Category: Get Funded

Serial entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne has announced an investment of £50,000 in emerging record label, RKA Records Ltd, which was negotiated on Dragons’ Den.

London’s reputation as Europe’s leading entrepreneurial tech hub has been given another boost with the announcement that Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales will be Head of Jury at a groundbreaking tech start-up funding event.

10 Yetis, the consumer and tech PR Agency based in the South West of the UK has announced that it has invested in the start up web film business; The Online Video Company.

Workbooks.com has secured a total investment of £5.4m from Angel investors. This business was able to raise the additional capital in less than 60 days, in part because Angel investors were able to take advantage of the recent EIS tax relief changes, which makes the investment more tax efficient for private investors.

Crowdcube, the crowdfunding website to offer investors equity in small businesses, has successfully helped Fairtrade bodycare business Bubble & Balm raise £75,000 of growth capital and is the first British business to raise finance using this equity based crowdfunding model earlier this year.

The UK has been identified as a more dynamic hub than the US for new entrepreneurial investors in technology, so said a line up of some of Europe’s top Super angel investors: Stefan Glaenzer, co-founder of White Bear Yard and new Passion Capital fund, Mattias Ljungman from Atomico Ventures set up by the Skype founders and Alex at the recent British Business Angels Association National Investment Summit.

Equity investment needs to be recalibrated to support the long-term interests of companies Business Secretary Vince Cable said today, as he launched an independent review into UK equity markets.

Merism Capital, the social impact seed fund, has partnered with Crowdcube, which is reported to be the first crowdfunding website in the world to offer ordinary people equity in exchange for investment.

Some of the leading business angel and early stage investment community within the UK gathered in London this week to review the implications of the current financial climate for investing in innovation following the severe challenges to the economy and new government measures to address finance for business growth.

Vital funding streams to support SMEs and entrepreneurs in the North West have been recommended in research by the financial and professional services organisation pro.manchester.

Businesses that apply for the Springboard investment and business accelerator programme which provides seed capital, office space and mentors are being given the opportunity to learn valuable business lessons in a series of one to one mentoring sessions followed by a network event.