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The fund is an EIS fund specialising in investments in opportunities arising primarily from the wider portfolio of the Fuel Ventures funds or in other portfolio companies which Fuel Ventures Limited may identify, which are Qualifying Companies located primarily in the United Kingdom.
The Fuel Ventures Scale-Up EIS Fund is an EIS fund specialising in seed-stage investments in the European marketplace, platforms and SaaS sectors. The Fund will seek to invest in promising companies at the seed stage.
The Fuel Ventures SEIS Fund will build upon our track record of sourcing and investing in companies with the potential for fast-growth. We will utilise our extensive deal-flow to invest in early stage companies that benefit from SEIS tax relief and that have the potential to receieve future funding from our established EIS funds.
EMVC Evergreen EIS Fund is an EIS fund that will specialise in B2B technology including industrial high-tech, energy, robotics and AI, IoT and resource efficiency.
The GrowthInvest Portfolio Service seeks to invest in and provide support for early-stage companies. The Fund will be assisted by the Investment Adviser, GrowthInvest, who are a team with extensive start-up experience.
The British Design Fund 2 invests in and provides support for UK product design and manufacturing companies. The Fund has identified a funding gap and will provide capital for companies that seek to deliver outstanding product design innovation and manufacturing.
The focus of the Fund is to deliver returns to Investors by making targeted investments in promising UK based robotics businesses that have already proven their technology and established some initial customer relationships.
The British Robotics Sidecar Fund offers investors the opportunity of investing in potentially fast-growing robotics companies in the UK whilst significantly reducing the inherent risks involved in funding early-stage businesses.
The Nova Cofoundery SEIS & EIS Fund is an SEIS and EIS fund specialising in early-stage companies. Nova leverages appropriate technology to source and mentor potential founders
This Fund will invest in high-growth but more established technology-enabled EIS companies, led by driven teams who dream big. We help them enhance the value of our investment by applying our decades of experience building private, public and international businesses.
The Vala EIS Portfolio will build a portfolio of shares in small companies with big plans for growth, chosen by an experienced group of entrepreneurial investors.
The Velocity Credit Ventures Portfolio Management Service will build a diverse portfolio of short term credits to small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”), managed by a team with wide corporate and financial experience
The Velocity SEIS Technology Fund 4 investment objective is to invest in and provide support for technology-enabled businesses. Velocity Capital Advisors Limited will provide investment consultancy services to Sapphire, including identifying, monitoring and seeking exit opportunities in respect of Investee Companies
The Velocity EIS Technology Fund 5 investment objective is to invest in and provide support for technology-enabled businesses. Velocity Capital Advisors Limited will provide investment consultancy services to Sapphire, including identifying, monitoring, and seeking exit opportunities in respect of Investee Companies.
Each Direct Lending Company in which the ZEPS DFM invests will have its own board of directors and employees but ZSL Capital, the Executive Adviser, will also provide administrative and loan arrangement services to the Direct Lending Companies, and any subsidiary money lenders, on a basis which seeks to preserve capital so that downside risk is minimised.
The fund is an EIS fund specialising in investments in opportunities arising primarily from the wider portfolio of the Fuel Ventures funds or in other portfolio companies which Fuel Ventures Limited may identify, which are Qualifying Companies located primarily in the United Kingdom.
Fuel Ventures Co-Investment EIS Fund is an EIS fund specialising in investments in opportunities arising primarily from the wider portfolio of the Fuel Ventures funds or in other portfolio companies which Fuel Ventures Limited may identify, which are Qualifying Companies located primarily in the United Kingdom.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Technology, with a focus on Marketplaces, Platforms and SaaS. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10, 000 for advised Investors and £100,000 for non-advised Investors. |
The Fuel Ventures Scale-Up EIS Fund is an EIS fund specialising in seed-stage investments in the European marketplace, platforms and SaaS sectors. The Fund will seek to invest in promising companies at the seed stage.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Technology, with a focus on Marketplaces, Platforms and SaaS. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 for advised Investors and £100,000 for non-advised Investors. |
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The Fund will continue our strategy of investing in rapdily growing sectors such as marketplaces, software and transactional businesses.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date |
Target sector: |
Marketplaces, Platforms, SaaS |
Minimum subscription |
£10,000 for advised Investors and £25,000 for non-advised Investors. |
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EMVC Evergreen EIS Fund is an EIS fund that will specialise in B2B technology including industrial high-tech, energy, robotics and AI, IoT and resource efficiency.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Technology, with a focus on Industrial high-tech and IP intensive technologies. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
The GrowthInvest Portfolio Service seeks to invest in and provide support for early stage companies. The Fund will be assisted by the Investment Adviser, GrowthInvest, who are a team with extensive start up experience.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Early stage companies. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
The British Design Fund 2 invests in and provides support for UK product design and manufacturing companies. The Fund has identified a funding gap and will provide capital for companies which seek to deliver outstanding product design innovation and manufacturing.
