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The London Envestors team is delighted to announce the launch of its Rising Stars programme. Rising Stars helps high quality early stage companies that are looking to raise funding of up to £300,000. The programme incorporates investment readiness, a 2-day ‘Get Fit for Funding’ Course, a dedicated eBulletin, and a quarterly investment marketplace event. If you would like further information about the Envestors Rising Stars programme, please contact Tom Billings, tom@envestors.co.uk. Read more »

In a countercyclical achievement, investors from the Beer & Partners angel community have recently attained up to 100% pa returns for two companies, based in the Medical and Leisure sectors. Read more »

Beer & Partners have closed on a round of £25,000 for an algae-to-neutraceuticals company. It has attracted increasing interest since Beer first raised startup capital for it in Q2 2009. It is now approaching seven-figure revenues, is cashflow-positive, is enjoying vigorous growth in demand for its initial product 'Astaxanthin' and is likely to be capacity-constrained for the foreseeable future. Read more »

This client initially failed to invest at Beer & Partners Investment fair in November 2010 but interest was subsequently found from a new investor joining the company database during 2011 who has now invested £100,000. The investment enabled the company to secure an EFG loan of £70,000 and total funding of £170,000 enabled the compnay to exploit a business critical market gap.