Your initial outreach message is an investor’s crucial first impression of your opportunity and your team. Given that investors are bombarded with funding requests, overlooking this vital step is a fatal mistake. The Angel Investment Network Brokerage…
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A new survey of UK startup founders by the Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform, challenges the pervasive stereotype of the twenty-something entrepreneur working from their parents’ garage. The AIN Founder…
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Our Co-founder Mike Lebus, was recently featured in an insightful article for EU-Startups, one of the continent’s leading publications for technology and venture capital news. The piece, titled “How smart policies can strengthen Europe’s startup…
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Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform, today announced the launch of its first Chinese language site in Singapore, marking a significant milestone in its rapid global expansion. The move to a Chinese…
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In the wake of a recent tech trade deal with the USA, the UK government has hailed a new partnership with the U.S. as a pathway to becoming an “AI superpower.” With major investments coming from American tech giants, is all that glitters gold for UK…
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As children head back to school, it’s a crucial time for startups to do the same! This ‘back-to-school’ season is the perfect moment for founders to re-engage with investors and reignite crucial funding conversations. However this is a journey often…
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August is a noticeably quieter time, with investors clocking off for a Summer break. With far less fundraising activity and pitching, it is the perfect time for startups to get their house in order and prepare for the bustling autumn fundraising season…
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By Joanna Jensen, founder of Childs Farm and author of Making Business Child’s Play: How to build a winning brand As a former investment banker and life-long entrepreneur, I’ve always been intellectually curious, never shying away from learning…
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We create these generational companies. The problem is we don’t retain the value as a country. In 2014, DeepMind was acquired by Google for over £400 million. Its breakthroughs in AI have reshaped industries and are pushing the frontiers of technology…
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by Xavier Ballester, Director of Brokerage, Angel Investment Network When I think about where new angel investors might want to put their money, I always look at the current landscape and what’s genuinely exciting and impactful. Based on recent…
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The prevailing mood among angel investors in 2025 in the AIN community as we approach the end of the first half of the year is one of cautious optimism. While headwinds are still blowing amidst the backdrop of tariffs, continuing sticky inflation, wars…
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We sat down with Jamie Hamer, CEO of Loxa (formerly known as Bolt Cover) who successfully raised £125,000 with AIN. Founded in 2023 Insurtech firm Loxa is bridging the “protection gap” in the UK retail market. He reveals their innovative embedded…
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Despite a complex global landscape, angel investors are planning to invest more in startups in 2025 than last year, with cautious optimism the prevailing mood. This is the key finding from the latest global survey of investors from Angel Investment…
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Aura is a company with a deeply human-centered mission: to help people and their families navigate the often-taboo topic of death with more ease and support. AIN sat down with Ben May, co-founder and COO of a business born from a deeply personal…
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Loxa, a UK-based Insurtech firm focused on revolutionising product protection, has successfully raised £125,000 through Angel Investment Network (AIN) as part of a £1.69 million Seed Round. Loxa (formerly known as Bolt Cover) enables retailers to…
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As part of our ongoing commitment to the startup community, we regularly interview leading investors across our network to gauge the state of the current fundraising landscape. These experts evaluate countless pitches and have extensive collective…
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LAT Water is tackling the escalating global water crisis with an innovative technology for purifying industrial wastewater using low-grade waste heat. We sat down with Commercial Director, Richard Teideman to discuss the company’s unique approach, the…
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Last year, AIN commissioned a Founder survey that, amongst other things, revealed the mental health toll of life as an entrepreneur. In our latest insight piece we hear from Maryam Meddin, founder and CEO of private mental health clinic the Soke on how…
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Robin Leigh is a highly experienced private investor and deal structurer, with extensive knowledge of investing in the UK and Asia. In the second part of our interview, Robin tells AIN about his strategies for navigating evolving markets and the…
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Robin Leigh is a highly experienced private angel investor and deal structurer, with extensive knowledge of investing in the UK and Asia. In the first of our two part interview, Robin details his shift from corporate finance to early-stage business…
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