Funds
Support is available to help you navigate the financial options for your plan, which you are free to present at Science Capital events. We also list a few pointers for those starting up a new business.
- FD Solutions provides a team of Finance Directors to support your business on a flexible basis, whether part-time or interim
- Advantage Business Angels provides specialist knowledge of fundraising from business angels, venture capital funds and banks
- AngelList an open platform for startups to meet investors, candidates and incubators
- Aston Reinvestment Trust provides loans to businesses and social enterprises in Birmingham and Solihull
- Atlantic Accelerator for medical solutions for patient care using experience, convergent technologies, international connections and open innovation
- Beer & Partners is a source of venture capital and business angel investment for growing SME businesses
- Bioscience Ventures is based at The University of Birmingham and commercialises medical diagnostics and services
- Birmingham City Council Start-Up Loan Programme
- BCRS Business Loans provides support to meet the needs of local businesses
- Blue Sky Corporate Finance helps the directors of small and medium enterprises to become investment ready, raise finance, start up or sell a business, undertake management buy outs/buy ins and make corporate acquisitions.
- Business Birmingham: SME Fast Track is funded by the European Union and is delivered by Winning Moves and Winning Pitch
- Business Link provides information and links to government departments for small and medium businesses
- Business Growth Fund is based in Birmingham and will invest between £2m and £10m in medium sized companies in return for 10 to 40 percent
- Catapult provides a range of funding and specialises in providing equity capital for businesses requiring between £200k and £2m
- Enterprise Finance Guarantee provides loans up to £1m to companies making up to £25m
- Epiphany Capital works with entrepreneurs, spin-outs and early stage companies to raise venture capital and grow their business
- Finance Birmingham provides loans of between £100k and £1m to companies needing
- Innovation Networks: offering grants to West Midlands SMEs to develop an innovative new product, process or services.
- Mercia Fund provides venture capital funding for early-stage technology start-ups that are located in the West Midlands
- MidTECH is part of the NHS Innovations network and works to identify, protect and develop innovations from within the West Midlands region
- Midven is a venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises
- Technology Strategy Board provides funding for research and technology development
- UnLtd Millennium Awards provide practical and financial support to social entrepreneurs in the UK who want to change the world for the better
- Warwick Ventures commercialises the world-leading research coming out of the University of Warwick
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