We are passionate about Entrepreneurs at Investing Women. Most of our business angels have been and still are entrepreneurs and we understand the journey, the challenges and the excitement. We are particularly keen to encourage growth with women founders, but will consider investment in the right team, regardless of gender.
We receive a high volume of approaches, so please make sure you have read the below requirements under the application process for successful forwarding to our screening group.
Please note, our next Investing Women Angel’s Pitch Meeting takes place in December, therefore any enquires for investment will not be screened until mid-November 2019.
Often people aren’t ready for investment when they first make an approach and simply want to learn about angel investing and being prepared for it. Visit our events programme to view our current schedule of AccelerateHER Events & Training.
Application Process
The first step is to send us your business plan in the form of a One Pager, this should include complete and coherent financial situation and financial planning.
This will be checked by our team before the decision to forward to our Screening Group of Angels. In order for your application to be successful to the next stage of screening, please make sure the One Pager includes:
- Focus on innovative and technology-oriented projects,
- An outline of your unique selling points and, if applicable, any Intellectual Property, whether pending or approved,
- The business should be holistic and not a pure product idea,
- The age of the business,
- EIS/SEIS applicable businesses are desirable.
Please submit your one pager to info [at] investingwomen [dot] co [dot] uk
A tip: don’t overload investors with lengthy documents; you need to be very concise at this first stage. Your full, detailed business plan comes later.
Capital
Our usual range of investment is between £50K and £250K of seed capital in early stage ventures that are based in Scotland.
We are also able to look at considerably larger investments collaborating with other angel groups.
Privacy
All personal information and business information submitted is protected under Investing Women Angels Privacy Notice and IWA Membership confidentiality agreements.