Insights & Resources

What our Angel Investors are looking for

We asked some of our Angels what they are looking for when considering Investment opportunities, here is what they said: A clear exit strategy –...

Events, Events, Events

Looking at the second half of this year’s calendar it’s quite obvious where we are spending most of our time, and that is running pitching...

Investor Readiness Leeds

“A common mistake of Entrepreneurs is they want to launch version 10. Microsoft launched version 1, if it’s good enough for them it’s good enough...

The Do’s and Don’ts of meetings with an Angel Investor (from an Angel Investor!)

When you first meet with an Angel Investor you’re bound to feel a tad apprehensive. After all, you’ve usually got a lot riding on the...

The value of our Partners

Following on from this week’s Angel only event in Leeds we are now planning our next ones across our regions. These events are always so...

Leeds Angel Only Event

Yesterday was our Angel Only Event in Leeds. Our speakers delivered fantastic presentations on: Angel Investment EIS/SEIS Tax Planning Shareholder Agreements High Growth & Entrepreneurs...

Angel syndicates

We are currently pulling together syndicates for 10 of the businesses we have had pitch over the past few months. Syndicates are common for Angel...

The importance of Investor Readiness

We find that a lot of the businesses that come to us looking for funding have pitched before. The reason they have been unsuccessful in...

Investor Readiness Training

Have you ever considered looking for investment for your business and wondered what it’s all about, how it works, what the investors are looking for...

R&D Tax Credits

For innovative businesses R&D tax credits are a way of claiming tax back from HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs). R&D tax credits have been around...

Our first podcast!

A few weeks ago we went over to Tech Manchester to record our first every podcast as part of their Fast Forward episodes – Is...

Sheffield Chamber Investment Clinic

Today we’re taking part in the Sheffield Chamber Investment Clinic at the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. We’ve already met with some really great SME’s who...