Business Angel Awareness Event, 29th April

FOR ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RISKS, REWARDS AND TAX BREAKS ASSOCIATED WITH ANGEL INVESTMENT.

Date/Time: Thursday, 29th April, 5pm

Venue: Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

  • 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 will be answered at our informal event on April 29th, organised by St.Johns Innovation Centre, on behalf of EEDA and BBAA. Talks will be 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. 

The East of England has a strong track record for innovation but in the last 18 months, entrepreneurs have spent too much time chasing funding, often in vain.  It won’t be long before this has a significant impact on the UK’s capacity to innovate.  Here in the East there are things we can do to help.  With a number of angel networks in the East of England/Norfolk/Cambs etc and a new publicly funded angel co-investment fund due to launch imminently, the time is right for more angels to be encouraged to come forward. 

If you would welcome an opportunity to improve your understanding of angel investment, either on your own behalf or a client’s, we would be delighted to see you.  At each event, there will be an opportunity to talk to members of the BBAA, Business Angels, tax advisors and representatives from the East of England Development Agency’s Business Finance team. 

Please let us know if you are able to attend by calling or emailing Miranda Edwards on 01223 421988 or medwards@stjohns.co.uk.  Further details, including directions to the relevant venue, will be forwarded on receipt of your acceptance.

The Members

CCG comprises 30+ investing 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, property development, finance, specialist printing and packaging, healthcare and medtech, electronics and telecommunications, consumer and B2B services, chemicals, the law, financial PR and marketing.

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:

  1. Deal flow – members get to see only the best opportunities from the leading technology cluster in Europe
  2. Professional management - CCG provides a full-time manager as well as events support
  3. Syndicated investment – we invest alongside specialists (private and institutional) in syndicated funding rounds
  4. Events – investor events for members throughout the year include the annual convention in May/June in Cambridge, Spring and Autumn presentation days and a golf day
  5. Proprietary access - negotiation of deals that are not available to the individual investor, through our market positioning and contacts
  6. Involvement with portfolio - members may take non-executive directorships or observer roles at investee companies

Disclaimer

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