Early Stage Funding – Why your First Shot is your Best Shot!

Investors talk and investors remember.

It is quite common for me to send out an executive summary to an investor or investment group only for them to say something like, “Yes, I know of this company. Are they still looking? We took a look at this last year and told them to come back once they have a little more traction. Have they got any sales yet/did they get the product out?”

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The 10 Minute Interview – Mike Weaver CEO of Business Angel Group Beer and Partners

Beer and Partners CEO Mike Weaver has a strong belief in business angels’ ability to help stimulate economic recovery. However, Mike also believes there are no guarantees of success in angel funding and business angels should be prepared for a significant number of their investments to go “pear shaped” before they find a “star”.

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An Extinction Level Event for Seed Funding?

New venture funding is the lowest it’s been for a decade according to Nesta’s July report Venture Capital Now and After the Dotcom Crash and that’s not all…

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Women business angels expected to rise in 2010

A new national programme to attract women into business angel investing has been announced by Finance South East and the British Business Angels Association (BBAA)

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How to Beat the Odds on Business Angel Investments

We are living in risk-averse times and “Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless” according to Warren Buffet. But when does courage cross the line into gambling territory? Or to put it another way what if you had say, £50,000 to invest, and someone said you have a 20% chance of a return [...]

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Business Angels need training!

Business 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 [...]

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British Business Angels meet at the Belfry today

The 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 [...]

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