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Angel investing

Articles on angel investing, including expert insight from the angel investors active in the UK start-up ecosystem.

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Angels inject £895,000 into Real-Status

Real-Status, a developer of advanced software, has secured £895,000 through business angel network Envestors.

Alternative Finance for Business

How to attract investment funding from business angels

When bankers and venture capitalists are keeping their chequebooks tightly shut and your family and friends don't want to know, there is one more funding source to try. GB finds out how to attract investment funding from business angels.

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Luke Johnson backs Beer & Partners

Private equity investor and former Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has acquired a stake in business angel network Beer & Partners.

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Angel funding for collectables website

Martingale, the operator of the Toy Collector website, has completed a fundraising round from angel investors to close an agreed acquisition.

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Business angels carry on investing

Members of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) invested £3.15 million in 15 companies in the past financial year, according to the organisation.

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Glubble secures follow-on angel funding

A developer of web browser software that allows parents to control their children’s use of the internet has secured additional funding. Glubble raised $3 million from existing investors including Morten Lund, one of the first investors in voice-over-internet business Skype.

Alternative Finance for Business

Rise of the super angels

Too often, the meagre amounts business angels tend to put into a company simply serve to guarantee failure.

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Angels poised to invest

Michael Weaver, chief executive of the Beer & Partners business angel network, says there is an ample amount of funding available for smaller companies in the UK.

Entrepreneurs

Business Briefing: Anthony Clarke

Anthony Clarke is chairman of the British Business Angels Association (BBAA), the new trade body for angel investors in the UK. He’s driving the BBAA’s campaign for greater understanding of angel financing and the benefits it can bring.

Alternative Finance for Business

A cup of tea with…Hugh Parnell

Hugh Parnell is director of business angel network Great Eastern Investment Forum. It has recently launched On the side of the angels, a campaign aimed at supporting existing angels and encouraging more people to become angels.