We asked Matthew Owen, Director at one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, Sovereign Capital, who every year sees between 50 and 100 business pitches what makes a successful pitch.
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Diana wedding dress designer Elizabeth Emanuel seeks £1.5m angel funding
Elizabeth Emanuel, best known for designing Diana, Princess of Wales’s wedding dress, is attempting to raise £1.5m from Angels to fund her new design business.
Secret of my Success: Andrea Miles, Mirrors for Training
This week we take a look at Midland’s based Mirrors for Training Ltd, run by single mum Andrea Miles. She came up with her business concept by herself shortly after having a baby, when she had the unusual idea of using mirrors to help athletes use mirrors to aid their training.
Tesco buys London based digital music service We7 for £10.8M
Tesco buys London based digital music service We7 for £10.8M
UK firms patent could mean remembering website passwords will be thing of the past
UK start-up company Ensygnia confirmed today that, following an 18-month process, it had been granted its first technology patent by the UK Patent Office which could consign (forgotten) IDs and passwords to the past.
James Caan and Paul Herman set to shake up way businesses are sold
The traditional corporate finance model has been turned on its head with the announcement today that entrepreneur James Caan and corporate financier Paul Herman have launched bluebox, an advisory service that will redefine how businesses prepare for sale.
Sixteen of the UK’s best & brightest digital entrepreneurs selected by Wayra
From real time dating services and educational teaching tools, to a foodie social network and new software that turns pictures into passwords have been selected by Telefonica, the parent company of O2, to join the London hub of its global tech start-up accelerator programme, Wayra.
BBAA Launches Be an Angel Portal to Double the number of Angels to back Britain’s Entrepreneurs
In the wake of the latest Report launched this week “Make Business Your Business” and the new Start-up loans initiative, led by Lord Young, the Government’s Enterprise Tsar, the British Business Angels Association is launching its new Be An Angel portal and campaign aimed at encouraging more individuals to put their spare finance and business experience to work behind Britain’s entrepreneurs.
Yorkshire Business Angels instrumental in CamStent funding round success
Medical materials company CamStent has successfully completed a second funding round with Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA) members playing a crucial role in its success.
Huddle raises £15.3m in series C funding round
Cloud-based content collaboration firm Huddle announced today that it has raised $24 million (£15.3m) in its Series C round of funding.
Venture capital has a bad reputation & lacks understanding of entrepreneurs
The majority of UK entrepreneurs believe that there is a lack of understanding amongst venture capital circles of entrepreneurship, according to new research from Coutts.
£50 million Business Angel CoFund invests first £7.2 million in five SMEs
The Angel CoFund has announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs.
British Business Angels set to come together for summit & awards
The British Business Angels Association is looking to Connect the Finance Community at it’s 2012 National Investment Summit & Awards Dinner on 2nd July.
Yell acquires digital commerce tools company Moonfruit for £18M
Yell has announced the acquisition of Moonfruit Limited, the UK’s leading DIY website and online shop builder.
99designs Challenges Its Design Community: Make Us a New Homepage!
99designs, the largest online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design services, is challenging its own community of more than 150,000 graphic designers to revamp its homepage. The99designs Homepage Redesign Contest kicks off today and will accept entries through May 14.
