A step-by-step guide to completing an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Compliance Certificate
Have you invested in a company that offered EIS tax relief and wondering how you can benefit? Here’s a step-by-step process to help you claim your tax relief. What happens before you receive the EIS Compliance Certificate? Once the funding round is successfully completed and shares are issued, the company sends an application to HMRC […]
Choose the right funding route for your business fundraising needs
Funding is vital to help a business grow, but not every source of funding is the same, and not every source is suitable for every business. Below you can find information on the most popular funding options available for your venture. EQUITY FINANCE Equity Crowdfunding: unlike rewards-based crowdfunding, which is usually based on donations and […]
We saved the banks, now the banks must save us!
At the height of the last financial crisis in 2008/09, which was largely a bank created crisis, governments around the world stepped in to stop big financial firms from going bust. Taxpayers’ cash was injected into a bevy of banks around the globe to restore market confidence and help stabilise the system. Here in the […]
Funding support for businesses impacted by COVID-19 & how Crowd for Angels can help
Given these unprecedented times, where business is far from “running as usual”, we are writing this blog with the aim of summarising the raft of measures that have been announced by the government regarding financial support and to ensure you are aware of the latest schemes put in motion to help your venture. To begin […]
Important Notice – Crowd for Angels
Dear Crowd for Angels Community, I wanted to personally update you during this period of uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus) and we’d like to reassure you that we’re running as normal so you can continue using Crowd for Angels.As an FCA-regulated company, we have robust continuity plans in place to ensure that we can operate as normally as possible in circumstances like these. […]
101 ways to lose money in deeptech angel investing
After 10 years of building and backing deeptech companies at one of Europe’s leading universities, in the City and our own fund Deep Science Ventures, one thing is clear. The outcomes can be big and exceed tech outcomes in both scale and speed. But any clues on how to navigate this landscape are largely hidden […]
Investor’s Guide to the EIS & SEIS
Crowd for Angels presents the Investor guide to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. The guide explains who Crowd for Angels are, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), their main benefits and how one can claim each tax relief. Read the Investor’s Guide below. The Enterprise Investment Scheme, […]
Biotech Investing
In this article, we hear from Angel investor and fund manager, Sunil Shah, who launched the UK’s first EIS Biotech & AI Fund, o2h Ventures. The biotech sector is one of the leading sectors in the UK economy. Large pharma companies now rely on small innovative biotechs for new ideas in disease areas such as cancer, […]
Crowd for Angels Brochure
Crowd for Angels is an FCA authorised and regulated crowdfunding platform that funds companies through the issue of shares, crowd bonds and digitalised assets to investors. Below you can view a link to the Crowd for Angels Brochure. Today, we welcome over 32,000 ‘Angels’ on our platform who regularly invest, participate and support great companies. […]
Entrepreneurs set for Boris Business Boost in 2020
In the month of December, the UK stock market often experiences a phenomenon known as the “Santa rally” – a rise in share prices in the run up to Christmas. Last year however, following the December 12th general election, investors saw a sharp “Boris rally”, with the FTSE 100 having put on an impressive 5% […]
