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Fundraising

March 21, 2023 access_time_filled 2 min

Australian payment platform for hospitality Payo is AIN’s Startup of the Month

A pioneering Australian payment platform for hospitality called Payo has been named as AIN’s Startup of the Month. The platform was singled out from close to 150,000 startups currently raising on the AIN platform for having ‘a winning formula’ as an…

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Guest Blog

March 16, 2023 access_time_filled 4 min

How startups can find success using an ideation process

In our latest Guest Post, Justin Eames, Head of Innovation at digital product development studio fish in a bottle discusses how startups can create an ideation process to boost innovation. Many studies show that startups who adopt an ideation process…

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News

March 8, 2023 access_time_filled 3 min

Celebrating Female Founders on IWD

At AIN we believe that promoting female entrepreneurship is central to economic growth and meaningful innovation. This IWD we wanted to celebrate female entrepreneurs and at the same time, acknowledge the need to boost both the number of female startups…

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Angel Investing

March 6, 2023 access_time_filled 6 min

Five top tips for aspiring angel investors

Becoming an angel investor can be a hugely rewarding way of using your experience and capital to support innovative startups and potentially earn a return on your investment. As this involves deploying your own personal capital this is of course, not…

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Guest Blog

February 24, 2023 access_time_filled 2 min

Use a CRM to supercharge your fundraising

In January 2023, AIN hosted a webinar with Anna Gordon from HubSpot on how startups can use a CRM to manage your fundraising process and investor relationships. If you missed it, here are the top takeaways. Top takeaways HubSpot is the All-in-One CRM…

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Guest Blog

February 16, 2023 access_time_filled 6 min

The Burnout UK Epidemic: Managing in the world of entrepreneurship

Burnout is a common issue that affects millions of people around the world. No more so than for entrepreneurs placing everything on the line to launch their businesses. This article explores burnout causes and potential solutions from exercise and…

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Behind the Raise

January 30, 2023 access_time_filled 5 min

Behind The Raise with The Edit LDN

For our latest Behind The Raise interview we speak to Moses Rashid, founder of online marketplace for Limited edition Sneakers & Streetwear, The Edit LDN. He reveals how he had his lightbulb moment at a sneaker festival, his huge focus on service and…

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Fundraising

January 12, 2023 access_time_filled 6 min

Five fundraising resolutions for 2023

The new year offers everyone a great opportunity to reset and renew. For startups seeking investment this could be the perfect time to evaluate your approach and see if it needs tweaking. After all, we are in a very different climate in 2023 and…

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Investor Insights

December 14, 2022 access_time_filled 6 min

Meet the Investor: Roxane Sanguinetti

Businesses are missing out on huge commercial opportunities due to a lack of gender diversity in early stage business investment. This is the message from experienced investor Roxane Sanguinetti in our latest Meet the Investor interview. Tackling the…

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Investor Insights

December 1, 2022 access_time_filled 3 min

Meet the Investor: Addy Windsor-Clive

For our latest Meet the Investor Interview we chat with Addy Windsor-Clive, an investment manager at Regenerate Ventures. Regenerate Ventures is an EIS VC fund focusing on Early stage AgTech investments. She discusses her motivation in supporting…

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Investor Insights

November 10, 2022 access_time_filled 4 min

Meet the Investor: Noel Duigan

‘Founders need to be passionate, driven, and fully committed in the longevity and future of their company.’ These are the words of experienced investor Noel Duigan describing what he expects from entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas. As someone…

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Angel Investing

November 9, 2022 access_time_filled 2 min

AIV Capital completes investment into Zeotap, one of Europe’s leading marketing intelligence platforms

AIV Capital has completed an investment into next-generation Customer Data Platform (CDP) Zeotap. Founded in 2014, market-leading Zeotap is a customer intelligence platform designed to help companies better understand their customers and predict…

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Investor Insights

October 27, 2022 access_time_filled 5 min

Meet the Investor: Andy Ayim

“If you don’t see it, you can’t be it” says inspirational investor and founder Andy Ayim MBE. The quote describes his philosophy in setting up the Angel Investing School with the aim of empowering a new tribe of diverse angel investors for the benefit…

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Investor Insights

October 13, 2022 access_time_filled 5 min

Meet the investor: Andrew Craissati

Andrew Craissati has had a storied career with over 20 years in senior roles across investment banking, Universal Studios, National Geographic, the David de Rothschild family office and the Virgin Group. Working closely with the country’s most famous…

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News

October 6, 2022 access_time_filled 2 min

Angel Investment Network named in prestigious Spear’s 500

Three of Angel Investment Network’s senior team have been named in the 2022 edition of the prestigious Spear’s 500. The index is the definitive market-leading guide to the top private client advisers and service providers for HNW individuals. AIN…

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Investor Insights

September 29, 2022 access_time_filled 9 min

Meet the Investor: David Pattison

David Pattison left school not knowing what he wanted to do. He ‘fell’ into the media side of the advertising industry. With two partners he founded globally renowned advertising business (PHD) and had a successful exit. For the past decade he has been…

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Investor Insights

September 14, 2022 access_time_filled 6 min

Meet the Investor: Marla Shapiro

The angel investment world is still overwhelmingly male. Data from the UKBAA suggests only 13% of business angel investors in the UK are women and it is a similar picture worldwide. Lack of access is one of the biggest challenges of gender inequity…

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Behind the Raise

September 1, 2022 access_time_filled 4 min

Behind the Raise with Midstay founder Florian Jacques

For our latest Behind The Raise interview we speak to Florian Jacques, founder of Midstay, the platform helping companies and individuals work remotely. Florian talks to AIN about his innovative startup catering for ‘digital nomads’ with an all-in-one…

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Fundraising

August 25, 2022 access_time_filled 6 min

Top fundraising tips: Four ways to demonstrate traction to angel investors

With a downgrade in some valuations and a more challenging economic outlook, angel investors are increasingly rigorous with the startups they are backing. This means that after a few years of future-gazing and hype alone driving some investment rounds…

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Behind the Raise

August 17, 2022 access_time_filled 7 min

Behind The Raise with acQyr eXchange founder Jim Mulford

For our latest Behind The Raise interview we speak to Jim Mulford, founder of rewards redemption platform for gamers, acQyr eXchange. The serial entrepreneur talk to AIN about his mission to effectively monetise the hugely growing gaming market with…

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