Investment Readiness Programme
Over 700 companies have benefitted from E-Synergy’s Investment Readiness Programmes, subsequently raising over £100 million of investment finance.
Many sources of finance are available for early stage companies, but your chances of accessing these funds are severely compromised if your business proposition is weak and doesn’t demonstrate how investors will see a return on their money. This is the single most common reason why potentially good business ideas fail to get off the ground.
Obtaining investment for your business idea is always going to be difficult. Investors perceive early stage investments as inherently risky and prone to premature failure so there needs to be very good reasons why your business should win out against other calls on investors’ cash. It is difficult to create a good case for investment from a poor business proposition but it is quite easy to ruin a good proposition by a lack of understanding on what investors require and what attracts them to invest.
E-Synergy has helped many companies to obtain investment finance by improving their investment proposition before it is sent to investors. We do this in various ways, but by far the most effective are our Investment Readiness Programmes which we have run in several European countries over the last few years.
Our Investment Readiness Programmes are aimed exclusively at entrepreneurs. Through a series of structured specialist presentations, workshops and one-to-one mentoring, we show companies how to substantially increase their chances of raising investment finance and how to avoid the pitfalls which cause such a high proportion of early stage propositions to fail. Our programmes our divided into three stages:
Stage 1 - Preparing For Investment
A series of interactive workshops covering essential elements of patent protection, business planning, finance, marketing strategy and other key areas.
Stage 2 - The Pitch
Your business proposition needs to appeal to investors on many different levels. This part of the programme helps you to hone the business proposition into an effective presentation with the better companies often being given the opportunity to pitch to E-Synergy private investors or investment fund managers.
Stage 3 – Raising Finance
In addition to managing several investment funds, E-Synergy has a club of nearly 100 private investors. During this part of the programme you will have the opportunity to pitch to a panel made up of a number of these investors. This provides invaluable feedback from real investors and propositions which the panel feels meet the required criteria are published in the ‘secure client area’ of the E-synergy website.
EIS tax benefits are designed to encourage private investment in small businesses, it is something which you should take professional advice, but seriously consider. E-Synergy holds workshops on becoming EIS approved. For more details go to our Calendar of Events
Workshops and Seminars
In addition to the more formal Investment Readiness Programmes, we run shorter workshops and seminars in relevant subjects such as:
- Legal documentation
- Financial planning
- Protecting your intellectual property
- Financial planning
- Becoming EIS approved
Our workshops are designed and delivered jointly with E-Synergy partners, other investment companies, specialist law firms and accountancy groups. We offer independent support and advice and practical examples using case studies to illustrate situations to be avoided.
If your company or business idea is in clean tech and you are based in the UK, then you may qualify for support through the Carbon Trust Programme or you can apply here.
E-Synergy runs Investment Readiness Programmes and seminars throughout the year. For upcoming events and workshops, look on the
Calendar of Events or for more information contact us on
020 7583 3503, or e-mail
k.lewis@e-synergy.com