Our approach to EIS & SEIS investing is different to other investors. It’s been very deliberately designed by my business partner Paul Soanes & I, based on insight from 14 years of angel investing together and our experience from entrepreneurial, corporate and consulting careers in......
It’s been 14 years since I made my first investment in a start-up business. A £58k investment returned me £376k after 4 years. So I carried on seed investing – after all, what could go wrong? As it happened – all sorts. Although, along with......
Whatever happens this afternoon, it’s not too late to save 2017/18 tax As we wait to see what our Chancellor pulls out of his budget box this afternoon, we can assume he won’t be giving us any tax back. But we can still reduce our tax bill......
Creating a useful product or service is only part of the challenge for a growing business. To get customers to try your offer you are going to have attract the attention of potential customers with a well thought-out approach to marketing. Despite not being a......
We all eat and drink, and most of us shop for groceries in one way or another. It is an intoxicating category for entrepreneurs and investors. The promise of seeing something you’ve built or funded on a supermarket shelf or in a friend’s fridge/pantry and......
The focus of The Start-Up Series has been on the earliest stage businesses – ready for their first or very early equity funding. The type of funding supported by the government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). Where investors are encouraged to invest the first £150,000......
Since launch in October 2016, The Start-Up Series has had over 1,940 entrants and more than £1.78m in equity seed funding has been invested in 12 winners. The Start-Up Series is now two years old! The inaugural competition in October 2016 saw online property rental platform RentalStep win......
Founders: Daniel Verblis Company: The Moving Home Warehouse Description: Moving home packing supplies on demand Website: www.the-moving-home-warehouse.com Moving home is frequently cited as one of life’s most stressful experiences. And yet with millions people in the UK moving property every year, why is it still so hard to get......
Winner of the inaugural Start-Up Series, RentalStep will use funding to scale up to 20,000 tenants and 6,000 landlords in 12 months’ time. RentalStep – the first ever winner of Startups.co.uk and Worth Capital’s monthly seed funding competition The Start-Up Series – has been named as one......
