
Hidden secrets about the SEIS and EIS Tax Relief Schemes
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are established government incentives that aim to encourage investment in smaller companies. They do this by providing investors with generous tax benefits. Despite being fairly popular schemes amongst both companies and investors, there are still various details about the schemes that go unnoticed. Below […]

How is the Autumn Budget 2021 going to affect your small business?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the contents of his highly anticipated Autumn Budget 2021 in the House of Commons last week. Despite the promise of Sunak’s much-hyped ‘Age of Optimism’ the budget only revealed a few benefits for small businesses. Overall highlights included: Business rates cut by 50% for retail, leisure and hospitality for one year: […]

What does green investing mean to you?
Green Investments The term “green,” can be somewhat vague. When people talk about “green investments,” they’re speaking generally of investing in activities that can be considered good for the environment directly or indirectly. In this context, green investing refers to investing activities that promote environmentally friendly business practices and the conservation of natural resources. Green […]

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 […]

Raise a glass to investing in whisky
Alternative investments is an interesting area of the market which is all about putting money into non-traditional assets – by non-traditional we mean anything that isn’t a share or a bond such as investing in whisky. This covers a range of things including art, commodities, wine, stamps, coins and even classic cars. Many investors consider […]

OXTO Energy – Flywheeling into the 21st century
OXTO has developed and patented a new flywheel energy storage device that will deliver safe, scalable storage at a competitive cost, with high energy density and low physical footprint.

How to diversify your crowdfunding investments
UPDATED: 20th November 2018 The idea behind the common saying, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”, has been around in some form or another for thousands of years. To take one example, in Ecclesiastes 11:2 the Old Testament highlights the benefits of diversifying your assets – “Divide your portion to seven, or even […]

The UK Regulatory Framework of digital tokens
The regulation of digital tokens and coins is a developing area as the current United Kingdom (“U.K.”) financial services law was not developed with the use of digital tokens in mind. Therefore, it is important to bear in mind that subtle differences in the legal structure and function of digital tokens can have significant regulatory […]

Avoiding Fraudsters – Beware of Phishing
Dear Community, It has come to our attention that there have been a few attempts by individuals to clone Crowd for Angels accounts and contact members of our social media channels in the hope of facilitating funds fraudulently. As such, we wanted to write a blog on what you should look out for and checks […]