Archive for the ‘Business Angel News’ Category
Venture Capital’s 70% drop creates Business Angel Opportunity
Neil Lewis on Friday, July 17th, 2009“Venture Capital funds available for start-up and growth businesses has dropped 70% since 2000″, said Anne Glover chief executive of Amadeus Capital Partners at the BBAA Annual Awards Dinner.
This means that businesses seeking new capital that are unable to raise bank finance (and who is able at present?) will need to increasingly turn to Business [...]
Business Angels need training!
Neil Lewis on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Business Angels need training – that was the overwhelming message coming from the British Business Angels Association annual conference held at the Belfry in early July.
Quoting new research from Nesta, Mogwenna Rees-Mogg stated that a ‘56% failure rate for Business Angel investing is not good enough’.
This means that for every £1 invested by UK Business [...]
British Business Angels meet at the Belfry today
Neil Lewis on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009The BBAA (British Business Angels Association) trade body is today organising its annual awards ceremony and conference at the Belfry.
The event is sponsored by Advantage West Midlands, the redevelopment agency for the West Midlands.
It will include both an opportunity to recognise key contributions made to this growth sector during the year at the annual awards dinner as well [...]
Debt vs Equity Investing
admin on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009The FT neatly describes the difference between Debt and Equity when it argues today, that the tax treatment should be the same for both.
Of course, the fact that it is not has led investors to structure their deals to take advantage of the difference.
And, flavour of the month is convertible debt. But more of that in [...]
iBusinessAngel launching Autumn 2009
Neil Lewis on Friday, June 12th, 2009Small businesses and start up ventures can no longer access easy investment from banks and therefore need to turn to private individuals – or business angels.
These business angels also often bring a degree of industry experience and knowledge that can be invaluable for small or start-up companies.
The UK has the highest number of angels in [...]
