“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky, co-founder of Behance. Entrepreneurship is often romanticised. Many of us imagine doing what we love, and becoming our own bosses can be attractive. In reality, you need to work hard, respect your limits, take risks, learn new skills, […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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No matter your age or standing, there is potential to turn a passion or skill from your professional or social life into a bright business idea. Whether you had the idea of starting your own business this morning or ten years ago, you have an itch to scratch. It’s time […]
Understanding The Angel Investment Landscape “If you need external capital to get your start-up off the ground or to the next stage,attracting an angel investor could be your best bet.” Every startup needs to find an external source of funding to grow its enterprise. One of themost common ways to […]
Early-Stage Landscape-Where can entrepreneurs look for money? Being your own boss, calling all the shots, and rushing to achieve your goals – for many people, entrepreneurship is the ultimate career objective. But as cool as running your own business sounds, it is incredibly difficult. How difficult? 90% of startups fail. […]
Durham-based synthetic diamond business Dyman Advanced Materials secures £882k in investment Revolutionary synthetic diamond production business, Dyman Advanced Materials, based at the North East Technology Park (NETPark) in County Durham, is set to further disrupt the $12bn market in 2022 after raising over £882,000 after successful third and fourth rounds of investment […]
Newcastle-based rare cancer research start-up RareCan secures six figure investment to grow business A Newcastle-based company, that is leading the way in rare cancer research, has closed a £340,000 seed funding round after securing investment which will help the business to move on with its next phase of development. Rare […]
Salford based startup receives six figure investment from SFC Capital Salford-based start-up B-B-L Protect, has successfully raised six-figure investment from SFC Capital following a successful pitch with non-profit angel investment organisation NorthInvest. Founded in 2020, B-B-L Protect has created a range of isolation devices, known as Aeropods, which are designed […]
South Yorkshire Angel Hub launched to boost investment capability The South Yorkshire Angel Hub, a partnership between Leeds-based investment non-profit NorthInvest and TEAM SY, has been officially launched. This programme is part-funded by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund. Supported by the British Business Bank, the hub’s launch event […]
Industry 4.0 analytics startup FourJaw secures £1m early-stage funding FourJaw, whose manufacturing data analytics platform is unlocking five-fold increases in shopfloor productivity, has secured a second round of angel investment and Innovate UK funding worth £1m, to accelerate its growth and support high-value-added manufacturers across the country. FourJaw secured the […]
Wakefield-based ‘stress-tech’ start-up receives £300k investment A Wakefield-based company on a mission to revolutionise the way workplace stress is measured and managed in organisations has secured £300,000 investment. BioStress Lab was co-founded in 2020 by entrepreneurs Tim Wade and Tim Routledge to tackle workplace stress, a problem which the World […]