BRIDGES VENTURES
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 creating jobs, stimulating...
- Funding range:
- £2m - £10m
- Area:
- All UK
- Applicable to:
- Acquisitions, Buy-ins/buy-outs, Expansions, SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All
What is the focus of the Fund?The Fund invests in high growth, innovative early stage businesses, with individual investments ranging in size from£100k to £750k. The Fund is managed by Northstar Ventures; a Newcastle-based venture capital company that...
- 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 in convertible loan or Equity form, £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
What is the focus of the Fund? The investments range from £50k to £1.25m at the initial round with follow on finance available. The Fund managercan co-invest with other institutional, private or corporate investors acting either in a lead capacity or as...
- Funding range:
- £50k - £1.5m
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Established, Expansions, SME
- Sector:
- All
UK STEEL ENTERPRISE LIMITED
Size of the deals? Share capital and share/loan packages up to £750k. Small loans are generally unsecured. Funding could also be made available from the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme. Who can apply? Finance is available for start-ups, expansions,...
- Funding range:
- £0 - £750k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Acquisitions, Buy-ins/buy-outs, Established, Expansions, MBI, MBO, SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All