Angels Den

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Angels Den
Company typeFinTech, Technology
Industry Angel investing, Private equity
Founded2007
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsMatchmaking platform
Website www.angelsden.com

Angels Den is a platform which seeks to connect businesses with angel investors. Founded in 2007, [1] it is headquartered in England. [2]

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History

Bill Morrow, the co-founder and director of Angel's Den, [3] trademarked the term "SpeedFunding" in 2008. [4]

In July 2013 the runner-up of the BBC television series The Apprentice, Luisa Zissman, found 16 investors to fund her new business through Angels Den. [5]

In October 2013, Angels Den launched an online platform and a rebranded website. [6]

Model

Angels Den is an "an angel-led crowdfunder". [7] It provides various offline pitch events such as "SpeedFunding" events, [8] where entrepreneurs present short elevator pitches to a number of investors on a one-to-one basis. [9] [10] [11]

The Angels Den Tech Club, a co-investment fund, reportedly "focuses on high-growth [..] technology start-ups" which are eligible for the UK's Enterprise Investment Scheme. [12]

Activities

Companies that have raised funding through Angels Den have included:

BusinessAmount RaisedDate
WhiskyInvestDirect£1,076,472May 2015 [7]
Stylect£100,000Feb 2015 [13]
NY Slice£300,000Dec 2014 [14]
Antaco£213,840Aug 2014 [15]
Beer 52£100,000Jan 2014 [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Angels Den". Crowdsourcing. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "UK Business Angels Association". www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  3. ↑ "Three fifths of startups have tried but failed to get funding - Real Business". realbusiness.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  4. ↑ Morrow, Bill. "Speedfunding." Intellectual Property Office. UK Trademark 2492697
  5. ↑ Cheung, Sonja (26 July 2013). "'The Apprentice' Runner-Up Zissman Talks Highs & Lows of UK Startups". blogs.wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal.
  6. ↑ "Blog: Angels finally touch down on the crowdfunding for business scene". Smarta. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Whisky investment firm raises £1m through crowfunding". 18 May 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  8. ↑ "Speed funding: pitching to angel investors in four minutes - video". the Guardian. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  9. ↑ "Business Owners to Pitch Ideas at Speed Funding Event". London Loves Business. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  10. ↑ Brummelhuis, Simone (9 January 2009). "Get your business flying with Angels Den speedpitching events". The Next Women Business Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  11. ↑ "Angels fall in love with speedfunding". Business Matters. 7 July 2008.
  12. ↑ Dunsby, Megan (3 June 2013). "Angels Den Tech Club Invests Six-figure Sum in Intelligent Positioning". startups.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Newton, Richard. "Flirting with footwear on Stylect, a Tinder for shoe lovers". Financial Times. ISSN   0307-1766 . Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  14. ↑ "Pizza takeaway concept NY Slice hits crowdfunding target | Lunch Business". lunchbusiness.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  15. ↑ "Biowaste Company Smashes Fundraising Target | UK Business Angels Association". www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  16. ↑ "Craft beer club Beer52 raises £100,000 through Angels Den crowdfunding platform - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
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