The Members
With several new member applications already received in 2011 CCG now comprises 40 members who coordinate their angel investing via our process; though they each invest on their own account in deals that they chose from the deal flow provided. All have extensive commercial experience, as successful entrepreneurs, retired professionals or owners of substantial family business interests. Backgrounds of the group include the following sectors:
semiconductors, precision machinery, mechanical engineering, software, property development, finance, specialist printing and packaging, healthcare and medtech, electronics and telecommunications, consumer, media and B2B services, chemicals, the law, financial PR, private equity, agriculture, recruitment and cleantech.
Merrill Lynch Private Client sponsors our main annual convention in May; and during the year CCG members gain access to research and events provided by Merrill Lynch.
(For information about wealth management services please use the link to Merrill Lynch adjacent).
Benefits of Membership
Membership of CCG gives investors easy access to the most exciting early stage technology investments in the UK – we finance ground-breaking new technologies and co-invest with specialists. We are supported by four blue-chip sponsors that offer professional support to portfolio companies and advise the group on deal flow process. (Our membership is capped at 40 investors, but we have limited vacancies available on an occasional basis; new members must be recommended by an existing member or the Managing Partner).
Members enjoy:
- Deal flow – members get to see only the best opportunities from the leading technology cluster in Europe
- Professional management - CCG provides a full-time manager as well as events support
- Syndicated investment – we invest alongside specialists (private and institutional) in syndicated funding rounds
- Events – investor events for members throughout the year include the annual convention in May in Cambridge, Spring and Autumn presentation days, an Easter reception and summer golf day
- Proprietary access - negotiation of deals that are not available to the individual investor, through our market positioning and contacts
- Involvement with portfolio - members may take non-executive directorships or observer roles at investee companies
- Anonymity - the Group provides the public face enabling members to retain privacy
- Collaboration - in the due diligence process, with contacts and skills shared in the Group
- Negotiation - centralised for the membership as a whole
- Networking - members develop new friendships and contacts
Business Angel Awareness Events
FOR ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RISKS, REWARDS AND TAX BREAKS ASSOCIATED WITH ANGEL INVESTMENT.
- Did you know the average angel investment is £42,000 but investments start at £10,000? (NB or as low as £5,000 as part of a group such as CCG) Source: BBAA/NESTA Siding with Angels 2009
- Did you know there are significant tax breaks available for business angels?
- Do you know what makes a good business angel?
- Do you know where your nearest angel group is based?
These questions and many others were answered at informal events in 2010, organised by St.Johns Innovation Centre, on behalf of EEDA and BBAA. Talks were given by Cambridge Capital Group and Grant Thornton.
Angel investment is an increasingly important source of funding for today’s start-ups, as evidenced by a report from the British Business Angel Association (BBAA) and NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). The report confirmed the importance of business angels in supporting early stage companies and painted a very positive picture of the investment returns.
Disclaimer
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