UK Business Angel Syndicates Offered Extra Funds

The UK government’s new Angel CoFund is willing to provide equity or quasi-equity investment of between £100K and £1M into eligible SMEs alongside business angel syndicates.

This action could double the amount of money available for Business Angel investment in the UK in 2012….

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The software Business Angel opportunity of 2012

A new year is a good time to take stock and look around to see where the best investment opportunities will come from in the year ahead.

We are picking out cloud based software solutions as the best of the bunch.

Why…?

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Three things business angels look for – minimum viable product, market and team

Launching the first phase of a startup business – or for a business angel, preparing to invest in one – requires an assessment of three things – product, market and team.

So, what counts as a minimum viable product, market or team?

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Business Angels make their move to business accelerators

Business angels and business angel networks are changing … and it is for the benefit of both the angel investors and the entrepreneurs!

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Business Angel news round up: Boards don’t work – crowdfunding, choosing partners and anti-dilution

A monthly round up of the biggest and best business angel and early stage investment stories and blogs on the internet.

From why company boards don’t work, signing of NDA to a new crowdfunding platform plus reasons why freelancers make great startup team partners and lastly, everything you wanted to know about anti-dilution but were afraid to ask.

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Startup Team Harmony – Why It’s SO Important

Starting up any business will bring extreme pressures, and research shows that most businesses will fail within the first five years.

With this in mind, if you’re a business angel it is worth keeping a very close eye on team harmony, a significant indicator of the future success of a startup. You don’t want a Carlos Tevez type situation on your hands….

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Why startup entrepreneurs need business angels, health and wealth and what startups need

Here’s a round of three top business angel and startup investment article and blogs on the web this month.

We’ve got discussions on why startup entrepreneurs should approach business angels first, why VCs are in investing in their health (and entrepreneurs should too) and lastly, what is the one thing every entrepreneur or startup really needs to succeed?

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Super Business Angels, Investment Proposal Joke and Startup Business Plan – round up

Some great stories and ideas from this month on the topic of angel investing

• Secrets of super-angel investing
• Joke on investment proposals
• What should be in a startup business plan

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Business Angels depart business angel networks for business accelerators

The tech sector – typically, driven by innovations in the USA, is changing the way that business angels connect with entrepreneurs and startup projects.

Business angels who like to get involved with their investments are turning away from the angel networks to the business accelerators. Find out why…

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Business Angels; its not about the product!

A shocking result of the recent Startup Genome report was the finding that startup success is not all about the product!

Shock! Horror! Then why are the business angel and entrepreneur pitch events all about the product?

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Understanding the Business Angel Investment Stage

Many inexprerienced entrepreneurs are unaware that Business Angels will only be with you for a short while!

That is, their role is usually to provide gap funding between friends and families and the professional Venture Capitalists.

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Getting a Good Deal from Business Angels

Much is written about how to attract business angels to invest in your business, but where is the advice for entrepreneurs on how to negotiate a good deal?

A visit to my local electrical store the other day got me thinking about how satisfying it can be to get a good deal, but also how difficult it can be to avoid some of the pitfalls while negotiating it.

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Renting office space for growth businessess – the options

Whether you’ve already got a business up and running or are planning on starting one up in the near future, then office space is always an issue that you’ll need to deal with.

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