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Angels Den

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

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:

See also

External links

References

  1. Angels Den Crowdsourcing, 21 May 2013^
  2. UK Business Angels Association www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk, retrieved 2015-06-02^
  3. Three fifths of startups have tried but failed to get funding - Real Business realbusiness.co.uk, retrieved 2015-06-02^
  4. Morrow, Bill. "Speedfunding." Intellectual Property Office.^
  5. Sonja Cheung. 'The Apprentice' Runner-Up Zissman Talks Highs & Lows of UK Startups blogs.wsj.com, The Wall Street Journal, 26 July 2013^
  6. Blog: Angels finally touch down on the crowdfunding for business scene Smarta, 8 October 2013, retrieved 2 January 2014^
  7. 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, retrieved 22 July 2013^
  10. Simone Brummelhuis. Get your business flying with Angels Den speedpitching events The Next Women Business Magazine, 9 January 2009, retrieved 2013-08-10^
  11. Angels fall in love with speedfunding Business Matters, 7 July 2008^
  12. Megan Dunsby. Angels Den Tech Club Invests Six-figure Sum in Intelligent Positioning startups.co.uk, 3 June 2013^
  13. Richard Newton. Flirting with footwear on Stylect, a Tinder for shoe lovers Financial Times, retrieved 2015-06-02^
  14. Pizza takeaway concept NY Slice hits crowdfunding target lunchbusiness.co.uk, retrieved 2015-06-02^
  15. Biowaste Company Smashes Fundraising Target www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk, 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 retrieved 2015-06-02^