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Ask HN: Where to look for a quickfire £ 35-40k investment?

8 points by judlaw ↗ HN
This question is predominantly for the UK.

Anybody with pointers on where to look for a quickfire £ 35-40k? We recently won an 220k InnovateUK Grant which is funded at 80%, and are yet to find the other 20%. The starting date is relatively soon i.e. in a month. Since we're quite new to the UK ecosystem, we'd sincerely appreciate any pointers :)

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jbms
Scotland: https://archangelsonline.com/

UK: Give Beauhurst a call: https://www.beauhurst.com/

Another source might be to talk to people at accelerators/incubators. Scotland: https://www.thisiscodebase.com/

jbms
This link let's you dive into many many sources of finance, some of which may be suitable: https://www.mygov.scot/funding-advice-search/
judlaw
Fantastic, thank you so much for this!!
tixocloud
I can put you in touch with folks at ArchAngels, Codebase, as well as various UK-based VCs if you have more details on your company? Ascension Ventures along with several others hold regular rapid fire sessions for pre-seed funds so can also put you in touch with them.
judlaw
Hi sorry for the late reply, I would very much appreciate that if possible! My id is ankuj@helplicit.com Thanks very much!
notahacker
I'd also check with InnovateUK what they accept as 'in kind' funding contributions of resources/time, particularly if you already have an third party potential future client lined up to test the product/project
judlaw
Great thats good to know, very kind of you thanks!