Darren Shaw Email & Phone Number

Wetherby, England, United Kingdom

FundIQ is a ground breaking investability report for founders and investors in early stage startups. Through a combination of human and AI driven objective analysis of the startups pitch deck and financial model it helps guides investors to make better investment decisions and helps founders tune their model and pitch to improve the investability and ultimately success of their enterprise

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

The early-stage investment landscape is changing dramatically, especially with SEIS tax allowance increases, but there are THREE major challenges to be addressed and overcome if this burgeoning space is ever to truly flourish.1) Founders and Investors don’t communicate enoughAngel investors often provide the platform for early-stage funding, and if communicated with regularly and kept appraised, can be a much bigger asset to the company, helping with introductions, opening doors to potential clients and partners… not to mention contributing to future investment.2) Disorganised Portfolio ManagementA common theme with all angel investors, is once you’ve got a few companies in your portfolio, it’s hard to track and manage those investments – ensuring you’ve got all the right documents and keeping them in one place is challenging enough, never mind tracking their performance and what your portfolio might be worth!3) Angels are disconnected from the wider Angel communityAngels tend to co-invest with other angels they may know in local groups and syndicates, but rarely stray outside of those inner circles to share deals and collaborate with the thousands of other UK Angels that are doing the same thing up and down the country. This only serves to make the early-stage investment more difficult to navigate for founders and investors alike.So what’s the solution?AngelTrack has been built for UK Angels by a team of UK Angels. Born out of frustration with the challenges above, AngelTrack is the all-in-one solution which serves to keep your portfolio organised and compliant, whilst simultaneously keeping you connected to your invested Founders and other Angel Investor comrades.

Wetherby, England, United Kingdom

Sixth Wave Ventures is an investment group and community of industry experts with big plans to disrupt and change the way startups tackling the worlds fundamental problems are funded and supported at early-stage, all the way through to commercialisation.We are on a mission to give Deep Tech and Blue Economy startups in the UK better access to early-stage investment and expert NED's/mentors/advisors.We're a team of founders, investors and advisors who see a huge gap in the early-stage/seed-funding space between angels/groups and risk averse VC’s.Our angel syndicate; Sixth Wave Angel Group is at the heart of a 4-way funding structure to catalyse co-investment amongst complementary investors/investor groups:1) Sixth Wave Angel Group (backed 6 startups in 2023 to date)2) Sixth Wave Fund (launching Q4 2023)3) Sixth Wave Matched Funding4) Sixth Wave Co-investor NetworkWe have a vision of investing in/supporting 50+ startups with the potential to change the world we live in for the better.

Yorkshire

BiY exists to give business owners in Yorkshire the inspiration, the passion and the belief to help grow and develop their businesses.We provide unparalleled opportunities to learn from each other, be inspired, get specialist help in key areas, find support when you need it most and be introduced to people who you want to meet, to find AND WIN more of the business you want.BiY is all about providing inspiration for ambitious business owners, directors and professionals. It’s the place to come to learn, to challenge and to support each other – to do things better, or differently. It is a powerful community that harnesses positive thinking within a culture that thrives on challenge to enable us all to move forward.The BiY Programme: Big Support for Small BusinessThis programme is designed to get you and your business into shape and operating at your best. It provides the opportunity to find the people that you want to meet to make both you and your business the best you can be.How does it work?We help you address your key business challenges with other owner managers facing just the same issues, in a round-the-table peer group setting. These sessions help you cover all the things you might need some help and inspiration with. We refer you to any of our specialists who you might want some help from…whether this is with getting your proposition clarified, closing more deals, being a better networker…or with things that can help you function better, such as your CRM system, your IT, or help with access to finance and employments issues. We also help find you more of the contacts and referrals you want, through understanding who you’re looking for and where to find them. The all-inclusive membership package is just £600+vat, payable in two £300 payments, which in a six month period alone provides you access to 3 peer group sessions, 6 speaker led networking events, 6 workshops, and discounted access to high level development skills (Reviver) sessions.

Investor and consultant in SME's in the service sector, strategic and commercially articulate support for Managing Directors and Managing Partners, to help ensure the organisation is clear in its direction, that it has universal buy-in and is delivering on its promises

Wetherby

E2E Accountancy provide truly integrated support for dynamic growing businesses, with an end-to-end service, from helping with your strategic planning, right through to the day-to-day stuff such as getting your invoices paid and managing your books. And yes of course, we do your year-end accounts and help to minimise the amount of tax you pay!

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

We help tech businesses scale up by prepping them for fund raises and finding the right backers typically from £500k-£3m. We’ll make sure you’re ‘investment ready’, in particular with your slide deck, your numbers and your cashflow runway. Then we’ll look at who are the right funders, assess the funding options and identify the best way to proceed, providing the necessary support as required. Finally, we’ll help you through the completion stage and ensure that you’re fully informed as to what’s expected of you.Our clients tend to be in the early stages of their 'tech-based' businesses, typically just past the proof of concept stage and are getting ready to scale up. We're often engaged for a combination of the following factors: 1. INVESTOR CONTACTSDue to our extensive connections and contacts we can identify the right funders for your needs. 2. SPEEDWe’ll help you get funding faster, as we have the team, contacts and process dedicated to doing this seamlessly.3. HELP YOU STAY FOCUSSEDAllows you to stay focussed on the business and not have time taken up seeking funds and developing the pitch.

Full service strategic marketing and brand management agency