9 January

Seb Saywood appointed to BGF investment team, joins Ian Downing and Jonathan Earl for the launch of BGF’s new Nottingham office

BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has announced the launch of its East Midlands office in Nottingham as it continues to scale its operations. Located at City Gate East, Nottingham, the office will serve as a base to build even closer connections to businesses and advisors in the East Midlands.

Symvan Capital announces the launch of its third SEIS fund – the Symvan Technology SEIS Fund 3.  

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) announces its predictions for 2018.

ENVESTORS, the regulated corporate finance adviser with a network of over 3,250 sophisticated investors, announces that equity investments made through its investor network have surpassed £100m. 

Maven Capital Partners has completed a £1.95 million investment in eSafe Global Limited, which monitors online user behaviour and cyber bullying within a school or college digital environment. 

It’s a growing trend.  Angels are emerging from behind their clubs and networks and possibly a phone number and email address, and going public on the web in their own right.  

Justinian is remembered as an able administrator and conqueror, but perhaps his most significant act while in power was his acquisition of the knowledge of how to produce Silk.

Paul is currently Chairman of Fredericks Foundation a charity he founded in 2001 and is currently a lender of last resort for people needing microfinance to establish their business.  

In support of our Hero of the Month's charitable endeavours, this month we encourage people wanting to donate to a good cause to consider The Fredericks Foundation. 

The peak season for investment is now upon us, as we run up to the end of the tax year.  Time will be of the essence in 2018 as Easter Sunday falls on 1st April so it is likely that you may be on holiday in the week the tax year ends.  

Whilst word of mouth is a common source of deal flow you never know what you might find from these high-quality angel groups.

The UK again topped European league tables for venture capital investment in 2018, attracting £6.3bn ($7.9bn) in funding from investors, according to new figures from Dealroom and Tech Nation. Over the same period the UK also had a landmark year for exits: achieving sales, IPOs and mergers worth $40bn, ahead of every other country in Europe including Sweden, the source of Europe’s single biggest IPO in 2018.