A big thank you to everyone who made it down to yesterday’s pitch event in Leeds. Which was our first in-person event of 2023!
Well done to the 4 businesses who have pitched with us this week. We’re delighted to say that all of the founders received investor interest and are now moving to due diligence where the investors will take a deeper dive into their business opportunity.
All in all, a fantastic start to this year’s events!
Happy New Year!
2022 seemed to fly by, as everyone picked up the pieces of the last couple of years. We’re looking forward to a positive 2023 and everything it has to offer.
We wish you a wonderful start to the year!
With only a couple of days left until Christmas we wanted to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!
We have run 49 events this year and worked with some fantastic founders and their teams on their funding. We have welcomed new investors to our groups, finalised lots of funding rounds, worked with some brilliant partners, and are proud of the continued work we do for the Investing in Women Code. All in all, it’s been another fantastic year!
We’ve been planning our 2023 activities and can’t wait to get started in the New Year. But for now, it’s time to enjoy the festive season and that begins now with cracking open the Christmas biscuits!
Merry Christmas everyone.
We are delighted to have invested in the business Fact360!
FACT360 uses proprietary ML technology to analyse communications (email, chat rooms, voice and more) to spot anomalies in behaviour that is bias-free. They are an out of the box SaaS or on premise solution sold on a subscription basis.
They have very clear market demand and will significantly reduce the risk within their target sectors.
Andy Slater, Commercial Director said, “It was great and very easy to work with the team from angelgroups and the investment we retained will help us deliver on the next stages of growth”
This truly transformational technology has been developed by an equally impressive team and we wish them every success as they continue to grow!
This afternoon was our last in-person event for 2022!
It’s been a fantastic year for our events as we reintroduced our physical events, and are thrilled to announce that our Leeds events next year will ALL be in-person.
Well done to the great businesses who made their way to Leeds for this afternoon’s event, and a big thank you to Ward Hadaway for hosting a terrific event.
We had a fantastic time at yesterday’s Early-Stage Investment Summit in Manchester. Our Founder Martin Avison was on the panel for emerging themes, trends and sectors for the North alongside some great panelists.
A big thank you to team at UK Business Angels Association, Roderick Beer, Annabel Gabrielle Arhin, and Jenny Tooth OBE for inviting us to be part of your event.
We had a fantastic day shouting about how great the North is!
Our Christmas pitch events are fast approaching!
We’re up in Newcastle today for this afternoon’s pitch event!
Today’s pitching businesses all received interest at yesterday’s online event with us, so we’re delighted to bring these opportunities to our Newcastle Angel Group.
Some of yesterday’s feedback included “Loved it”, “Really strong proposition”, and “Very compelling team”. We have no doubt that the founders will deliver fantastic pitches this afternoon. Good luck everyone.
A big thank you to our partners for their support as always: Barclays Wealth Management, Ryecroft Glenton, and Ward Hadaway.
We were delighted to have worked with ChromaTwist on their latest funding round and are thrilled to hear about their exciting progress!
It was a pleasure working with Jon Preece, FRSC and his team to secure their funding. This is a ground-breaking technology that will really impact on the sector, delivering real benefits to the supply chain and the end consumer.
ChromaTwist is a University of Birmingham spinout and this round of funding will allow the company to continue product development with industry partners and enable rapid development of products for market entry as soon as 2023.
We wish them every success in the future and are expecting great things!
You can find out about Chromatwist HERE and read the full press release HERE.
“I was tired of seeing founders getting to the end of their journey and them not have the biggest glass of wine at the party.”
Our Founder Martin Avison recently sat down for a chat with the Co-Founders of Blu Sky Chartered Accountants on their #twopintsoflagerandaspreadsheet Podcast.
On this podcast Martin discusses his background, why he started angelgroups, and the future of Angel Investment (as well as sharing a ‘cracking story’!).
If you have the time and would like to listen to Martin’s story with the Blusky team, you can listen to it HERE.
Who you are and what you do. This might seem like a simple slide on your pitch deck, but if it’s not communicated effectively this slide can lose your audience. If this happens, then the rest of your pitch is unlikely to make a lot of sense, so this slide is the most important.
Here are a few tips on communicating your message:
– Avoid the use of industry slang and abbreviations. Keep it simple.
– Be clear as to what type of business you are (a tech business, a manufacturer, an R&D based business looking to license etc.)
– Don’t be too ‘techie’, there’s plenty of time to showcase how clever your product is in due diligence.
You hire each slide to do a job, make sure each slide communicates the message you need it to.
Great news to start the week – another fantastic business has secured funding!
This investment typifies what a good angel investment is all about. It’s about finding an angel that not only understands the sector but that can add real value, other than just money. Coupling this with a really great founder and a truly awesome product we believe that Doqit is one to watch for the future.
Imagine how easy life would be if you had all your documents, information, dates, reminders at your fingertips; anytime, anywhere. Introducing Doqit – Dropbox with a brain… a B2B2C SaaS platform that’s like having a PA in your pocket to manage your life administration.
Doqit helps reduce the time, cost and stress life admin brings by giving people a single place to easily manage their life admin. A platform that aligns with where both users and businesses are at in their digital journey,
CatherineAnn Reid, CEO said, “We are thrilled to have secured an industry expert as investor and Board Advisor thanks to the introduction from angelgroups. Investment to date has triggered the next phase of Doqit, and we are excited to share that Doqit V1 will launch January 2023″
We are delighted to be supporting CatherineAnn on her current round.
