Services Offered
Raising funding is a difficult activity for all Entrepreneurs. It causes the SME to take their eye off of the daily running of the company, and can effect managment, employees, and often their families. In today's market the process can take up to 6 very intense months. If, as an Entrepreneur, you are under the delusion that this process is a piece of cake and your proposition should only take 4 weeks to fund, then possibly the equity finance route is not for you.
Working with investors is not unlike herding cats, they work at their own speed and know exactly what they want to see from a potential investee. The Angel market is extremely robust right now, and Investors are at their maximum capacity in due diligence processes. With this in mind, the more prepared the company is prior to approching the market the greater chance of attracting interest.The team at CEBA has 30 years experience dealing with Investors and arranging deals. For this reason, CEBA takes pride in the preparatory activity dedicated to assuring a Central England Business Angel company is truly investor ready prior to approaching the market.
The funding market is VERY small. Investors "float" between Business Angel Networks in their search for the next Microsoft. The SME can expect some duplication of Angels at any presentation event. If the SME's presentation is poor, word spreads rapidly and often results in the SME losing time and credence within the funding community.
The Central England Business Angels four month dedicated service package is designed to provide bespoke and personal one to one attention to every SME who registers with CEBA. Our objective is to keep the company out of the Dragon's Den and into productive disucssions with serious investors.
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A sophisticated and secure registration process that becomes a point of communication between the SME / CEBA / Investors / Syndicate clubs
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An in-depth and objective appraisal of the Business Plan
- An interview with each applying SME to discuss the investibility of the Business Plan and the decision by Central England Business Angels to either take on the company or to sign post the company to other sources
- Discussions on all funding options and packaged funding
- Marketing the proposition to the Investor data base
- Bespoke approaches to specific investors with a profie that matches the opportunitiy
- Managing and qualifying all Investor enquiries
- Managing the communication flow between SME and the Investors
- Arrange and attend, with the SME, one-to-one meetings with interested Investors
- Mentor the SME throughout Investor discussions
- Apply to HM Revenue and Customs for EIS Advanced Assurance
- Oversee the application for EIS tax relief post funding agreement
- Introduction to the appropriate professionals for a cost effective completion process
The "easier" the process for the Investors the greater opportunity the SME will have to achieve a funding. Investors are currently at their maximum capacity to reveiw plans and to conduct Due Diligence. By providing them with detailed information in advance will increase the interest level and decrease the time necessary for completion. WIth this in mind, CEBA has additional services designed to maximise the value of the opportunity.
- Investor Relationship Service: a post funding service designed to manage the investor relationship
- Preparation of an "Investor Information Pack", which will include (inter alia) information relevant for inspection by investors, such as: Information Questionaire, Shareholders agreement, Directors Service Agreement, Negotiation techniques, EIS guide, and more
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E-Mail us at: info@cebangels.com
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