Close date: |
31 March 2020. |
Target sector: |
Product design and manufacturing. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
The focus of the Fund is to deliver returns to Investors by making targeted investments in promising UK based robotics businesses that have already proven their technology and established some initial customer relationships.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Technology, with a focus on robotics and artificial intelligence. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
The British Robotics Sidecar Fund offers investors the opportunity of investing in potentially fast-growing robotics companies in the UK whilst significantly reducing the inherent risks involved in funding early-stage businesses.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Technology, with a focus on robotics and artificial intelligence. |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
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The Nova Cofoundery SEIS & EIS invest in early stage companies. The Fund is an opportunity to invest alongside Nova in their portfolio of early-stage companies.
Close date: |
Evergreen |
Target sector: |
Early-stage companies |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
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This Fund will invest in high-growth but more established technology-enabled EIS companies, led by driven teams who dream big.
Close date: |
Evergreen |
Target Sector: |
Technology-enabled companies |
Minimum subscription: |
£10,000 |
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The Vala EIS Portfolio will build a portfolio of shares in small companies with big plans for growth, chosen by an experienced group of entrepreneurial investors.
Close date: |
Evergreen - there is no close date. |
Target sector: |
Technology, Engineering, Media & Entertainment, Financial Technology, Lifestyle, and Food & Beverage. |
Minimum subscription: |
£25,000 |
The Velocity Credit Ventures Portfolio Management Service will build a diverse portfolio of short-term credits to small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”), managed by a team with wide corporate and financial experience.
Close date: |
No close date |
Target sector: |
Small and medium companies |
Minimum subscription: |
£25,000 |
The Velocity SEIS Technology Fund 4 investment objective is to invest in and provide support for technology enabled businesses. Velocity Capital Advisors Limited will provide investment consultancy services to Sapphire, including identifying, monitoring and seeking exit opportunities in respect of Investee Companies.
Close date: |
31 March 2019 |
Target sector: |
Early-stage Technology. |
Minimum subscription: |
£25,000 |
The Velocity EIS Technology Fund 5 investment objective is to invest in and provide support for technology enabled businesses. Velocity Capital Advisors Limited will provide investment consultancy services to Sapphire, including identifying, monitoring and seeking exit opportunities in respect of Investee Companies.
Close date: |
31 March 2019 |
Target sector: |
Early-stage Technology. |
Minimum subscription: |
£25,000 |
Each Direct Lending Company in which the ZEPS DFM invests will have its own board of directors and employees but ZSL Capital, the Executive Adviser, will also provide administrative and loan arrangement services to the Direct Lending Companies, and any subsidiary money lenders, on a basis which seeks to preserve capital so that downside risk is minimised.
Close date: |
No close date |
Target sector: |
Real Estate |
Minimum subscription: |
£25,000 |
The British Design Fund seeks to work with extraordinary entrepreneurs, with innovative and scalable products, who are ready to accelerate growth and build long term value and thriving stand-out businesses.
Fund Status: |
EIS / SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Design |
Close Date: |
March 2017 |
Fund Description: |
The Fund intends to leverage both the UK’s position as one of the largest design industries in Europe and the lack of dedicated VC/seed investors in the space, in order to invest in innovative early-stage and later-stage design-based businesses. |
The British Robotics Seed Funds' invest in capitally frugal robotics, automatisation and AI companies operating in large markets, whose offerings create large-scale productivity improvements and whose road-map is focused on creating an autonomous product offering.
Fund Status: |
SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Robotics |
Close Date: |
March 2017 |
Fund Description: |
The British Robotics Seed Fund offers investors the opportunity of investing in potentially fast-growing robotics companies in the UK. |
The British Robotics Seed Funds invest in capitally frugal robotics, automatisation and AI companies operating in large markets, whose offerings create large-scale productivity improvements and whose road-map is focused on creating an autonomous product offering.
