Category: Get Funded

Controversy over the City’s rewards structure has been well documented, but few have researched whether or not pay incentives actually work. Here, the Nic Fleming tackles the bonus debate head on…

The annual technological “hands across the water” initiative, known as Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK), was particularly inspiring this year, at a time when the Government is looking to tech entrepreneurs to stimulate economic growth, according to Charles Armstrong, a government advisor on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology policy.

Raising finance is very difficult and as many are starting the process with a view to driving their businesses forward in this new year, but with banks still unwilling to lend to many we spoke to Guy Rigby, entrepreneur, mentor and now Head of Entrepreneurial Services at Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group who is an expert on the topic of raising equity finance.

Business angel networks do not offer value for money for either investors or entrepreneurs, according to an analysis of the fast growing start-up investment market.

The world of business finance has changed. Gone are the days when a business plan and a large helping of enthusiasm was enough to persuade a high street bank to part with its cash, but there is hope for fledgling businesses and promising start-ups – and it comes in the shape of a business angel.

In May the Business Growth Fund established to help Britain’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, opened for business. Now six months on and against a background of slow economic growth, it urges UK businesses to act on their growth ambitions and consider how best they can be financed for the future?

Braveheart, the AIM-listed specialist in growth capital investments for business angels, high net worth individuals and family offices, announces that Envestors Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary, has closed a £450,000 equity fundraising for the eReceipts.

Making an Investment within the music industry can reap great returns, but music industry corporate deals have a number of pitfalls which need to be negotiated if the venture is to be successful.

Early stage, London based consumer web, health and wellness company, Weight Wins Limited, has successfully closed a significant funding round with the entire investment raised through from London Business Angels (LBA)

Business partners Stefan Weniger and John Sweeney have been named as the first entrepreneurs to receive funding from Anglia Ruskin University’s Enterprise Fellowship Scheme.

Envestors, the private investor network focused on high-growth companies, has again won top prize in its category for the venture capital community being named Private Investor Network of the Year at the Investor Allstars Awards.