We’ve made multiple investments in the winners of the Start-Up Series, mostly of £150,000 per business. To rise to the top of all the entries we receive each month and qualify for that level of investment takes something special. We have five criteria and any...
The most usual cause of angst between entrepreneurs and potential investors is the valuation being given to the business – and therefore the equity being given up by the entrepreneur. This tension rarely arises because either party wishes to shaft each other. This would be...
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 of...
We gave our followers the opportunity to put their start-up investment questions to our panel of judges. Thanks to all of those who took part. Here's our response to the six most frequently asked questions - we hope this helps. What was the most important criteria...
Conventional theory about economies of scale would suggest that big companies are unassailable. But the normal rules of business have changed and it is nimble entrepreneurs that are challenging the old order and are more often the drivers of innovation and creating new consumer behaviours. Start-ups...
