on this part of the market has often been hard to collate from conventional sources. For this research, the British Business Bank and the UK Business Angels Association undertook a direct survey of angels across the UK.

Their research gathered details of factors such as the background, expertise, portfolio composition and decision-making of over 650 individuals, creating a multi-faceted picture of the UK business angel population. Enabling them to produce an in-depth analysis of the overall market.

Angel investment plays an important part in the economy

It’s clear that angel investors play a vital role in the UK economy and will continue to do so as our economy develops, and we face on-going business challenges. We’re really proud of the work the investors involved with Angel Groups have done to help businesses grow and this research backs up our belief that angel investing has a long-term future as part of the economy.

The research includes facts such as:

  • Investment returns 
  • SEIS/EIS 
  • Investment growth
  • The main investment sectors
  • Support provided from Angels 
  • The Investment term 
  • The typical investment 
  • What an Angel Investor is looking for
  • Key findings 
  • Exits 

You can download your free copy of the UK Business Angel Report here.

It has been a busy couple of weeks for us with the office move and our monthly events.

The past few pitching sessions have had some of the best feedback to date with some Angels commenting that the businesses have been of a really high standard and delivered some of the best pitches they have seen. It’s great when we can go back to the businesses and provide them with feedback like this and start the ball rolling for them to meet with interested investors. Roll on the next round of pitching events. If you’re looking for funding then please get in touch. 

On the 17th of May we are running an Angel Only event in Sheffield.

Here a range of speakers will be covering the main investment process, tax and legal challenges around angel investing, a detailed case-study to put everything into context, a Bank’s perspective then concluding with a panel of investors taking open questions from the audience. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is new to Angel Investing and current Angels. If you would like to receive an invite please get in touch. 

We’ve had another great week! On Tuesday we attended the Scale Yorkshire event at PWC in Leeds and watched 9 businesses pitch. All the businesses did a great job and we wish them every success in the future. On Tuesday afternoon we ran an Angel only event in Hull alongside our partners. It was a fantastic session, thank you again to our partners who helped make it a great success. On Wednesday we attended the Raising Finance event as part of Leeds Digital Festival. This was an extremely well attended event and we were thrilled to be asked to talk and provide an insight into the world of Angel Investing. Then yesterday we had our latest York pitching event where 5 businesses pitched. This group is still in it’s infancy but is already set to be a fantastic group and we are really pleased with the level of interest it’s received in the area. On top of all of this, we have also met with some really interesting businesses and are looking forward to working with them in the upcoming weeks. All in all it’s been a great week – and the sunshine has been the cherry on top of the cake!

Next week we are running an Angel Only event in Hull. Here a range of speakers will be covering the main investment process, tax and legal challenges around angel investing, a detailed case-study to put everything into context, a Bank’s perspective then concluding with a panel of investors taking open questions from the audience. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is new to Angel Investing and current Angels. If you would like to receive an invite please get in touch.

For the Angel:

Following on from a fantastic week of events we are now looking to the next few months where we will be holding even more. In a few weeks we will be running another Angel Only event but this time for the Humber region on the 17th of April. These events are a great opportunity for those who are interested in learning a bit more about becoming an Angel Investor as well as an opportunity for existing Angels to refresh their knowledge and understanding. 
 
For the Business:
Over the next few months we are running upwards of 15 pitching sessions across our 5 regions. We offer access to a range of finance so now is a great time to get in touch and begin your funding journey. We hope to hear from you soon.

Tomorrow is our Angel Only event in Grimsby. We have some fantastic speakers covering a range of subjects aimed at giving an insight into the world of Angel Investing. This will be the first event of it’s kind in the Grimsby region, we hope to do even more in the future. Following this, we have our next Humber pitching event on Thursday where we have a great group of businesses pitching. All in all this is set to be an excellent week – let’s get started!

A fascinating look into the world of Angel investing.

In a couple of weeks time we will be running an Angel Only event in Grimsby. Here a range of speakers will be covering the main investment process, tax and legal challenges around angel investing, a detailed case-study to put everything into context, a Bank’s perspective then concluding with a panel of investors taking open questions from the audience. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is new to Angel Investing and current Angels. If you would like to receive an invite please get in touch.

In our experience when businesses are looking for funding they have already been exploring various options, but what brings them to decide upon Angel Investment is what we like to call the power of Angels.
What we mean by this, is that this form of investment often comes with a great deal of support. Growing a business can not only be immensely challenging, but also incredibly lonely. This is why a lot of businesses seek active Investors who can not only provide funding and mentoring support but can also act as a sounding board – a sounding board with a vested interest in your business.
We launched our new, York group last week and it was a huge success. We had some fantastic businesses pitching with some great feedback from the Angels. It was the first of many pitching events we will be running in the region. Including our existing four groups we now have pitching events most weeks so there are so many opportunities to pitch for investment and support.
However, unlike other angel sources of funding we don’t just focus on angel investment, but consider all your funding options including R&D tax credits, Innovation Grant Funding and local support programmes. We feel by looking at your funding options you may not have to dilute your shares as much and the investor may not have to take as much risk.

If you are looking for funding then please REGISTER HERE, there is a short questionnaire which gives us a better understanding of your businesses funding challenges. Following this, someone will be in touch to discuss this further.

If you are interested in finding out more just GET IN TOUCH.

We are launching our new Angel Group in York.

With a fantastic group of businesses pitching we hope it will be a great first event, with many more to come. 

CLICK HERE to read more about the launch of our new group.

We had our first pitching session of the year this week over in Hull. We had a fantastic group of businesses pitching which made for a great event. Our Leeds and Sheffield City Region pitching sessions are next week, where we have more exciting businesses lined up – start as you mean to go on as they say!