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Our Supporting Funds include angels, angel syndicates, family offices and venture capital firms. These organisations will work with us and the companies we are accelerating to help our startups raise effectively. At Venture.Community our mission is to bring more investment into our members’ companies, and working closely with these funds gives our startups the best chance to successfully raise investment. With this we will to scale our startups, enabling organisations with high venture potential to maximise their chance of success.
FUEL
“Fueling the growth of ambitions tech companies. We are active investors, bringing our own experience as entrepreneurs to support the funds’ portfolio companies. We can understand and guide entrepreneurs because we have been in their shoes. Our team have experience in founding, working in or exiting startup companies. We’ve partnered with some of the top providers of software & infrastructure to give our portfolio founders access some of the best tools, at a discounted cost.”
Fuel focus on investments from £150k-£3M. Winner of best EIS manager in 2022 and best SEIS Manager 2023 (Growth Investor Awards). Fuel have proven their calibre and support for the businesses they invest in.
PAR EQUITY
“Founded in 2008, our investment model is designed to identify and back the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. We’re based in Edinburgh and we’re investing across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Key to our success is our distinctive hybrid investment model, combining our discretionary managed funds with the skills, expertise and contacts of the Par Investor Network – a large and engaged pool of investors and mentors with a track record of founding, growing and selling companies, who can add value throughout the investment life cycle.
This investment strategy, fusing the experience of angel investors with the professionalism and rigour of an experienced venture capital fund manager. This is a force multiplier for Par Equity, delivering better outcomes for the investors and the entrepreneurs.”
Par focuses on early-stage investments focusing on the financial firepower of their EIS Fund.
EHE
“No fluff, no faff. We’re clear and transparent. For growth funding from £100k to £5m we’ll make sense of everything to help you achieve fast growth. We’re entrepreneurs turned investors who’ve built 8 and 9 figure companies, with the badges and scars to prove it! We’ll share all our knowledge to help you secure investment- we’ve got you covered. We believe in being honest, different and entrepreneurial”
Focusing on 100k-5M size investments. EHE Ventures recently launched an AI-focused, EIS-qualified fund for UK-based, early stage & fast-growth companies. AI Founders need a new kind of hands-on help, with deep technical credentials and a change in approach to business growth. EHE are entrepreneurs, tech experts & investors and we’ve got a track record of success.
SFC
“SFC Capital is the UK’s most active seed-stage investor, providing seed capital and support to promising British startups. By combining our leading investment funds with our angel syndicate, we have created a unique model that provides investors with diversified exposure to high-potential SEIS and EIS-qualifying businesses. Since 2012, SFC has invested in over 450 startups and partnered with the likes of British Business Investments to support innovation across all UK regions.
We are devoted to providing sustainable value to our clients and community. This goes far beyond us looking for entrepreneurial teams that will develop successful businesses and deliver significant returns to our investors – we also want our portfolio to make a positive impact on the world. We recognise our responsibility to facilitate a resilient and diverse entrepreneurial network, and aspire to be an industry leader in how we incorporate ESG into our investment research and management, our sustainable growth solutions, and the operations of our own business.”
Focusing on early-stage investment for companies with a high growth potential.
Finance Yorkshire
“Finance Yorkshire’s fund has been created from the combined legacies successfully created by Finance Yorkshire and the South Yorkshire Investment Fund. Finance Yorkshire’s JEREMIE and Extension Funds invested £113 million in more than 500 companies in the region. The South Yorkshire Investment Fund invested £57 million in more than 360 companies in South Yorkshire.
Our fund provides flexible investment packages to eligible SMEs based or locating to areas within Yorkshire and Humber with the ambition to expand, create jobs and improve productivity. Our previous investments created and safeguarded more than 16,000 jobs over seven years (2010-2017), enabling those businesses to increase their turnover by a total of £474m and attract a further £374m from private sector sources. An independent evaluation by a leading economic development specialist stated that Finance Yorkshire “had demonstrated excellent value for money”.
With an array of funds for SeedCorn, Pre-Seed, Seed and SME scaling companies Finance Yorkshire is committed to investing £50M into growing companies over the next 5 years.
Anticus Partners
“Investing locally to succeed globally. We are equity investors, empowering Yorkshire’s talented and ambitious entrepreneurs to climb new global heights for a brighter future. Our team has deep-rooted connections to the region, with extensive knowledge of the local business community. Anticus Partners seeks to make a difference to the people and environment in which we operate.
The Finance Yorkshire Seedcorn Fund invests in new or pre-revenue companies across Yorkshire and the Humber. The Fund is sector-agnostic and can invest up to £1.5m in revenue-producing businesses. The Finance Yorkshire Growth Fund invests in profitable companies across Yorkshire and the Humber. We aim to support businesses as they transition to their next phase. We are looking to invest up to £1.5m in MBOs, replacement capital and development capital.”
Focused on match-fund investment at Pre-Seed and Seed.
UKBAA
“UK Business Angels Association are a trade body for Angel and early-stage investing. We connect the ecosystem from Seed to Series A. With 651 members and over £2.3B invested to date we enable Angel activity to maximise the success of innovative companies. working on Angel enablement we bring more potential investors into the landscape and help connect them to entrepreneurial brilliance.”
Focusing on Angel enablement, SEIS and EIS investment and Angel Syndication.
Angel Groups
“We Intelligently match Angel investors to ambitions high-growth SMEs, across all sectors.
We run several pitching sessions a month, where businesses in all sectors, and at various stages along their growth journey pitch for funding and support. Not only do these events showcase some of the best SME talent from across the country, but they also allow our members to build a superb, like-minded peer network.
In addition, we also provide an exclusive online member hub where angels can browse all of our investment opportunities, tailor their preferences to view businesses within their criteria and connect to other investors.”
AngelGroups focus on enabling companies find Angel investors, driving deal flow and facilitating angel syndication.
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
“The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund is a national seed investment fund that nurtures innovative businesses to leverage private investment and grow jobs, recycling profits from the realisation of our investments into the next generation of impactful UK companies. We invest in innovations emerging from the UK’s publicly funded science and knowledge base.
The fund is backed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Ministry of Defence (MOD), the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and other public bodies.
- We invest in high-risk businesses to get the most groundbreaking ideas to market.
- We provide support beyond financial, offering commercial expertise to grow your business.
- We help our portfolio companies solve some of the most complex challenges in today’s world.“
Mercia
“We are one of the UK’s most active venture capital investors
From early-stage to scaleup investment, our investment team operates from a shared set of beliefs, partnering with entrepreneurs for the long term. We offer venture capital investment of up to £10million and support our portfolio companies at every stage of their growth
We’ve seen what it takes to build great companies and we work closely with founders to achieve this goal together. Key to this success, Mercia’s Nucleus offers a dedicated and focused team to support value creation aligned to founders’ needs.”