Welcome to Sophisticated investors.co.uk member options page. We have created an easy way for you to find top UK based companies that are looking for funding.

Using the links on the left you can search our database search by area, investment required and company type. You can filter your selections even further after your initial search results are presented.

Once you have made your selection, from the outline data provided, you can progress in 3 ways and have the contact details E mailed to you.

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Small Business Investment Company (SBIC Limited ) specialize in philanthropic capitalism and SME social enterprise investments.

We have developed products that help Sophisticated Angel investors take advantage of the good companies in the sector and the substantial funds available from the £600M Big Society Capital.

We are offering real angel investors, that can prove they are qualified and active, £1000 to review 12 selected social enterprise company investment term sheets and attend 2 meetings over 12 month period.

SBIC Limited also offer incentives for philanthropists to invest in Social Bonds and set up new foundations.

It is clear that the major cuts in Government spending will be presented in the Autumn Statement on the 29th November. This working lunch will gather industry experts to discuss how the Big Society will affect the future of social enterprise investment in the UK.

Click on SEIB Events link on the right panel to find out more.

Social Enterprise Non Execs has been set up to address the need of social enterprises who wish to raise equity funding prior to a small cap IPO.

Social enterprises are run by entrepreneurs who provide socially orientated services and aim to make a profit.

As the sector develops the need for senior executives and specialist help grows. New funds mean that investment/grant amounts can now be in five figures.

The demands for adequate capitalisation, to provide national services under the Con-Lib Big Society plans, will require in depth business expertise.

If you have relevant experience and are interested in becoming a Social Enterprise Non Exec or our return on Giving programme please subscribe to our FREE E Newsletter (using the form on the left) or contact us via the form or info@socialnonexec.co.uk.

Complete the form on the left to receive our FREE E Newsletter and be kept up to date with how Social Enterprise Non Execs is working.

To most social enterprises a business plan is a grant document. When they go out of their comfort funding zone they do not know how to present themselves, write a business plan or develop a cash flow forecast.

This Social Enterprise Funding Bootcamp 2 day event takes social enterprises through: optimizing company structures and funding methods. New funding opportunities. Writing a social enterprise business plan and cash flow. Presenting to Angels and other funding sources.

To find out more go to the events link on the left of this web site

Welcome to Sophisticated investors.co.uk member options page. We have created an easy way for you to find top UK based companies that are looking for funding.

Using the links on the left you can search our database search by area, investment required and company type. You can filter your selections even further after your initial search results are presented.

Once you have made your selection, from the outline data provided, you can progress in 3 ways and have the contact details E mailed to you.

Free – not registered and pay as go

You can stay anonymous and pay £10 per company enquiry. Simple use this site search and as an online shop to buy company investment data.

Registered – voucher 2 free worth £20

If you register for this site we will send you £20 of vouchers that can be used on our shopping cart. This is equivalent to have 2 free company data searches.

We will give your searches priority over non registered members.

We will also be able to see valuable pages on this site that are clocked from others.

We will send you our latest updates and E newsletter to the E mail address you gave us.

You can upgrade/unsubscribe at any time.

Paid £20 – voucher 5 free

If you register for this site and pay £20 – via the Pay Pal button below – we will send you £50 of vouchers that can be used on our shopping cart. This is equivalent to have 5 free company data searches.

Pay Pal button

We will give your searches top priority over other members.

We will also be able to see valuable pages on this site that are clocked from others.

We will send you our latest company updates first and E newsletter to the E mail address you gave us.

You can upgrade/unsubscribe at any time. Use of  forms/our sites requires acceptance of our terms and conditions. Subject to Privacy agreement.

Small Business Investment Company (SBIC Limited ) specialize in philanthropic capitalism and SME social enterprise investments.

We have developed products that help Sophisticated Angel investors take advantage of the good companies in the sector and the substantial funds available from the £600M Big Society Capital.

We are offering real angel investors, that can prove they are qualified and active, £1000 to review 12 selected social enterprise company investment term sheets and attend 2 meetings over 12 month period.

SBIC Limited also offer incentives for philanthropists to invest in Social Bonds and set up new foundations.

The deadline for applications for the Future Jobs Fund has now passed. This leaves our plan to create an Incubator in Woking Surrey on hold. This would have taken 18-24 year old long term unemployed off the dole and into a training programme. Addressing their lack of self esteem and the ability to sell their skills to prospective employers.
When the Con Lib government came to power there was an element of throwing the baby out with the bath water. If it wasn’t invented by the new requiem it had to be cancelled to save money. I have spoken extensively in my blog about the failings of the Future Jobs Fund. But it at least gave funding to organisations to create opportunities for the long term unemployed.
We are left with the hope that after the Spending Review, on the 20th October, will introduce new schemes for the long termed unemployed. With the likelihood that these will start after Easter 2011.
The Big Society concept of payment by results will mean that any new Incubator will have to be properly capitalised. The Social IPO web site and events have been set up to address this.
It has also proposed that new job creation schemes and help for new businesses will not be targeted to the South East.
These factors point to the setting up of a national Incubator network called Small Business Success Centre.
I will post more on my blog, E newsletter and on this site about the development of this project.

Return on Giving is philanthropic investment in social enterprises which are run by entrepreneurs for profit and social good.

By investing in these companies the Giver may see a financial and social return. As well as having some say in how their gift is spent it may be possible to structure the investment to get their initial funding back with interest.

This site has been set up to promote the concept of achieving a Return on Giving as:

1) an alternative to cheque book giving

2) a more entrepreneurial way of achieving social change

3) reducing investment risk by finding match funding and soft loans to underwrite the projects

4) better company structures to provide better tax benefits and

5) to try and get the Government to see that the Big Society needs properly capitalised companies providing long term programmes.

More details on www.returnongiving.co.uk web site.

We have been asked by my sophisticated investor clients to organize a series of conferences, workshops, roundtable lunches, online webinars, and E books about the opportunities for Angel investment in social enterprises and the growth of the Big Society.

The first of these events will be about the problems and benefits of investing in a social enterprise. We have taken an imaginary journey from format to IPO to high each stage of the process.

Social IPO event

All events will have multimedia links prior to the event, on the day and after the event. Subscribers who buy tickets will be presented with a wealth of quality information and contacts with top industry experts.

Please e mail us on socialipo@gmail.com if you are interested in sponsoring, speaking at the events or being interviewed on these topics for our web sites.