Angel Finance

A business may be at a very early stage or just looking to expand. Beer reviews over 3,000 business plans from companies wishing to raise business angel finance each year. We take on around 100 of these as clients and have raised £15 million of angel finance each year for these companies for the last ten years or so. We have a very high success rate for finding funds from our 1,600 plus business angels who invest in these types of opportunities, with clients raising typically between £50,000 and £5 million for each company.

Welooking for businesses that can demonstrate a good management team, a sensible and realistic valuation of the business worth and a good commercial business plan demonstrating significant growth prospects. We have a good idea of what appeals to our business angels and try and only take on companies who we feel will have a realistic chance of raising the required finance.

We will be asking you to present your investment proposal, face to face, to investors. Whether this is one to one or to a whole room of possible investors, it is important that you follow some simple rules. However experienced you are at presentations, investors are different and you need to know the DO’s and DON’Ts. Remember you are not selling your product or service; you are selling your shares. If you need more than 10 minutes to explain your business and the deal, you’ve got it wrong. Aim for 5 minutes in rehearsal (and you must rehearse); on the day that will become 7 to 8 minutes. That’s the optimal timing. If you cannot get both the part of your speech that describes your business AND a description of the investment deal in the time, then cut down the former, not the latter.

Important Information – Please Read Carefully

Investment in unquoted business carries high risks as well as the possibility of high rewards and an investor’s capital is at risk in making such investments. It is highly speculative and potential investors should be aware that no established market exists for the trading of shares in private companies. Please note that any tax treatments referred to in financial promotions approved or issued on our behalf will depend on the individual circumstances of the investor. All of our fees are payable by the client companies to whom it provides services, investors are treated as retail clients being recipients of our or our partners' financial promotions. Where a promotion contains an overseas element the protection afforded to retail clients in relation to UK investments may not be available to investors. Investors also may not be eligible for protection under compensation schemes which are available to investors in UK financial instruments. The information contained within this communication may not be used for any purpose other than in considering whether you should enter discussion with any business described.