Blog Posts

Seed investing as the world opens up

1st March 2022

Fear of failure or embracing experiments?

6th February 2022

Tell me a story

21st January 2022

Spending your seed capital on marketing? You need a plan.

6th December 2021

To ESG or not to ESG – is that a question?

29th October 2021

Unizest – Our Next Funding Round

14th October 2021

Latest performance on diversity & inclusion

24th September 2021

Bird Eyewear – Our Next Funding Round

9th September 2021

New strategic challenge or the same one in disguise?

3rd September 2021

Winning the Start-Up Series – Mathew Norbury, FC Laboratories

14th July 2021

Winning the Start-Up Series – Carrie Davies, ONE Essentials

2nd July 2021

Winning the Start-Up Series – Henry Acevedo, Fox Robotics

13th June 2021

Winning the Start-Up Series – Adrian Lawson, The Preference Hub

1st June 2021

Start-up vs public market investing

20th May 2021

Winning the Start-Up Series – Matt Oldham, Unizest

10th May 2021

Over £1 million invested in latest Start-Up Series winners

5th May 2021

How can you assess a Seed EIS investment manager?

9th April 2021

Danger, opportunity & change

1st April 2021

Getting our sleeves rolled up

3rd March 2021

Embracing scarcity

25th February 2021

When a Venture Capital investor doesn’t back a fantastic business

1st February 2021

The impact of COVID19 on seed investing

20th January 2021

Accessing valuable advice

11th January 2021

Fleshing out a high performing team

10th December 2020

Adviser Hour is Back

7th December 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Randa Bennett, VeeLoop

14th November 2020

The ingredients for an irresistible team

9th November 2020

Getting involved – Growth Investor Awards 2020

27th October 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Phil Daneshyar, Kanda

24th October 2020

EIS Association 2020 Awards – Diversity Champions!

16th October 2020

The role of SEIS & EIS in a portfolio

3rd October 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Scott Lever, Zobi

23rd September 2020

Genius is evenly distributed, opportunity is not

14th September 2020

Obsessing about market need

2nd September 2020

We’re back, doing what we do best

1st September 2020

Stepping into your investors’ shoes

25th August 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Daniel Verblis, The Moving Home Warehouse

20th August 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Zaffrin O’Sullivan, Five Dot Botanics

18th August 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Shane Lowe, Vitrue

13th August 2020

The art (not science) of valuing a start-up

12th August 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Ed Bird, Bird Eyewear

11th August 2020

Creating irresistible investment proposals

5th August 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Les Dawson, Uniblock

4th August 2020

BUSINESS PURPOSE 2030

30th July 2020

Why should entrepreneurs care about EIS & SEIS?

29th July 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Andy Roberts, Weekly10

28th July 2020

INTERVIEW: Innovation during a pandemic

23rd July 2020

Funding choices and the consequences

22nd July 2020

Winning the Start-Up Series – Nick James, Bedfolk

21st July 2020

The Start-Up Series returns

20th July 2020

Post pandemic start-up valuations

18th June 2020

7 killer questions to ask an S/EIS Fund Manager

1st June 2020

Innovating around coronavirus

19th May 2020

What’s your favourite innovation?

22nd April 2020

Despite headwinds, Worth Capital supports 7 businesses with funding

4th April 2020

Start-Up Series Winner: Zobi

1st April 2020

The impact of Coronavirus on seed businesses

20th March 2020

Start-Up Series paused for Coronavirus

18th March 2020

When it’s risky, take risk

11th March 2020

Start-Up Series Winner: Bird Sunglasses

5th March 2020

SEIS: the ugly duckling or beautiful swan of early stage investing?

3rd March 2020

Start-Up Series Celebration of Innovation 2020

13th February 2020

Kuber Fund In Focus Showcase

7th February 2020

Start-Up Series Winner: Five Dot Botanics

28th January 2020

Obsessed about markets

21st January 2020

Start-Up Series Winner: Kanda

14th January 2020

THE OPPOSITE OF BRAVERY

6th January 2020

If that was 2019, roll on 2020…

30th December 2019

Start-Up Series Winner: Vitrue Health

8th November 2019

Hurry Up

4th November 2019

Vitrue Health: Techstars demo day

24th October 2019

Start-Up Series Winner: Weekly10

3rd October 2019

Neptune Software’s ‘Experience Day’

27th September 2019

Exciting partnership developments

13th September 2019

Start-Up Series Winner: Bedfolk

12th September 2019

University of West London ’Pitchfest’

11th September 2019

The Start-Up Series returns

1st September 2019

Beyond the cliché

23rd July 2019

Start-Up Series Winner: VeeLoop

1st July 2019

GREATER LONDON INVESTMENT FUND IS LAUNCHED

30th May 2019

HMRC PUBLISH EIS & SEIS DATA FOR 2017/18 TAX YEAR

29th May 2019

The ingredients for building a cut-through brand

10th May 2019

Has launching a food or beverage brand got harder?

11th April 2019

SERENDIPITIOUS INNOVATION

8th March 2019

Funding Growth

4th February 2019

BREWIN DOLPHIN MASTERCLASS

1st February 2019

Setting yourself up for valuable advice

8th January 2019

Our five criteria for selecting seed investments

18th December 2018

It’s time for small businesses to get serious about Brexit

5th December 2018

The Start-Up Series in numbers – 2 years of the UK’s largest seed funding competition

14th November 2018

VCT & EIS Investor Forum 2019

13th November 2018

Your business is doing well, but what about your own mental health and wellbeing?

5th November 2018

Autumn budget 2018

29th October 2018

How to build a successful start-up team

13th October 2018

Where seed investing fits in a portfolio

9th October 2018

Start-Up Series Winner: The Moving Home Warehouse

3rd September 2018

A fair valuation for seed stage investments

24th August 2018

RentalStep scoops share of £2m in second stage of Rental Recognition Challenge

21st August 2018

Ask the judges…

12th July 2018

Why the big brands envy start-ups

5th July 2018