Category: Startup Business

When investing, your capital is at risk.

 Choosing to invest in startups is risky business. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be part of your investment strategy.

 While it may be true that 60% of UK startups close their doors within the first three years of business, founders who failed the first time have a higher success rate the second time. 

 If you’re in the right place at the right time, there’s a chance you may just invest...

With a variety of ways to fund your startup, all carrying their own pros and cons, knowing which one is right for your business can prove a challenge. Previously an arena dominated by Business Angels and VCs, startup funding has become more diverse and segmented in the past decade. Now it is easier for startups to raise capital from more than one source simultaneously than before.

Three sources most commonly considered are Equity Crowdfunding, Business Angels and VCs. But they...