Proving to investors that your company has the legs to offer them a significant return on investment down the line is no small task for any entrepreneur, but is especially impressive for those with little experience, and whose abilities may often be underestimated.

PredictImmune, developers of pioneering prognostic tools for guiding treatment options and improving patient outcomes in immune-mediated diseases, is delighted to welcome Tim Rea, an investor at BGF, to its board.

50 of the leading investors from across Europe will be arriving in Edinburgh next week looking for attractive startups to invest in at Turing Founders, and there are still a handful of spaces for entrepreneurs to attend in order to learn, network and pitch their businesses.

Antler, the global startup generator and early-stage VC, has appointed Edward Knight as a Global Partner and Annette Wilson as European Chair and Advisor of Antler. 

The organisers behind the prestigious MSDUK Innovation Challenge have announced their finalists for 2019.  After a full day of pitches from shortlisted Challenge entrants the 12 strong judging panel, drawn from a wide cross-section of UK industry and academia, were finally able to agree upon their final line up of 13 finalists.

BiVictriX has announced that Dr Michael Carter has joined its board as a Non-executive Director, and that it has completed aninternal fund-raising round enabling development of its project portfolio and technology platform.

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, appoints Dave Pickup as ABL Director for the Thames Valley. Investment in the region follows another successful year for IGF, which included a 39 percent growth in funded assets and a 29 percent growth in revenues.

AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of Albion Capital, has appointed Paul Lehair as an investment manager.

Paul joins Albion from Citymapper where he was finance director for five years having joined when the company had less than 10 employees. Prior to this he worked in business operations at Viagogo and in M&A covering the TMT sector at Citigroup.

This autumn Brexit will again dominate the minds of businesses and traders, but UK's SMEs should continue to plan ahead and look to export as a way of mitigating risk and increasing global sales. 

This November, the Growth Investor Awards will turn five. Since 2015, this event has shone a spotlight on the people and teams that support SMEs with essential investment capital.

One Stop Business Finance, the Yorkshire based alternative funding specialist for SMEs, has strengthened its senior management team 

Astarte Capital Partners LLP, an alternatives co-investment platform, has appointed Omar Habboush, CFA, to its business development team as an Associate.