Funds
Regional Funds
Altium Capital provide a full range of investment banking services
to our corporate clients (including fundraising, M&A and
general advisory services) and to the private equity firms and
public market institutions which finance them. www.altiumcapital.com
Liverpool Ventures can help you apply to the new £27m
Liverpool Seed Fund. If you're Merseyside based or can relocate
to Merseyside and have a concept that shows genuine commercial
potential contact www.liverpoolventures.com
Manchester Technology Fund is a £6 million investment fund
focused exclusively on the University of Manchester. It
provides early stage equity funding to help create new spin-out
companies. www.mantechfund.com
Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) has funds totalling
£107m and provides loans and equity packages from
£3,000-£3million to businesses based in or relocating to
Merseyside. www.msif.co.uk
NW Business Investment Scheme (NW BIS) is an £18 million scheme to provide seed and venture capital investment to small and medium sized businesses using money allocated by the European Structural Fund for use in the North West areas designated as Objective 2 or Transitional. www.nwbis.co.uk
North West Equity Fund (NWEF) provides Risk Capital to North West SMEs looking to achieve significant growth. The fund will consider investments in a wide variety of manufacturing and service sectors at any stage of the business cycle. www.nwef.co.uk
North West Seed Fund is a £4.5 million NWDA scheme that has been created to help the region's entrepreneurs take ideas from the drawing board to achieving their first sales. www.nwsf.co.uk
RisingStars Growth Fund, is a £19 million fund specifically for high growth early stage technology start up companies. Northwest based pension funds and a clearing bank are co-investors in this fund, managed by Enterprise Ventures, based in Preston. The fund will also invest up to £500,000 selective companies. www.enterprise-ventures.co.uk
Chemicals Northwest have provided a funding portal in response to industry requests for clearer information on the funding schemes available to chemical cluster businesses within the Northwest. Most of the schemes available will also be applicable to Biotechnology cluster companies. Registration is free and can be accessed through the Chemicals website www.chemicalsnorthwest.co.uk
TEChINVEST. Since its launch in 1993, TEChINVEST has been widely recognised as one of the most successful Investment Advisory Services and Business Angel networks in the country. www.techinvest.org.uk
UK Funds
3i Group plc is Europe's leading venture capital company.
The Group invests in ambitious, growing businesses in all sectors
including biotech. www.3i.com
Acorn Capital Partners Limited was formed in July 2000 by Ian Templeton and Graham Norfolk, both of whom have many years of experience in raising capital for private and public companies. www.acorncapital.co.uk
British Venture Capital Association represents over 170 UK-based private equity and venture capital firms, the vast majority of all such firms in the UK. www.bvca.co.uk
Calculus Capital is a recognised specialist in investing in private company and unlisted investments including AIM traded companies. www.mcdonald-glencross.co.uk
Cambridge Gateway Fund invests in emerging technology companies and assists directly in growing them for long term success. www.cambridgegateway.com
London Stock Exchange is at the heart of global financial markets and is home to some of the best companies in the world. In addition to the main market, LSE is home to AIM, the most successful growth market in the world. www.londonstockexchange.com
Merlin Biosciences is a specialised venture capital and advisory
company dedicated to the life sciences sector. www.merlin-biosciences.com
Close Ventures is UK's leading venture capital trust investor
and looks to invest £1-10M in a wide range of growing
businesses from technology-orientated companies to service and
asset-based companies. www.closeventures.co.uk
