News

This is a list of news items that may be of interest to mentors, investors and business angels. If you know of any other news that may be of interest, please drop a note to editor@meteorical.co.uk to have it included.

Envestors acquired

Envestors acquired by Braveheart Investment Group

Posted on 31 August 10

Envestors have been acquired by Braveheart Investment Group plc (AIM. BRH). The acquisition is subject to the approval of the FSA but we expect the deal will be completed in the forthcoming (more...)

How much is a Business Angel's time worth?

Posted on 24 August 10

When looking at your potential investment return, do you factor in your time? If not, why not? Do you add more than a lawyer or accountant would to the company? If you do, you should certainly factor in those costs into your payback calculations... (more...)

Trouble brewing for those seeking angel money...

Posted on 18 August 10

The latest report on Angel Activity in the UK is a massive 102 pages in length. In my last blog entry I gave a quick summary of the facts and figures - it was interesting to discover that the Angel Investment in the UK is about £426M in the year 2008/09. There is one glaring omission from the (more...)

The Angel World: Facts and Figures

Posted on 10 August 10

The latest report on Angel Activity in the UK is a massive 102 pages in length. It's a good read and it's "crunchy". That is, comments are backed up by real deal data, a survey of angels and scaling up from known investments to estimate the market size in the UK. This week I present a quick (more...)

Acquisition News

Regent's view of July 2010

Posted on 10 August 10

Whilst the number of acquisitions in any month generally follows certain trend-lines, the combined value of the deals can jump around because of large transactions that may, or may not happen in that particular month. For that reason we use 3-month rolling data to smooth the peaks and troughs. (more...)

Roll-out of Pitching for Management

National Roll-out of Groundbreaking Recruitment event

Posted on 6 August 10

AngelNews, the leading online news service for investors and entrepreneurs has announced a national roll-out of its successful series of events, ‘Pitching for Management, Not Money’ in association with Intramezzo and The (more...)