EcoMachines Ventures Managing Director, Ilian Iliev gives some compelling reasons why investors should back Smart Cities.

Modwenna Rees-Mogg has been interviewed in a podcast by Invested Investor Peter Cowley.  This article was originally published on the Invested Investor website and the podcast and article can be found here.

Matthew Toms, Investment Associate at Heartwood

It has been a tough start to 2018 for bond investors, with government and corporate bonds across the globe delivering capital losses (yields rising). The US has led the way, with the short-medium section of the US yield curve moving up the most. This has been driven by fears of rising inflation and the prospect of interest rate increases beyond those previously forecast. This yield curve move has infected corporate bonds and emerging bonds, culminating in negative returns for both asset classes. Notably, though, credit spreads have barely moved this year, suggesting investors remain sanguine about default risk.

We have had a cautious view on global equities for longer than has been comfortable. With Fed policy clearly remaining on a tightening track, we stick with our cautious view.

So you've made contact with a busy invested investor.  How on earth do you get from that initial contact to an investment?  In the last 36 hours, I have been sent 9 pitch decks.  I invest in about one in every 200 plans that I see.  How does the entrepreneur beat the odds and the active angel find the gold nuggets from river? And how and when to say no?

Julie Glenny, Investment Director based in Maven’s Glasgow office, sets out her advice on how businesses can make an impression with investors and raise equity finance.

Angel investment experts Peter Cowley, Paul Doany and Zsolt Katona offer their guidance on how wealth managers should be approaching this critical phase.  

More insider tips from Episode 1 on how to win over investors with your pitch.

Patrick Bradley, founder of Station 12, a specialist venture capital investor in media, entertainment and knowledge, discusses why UK’s creative industries will continue to thrive beyond Brexit.

As we head towards the UK leaving the EU there continues to be much discussion about what the UK economy will resemble in the second quarter of 2019 and beyond.

Top Tips from Episode 1 Ventures on how to make your pitch hit the right note with potential investors.  Part 1 – The pitch deck. 

In this podcast, Alan Cowley, the entrepreneurial project director of Invested Investor interviewed Dobree and asked her about the role of the University in tech transfer and in commercialising their research.