Bridges Ventures
Size of deals The Bridges Venture Funds invest up to £10m, with a particular focus in the £2m - £6m range. They invest in: Ambitious businesses that are located in the most underserved parts of the UK, where we can make a difference by...
- Funding range:
- £2m - £10m
- Area:
- All UK
- Applicable to:
- Acquisitions, Buy-ins/buy-outs, Expansions, SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All
Business Growth Fund
What is the focus of the Fund? The Business Growth Fund works to support established companies with strong growth potential and turnover in the range of £10m to £100m, however the fund will consider companies whose turnover happens to fall...
- Funding range:
- £2m - £10m
- Area:
- England
- Applicable to:
- Established
- Sector:
- All
Coalfields Funds
What is the focus of the Fund? The Coalfields Funds were established by Communities and Local Government to finance growth-orientated companies and encourage entrepreneurship in England’s former coalfield areas. These regions had previously been reliant...
- Funding range:
- £40k - £1m
- Area:
- England
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
Where can I get more information? Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) address a market weakness in the provision of equity finance to SMEs by using Government funding alongside private sector investment to establish funds that operate within the ‘equity gap...
- Funding range:
- £0 - £100m+
- Area:
- All UK
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
EV Growth Fund
The EV Growth Fund offers equity funding of up to £2 million to support and build growth orientated companies throughout the UK, with ideas, skills and a keen eye on success. Investments are typically between £500,000 and £2 million in businesses...
- Funding range:
- £500k - £2m
- Area:
- All UK
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
What is the focus of the Fund? The Fund invests in high growth, innovative early stage businesses in any eligible sector, with individual investments ranging in size from £100k to £750k. The Fund is managed by Northstar Ventures, a Newcastle...
- Funding range:
- £100k - £750k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All
What is the focus of the Fund? The North East Angel Fund is a £7.5m fund which invests in start-up and existing businesses with growth potential. It is not biased towards any specific industry sector but works mostly with new or early stage...
- Funding range:
- £50k - £150k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Established, Expansions, SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All
What is the focus of the Fund? The £20m Growth Fund has been set up to help ambitious companies that are looking to expand and create new jobs across the North East to achieve their goals. Investments are usually from £50k to £400k. The Fund...
- Funding range:
- £50k - £400k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Established, Expansions, SME
- Sector:
- All
What is the focus of the Fund? FW Capital can invest from £350k to £1.25m in a single round. FW Capital also seeks to syndicate with banks, venture capital houses, the public sector and private investors such as business angels whilst having...
- Funding range:
- £350k - £1.5m
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Established, Expansions, SME
- Sector:
- All
What is the focus of the Fund? The Fund’s investments will generally be convertible loans or Equity from £20k to £100k, but it has the ability to complete follow-on investments above this level. The Fund is available to eligible technology...
- Funding range:
- £20k - £200k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All