Fund Status: |
EIS / SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Robotics |
Close Date: |
March 2018 |
Fund Description: |
The British Robotics Seed Fund 2 offers investors the opportunity of investing in potentially fast-growing robotics companies in the UK whilst significantly reducing the inherent risks involved in funding early-stage businesses. |
Trovant Capital (formerly Capra Partners) provide direct ownership of defensive, pre-let commercial property via their Club or direct acquisition services.
Fund Status: |
Limited Partnership |
Investment Sector: |
Commerical Property |
Close Date: |
October 2018 |
Fund Description: |
Capra AGP LP was established to give investors easier access to a portfolio of petrol filling stations within the UK. The Fund aims to provide income continuity and to reduce downside risk by only acquiring properties that have an agreement to lease with Applegreen. |
Creative England is dedicated to the growth of creative industries, investing in talented people and their creative ideas, nurturing the UK's richly diverse games, TV, film and digital media industries.
Fund Status: |
EIS / SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Creative arts and technologies |
Close Date: |
Septemeber 2016 |
Fund Description: |
The Creative England Investment Fund was set up to invest in and provide support for creative and digital businesses in the UK. |
Fuel Ventures is an early and growth-stage investor in leading technology businesses. The Fuel Ventures Funds invest in the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the sectors covering globally scalable marketplaces, platforms and software (SaaS).
Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
March 2016 |
Fund Description: |
The Fuel Ventures EIS Portfolio 1 aimed to invest in a variety of high-growth, early-stage technology businesses from incubation and inception (super-early seed) to seed and post-launch (late seed), as well as series A businesses showing signs of exceptional growth. |
Fuel Ventures is an early and growth-stage investor in leading technology businesses. The Fuel Ventures Funds invest in the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the sectors covering globally scalable marketplaces, platforms and software (SaaS).
Fund Status: |
EIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
January 2017 |
Fund Description: |
Fuel Venture's second portfolio sought to continue to invest in a variety of high-growth, early-stage technology businesses which may range from post-launch seed, up to series A businesses showing signs of outstanding growth. |
Fuel Ventures is an early and growth-stage investor in leading technology businesses. The Fuel Ventures Funds invest in the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the sectors covering globally scalable marketplaces, platforms and software (SaaS).
Fund Status: |
EIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
March 2018 |
Fund Description: |
Fuel Ventures Portfolio 3 is an EIS fund specialising in early seed, seed, venture and series A stage investments in the European e-commerce sector. |
Fuel Ventures is an early and growth-stage investor in leading technology businesses. The Fuel Ventures Funds invest in the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the sectors covering globally scalable marketplaces, platforms and software (SaaS).
Fund Status: |
EIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
April 2019 |
Fund Description: |
Fuel Ventures Fund 4 is an EIS fund specialising in seed-stage investments in the European marketplace, platforms and SaaS sectors. |
The Fund offers a unique opportunity to gain access to these fast growing companies. The team is laser-focussed on finding these opportunities, often off-market, and uncovering the next gems of tomorrow.
Fund Status |
EIS |
Investment sector: |
Early-stage companies, who are leveraging technology. |
Close Date: | 31 Decemeber 2020 |
Fund Description |
The Fund will invest in early-stage companies which are leveraging technology in a post-Covid world to accelerate their growth. |
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The Portillion Capital Sharia Compliant SEIS Fund was open to all investors presenting a unique investment opportunity for those whom Sharia Compliance and ethical investing is of importance, allowing them to invest with confidence.
Fund Status: |
SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Shariah Compliant |
Close Date: |
December 2014 |
Fund Description: |
As the fund implemented Sharia investment principles, it allowed non-Muslim investors to invest in a fund that provides extra due diligence and governance in comparison to Non-Sharia SEIS Funds. |
The Fund invests in companies where there is evidence of strong customer acceptance of the product and service offered by the company, and where the team believes they can add substantively to the knowledge and experience of the founder and the staff as they prepare to move from scale-up to commercialisation.
