The East Midlands Early Growth Fund is a new £5million venture capital fund that has been set up to invest in start-up and early-stage businesses based in the East Midlands.

The Fund represents an excellent and exciting opportunity to support new businesses to grow, helping boost our economy and creating a thriving region where people want to live and work.

The fund is specifically looking for companies who have clear growth potential and can successfully utilise an investment of between £20,000 and £200,000. The fund will take an equity stake in return for it's investments.

This site provides you with an outline of the Fund, how it operates, which businesses are eligible and how to get involved as a private investor.

Click here to open the East Midlands Early Growth Fund web site: http://www.earlygrowthfund.com

Click here to view this fund's portfolio of companies