We aim to present high-quality opportunities that have been carefully reviewed before presentation to members.

Over the last ten years:

• £7.5 million has been raised

• Across 80 investment transactions

• Supporting 55 early-stage businesses

• With around 60% of engaged businesses securing some or all of their funding

Our investment process prioritises quality over quantity, creating a more focused and valuable experience for both investors and founders.

Whether you are an entrepreneur or investor, get in touch now and see how we bring together businesses seeking investment with investors seeking to offer funding and experience to produce a win for all.

Please note however that our current investor preferences exclude B2C and FMCG propositions, and if your opportunity is in this category you may wish to widen your search elsewhere, as we will be unlikely to help you.

We welcome enquiries from both entrepreneurs and investors and invite you to read further and find out more.

If we agree to work together you will have an opportunity to present to an angel syndicate, be given a decent amount of time for both the pitch and for Q&A, and so engage with active investors.

How we stand out:

A personal approach

People invest in people. Entrepreneurs who agree to work with us will have met at least one ABA Director as part of the process, likewise we avoid the “scatter gun” approach adopted by some networks and do our best to ensure that opportunities are presented only to investors we know.

debt finance

If equity finance is not appropriate for your business, you may wish to consider a loan and ABA has strong relationships with a variety of business finance resources including Banks, peer-to-peer platforms, asset finance providers, and invoice discounters.

we are selective

All angel networks will see many hundreds of proposals each year, and ABA is no exception. We therefore have to be highly selective as to which businesses we choose to work with, deploying our own considerable commercial knowledge and skills with over 100 years of combined team experience.

you will meet investors

You will have an opportunity to present to an angel syndicate, be given a decent amount of time for both the pitch and for Q&A, and so engage with active investors.

wide network

Apart from business angels we have connections with a wide range of other sources of funds including crowdfunders, other angel networks, SEIS, EIS and VCT Funds. If our own angels cannot help you we may be able to introduce you to someone else who can help.

post investment contact

We make a point about staying in touch with our investee companies so monitor progress and to be pro-actively to hand should follow on investment be required, as it very often will be.