Fund Status: |
EIS |
Investment Sector: |
Later stage companies |
Close Date: |
July 2020 |
Fund Description: |
The SBS Later Stage EIS Fund aimed to invest in established companies in the scale-up stage. |
Velocity looks to provide its investee companies with an advantage beyond the provision of pure funding. They are active, not passive investors bringing to bear their own experience as entrepreneurs, financiers, marketeers on the businesses they support.
Fund Status: |
EIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
August 2018 |
Fund Description: |
The Velocity EIS Technology Fund 3's investment objective was to invest in and provide support for technology-enabled businesses. |
Velocity looks to provide its investee companies with an advantage beyond the provision of pure funding. They are active, not passive investors bringing to bear their own experience as entrepreneurs, financiers, marketeers on the businesses they support.
Fund Status: |
SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
September 2018 |
Fund Description: |
The Velocity SEIS Technology Fund 3's investment objective was to invest in and provide support for technology-enabled businesses |
Velocity looks to provide its investee companies with an advantage beyond the provision of pure funding. They are active, not passive investors bringing to bear their own experience as entrepreneurs, financiers, marketeers on the businesses they support.
Fund Status: |
EIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
December 2018 |
Fund Description: |
The Velocity EIS Technology Fund 4's investment objective was to invest in and provide support for technology-enabled businesses. |
This Fund was mentored by Vala Capital Ltd, Vala is an entrepreneur-led investment advisory business that backs start-ups and early-stage companies.
Fund Status: |
EIS / SEIS |
Investment Sector: |
Technology |
Close Date: |
March 2018 |
Fund Description: |
The UK Challenger Fund aimed to invest in and provide support for UK small and medium-sized enterprises across a range of sectors including technology, engineering, fintech, media, lifestyle, and food and beverage. |
Fund Status | EIS |
Target sector: |
Range of sectors and geographies. |
Close Date |
August 2020 |
Fund Description |
The Zero Carbon Fund is a new EIS fund investing in early-stage companies on a mission to address climate change through technology innovation. |
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Engage.do
Engage.do is a UK based company that allows any business to develop and publish their own customer-facing smartphone applications.
Kokoon Headphones
Kokoon’s, Bluetooth, noise-cancelling headphones which uses sensors and audio within a feedback loop to monitor, protect, and induce sleep.
Tethered Drone Systems
Tethered Drone Systems have created a Tethered UAV, with an extended flight duration of 24 hours+ and with secure communication via the tether.
Fox Robotics
Fox Robotics solve fundamental in-premises logistics problems across areas like manufacturing, aerospace and retail.
Extend Robotics
Extend Robotics is a robotic SaaS company on a mission to extend human capabilities beyond physical existence.
Antstream Arcade
Antstream Arcade is a retro games streaming platform with over a thousand carefully curated games to choose from.
Q-bot
Q-Bot uses robots to spray insulation under the floor with minimal disruption to your life.
Moteefe
Social commerce platform providing a solution for users to sell customised products through social media.
Thrift+
Thrift+ collect and sell your best unwanted clothes, donating part of the proceeds to charity and giving back as credit for the online Thrift+ store.
Tutor House
A marketplace connecting students and parents with high-quality, pre-vetted tutors who can provide online and offline tutoring.
CG Hero
CG Hero connected talented computer graphic artists and studios with customers in need of custom computer graphics
Cuckoo Internet
Cuckoo aims to disrupt the provision of broadband to residential households in the UK.
Shot Scope
Shot Scope uses patented wearable technology, cloud-based algorithms and course database IP to automatically record golf performance data.
Arksen
Arksen is a technology and adventure company designing the ultimate marine exploration vessels.
Playstack
Supporting game developers with end-to-end funding, publishing expertise, and technology to build a stronger game audience and community.
Football Survivor
Football Survivor is a peer-to-peer football betting app based on the infamous ‘Last Man Standing’ game.
IYNK
IYNK find and verify the top artists across the world so you can be inspired to find your next tattoo.
Red Rickshaw
Red Rickshaw is the UK’s largest online Asian grocer, offering produce and spices sourced from all over the world.
Journee
Journee through a 15-minute questionnaire personally tailors travel experiences for their customers.
itar Mobile Guitar
The first integrated tool for the guitarist and/or electronic musician on the go.
Movem
Move’m is a hybrid referencing technology for landlords and tenants of residential properties. Successfully exited in 2018 to Barbon Insurance Group.
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