Investor Academe - Due Diligence

Our Due Diligence session is part of a webinar series called Investor Academe. The series is aimed at High Net Worth individuals who are interested in becoming angel investors, as well as experienced angels who want to fine-tune their investing skills. They're particularly suited to people who want to:

+ Diversify their investment portfolio intelligently by investing in early-stage tech startups and scaleups

+ Manage risk by joining a thorough and collaborative due diligence process, taking a portfolio approach and leveraging the tax breaks

+ Learn by doing alongside experienced investors and sector experts

+ Have fun, expand their network and fuel their brains!

+ Join a high calibre and diverse network of investors

The Due Diligence session will examine the process we follow at Angel Academe to understand the opportunity and risks of investing in a business before members make their individual investment decisions. Chaired by Simon Hopkins, our panel includes experienced investors.

Angel Academe would not be possible without the generous support of our partners:

Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm based in central London. Their wide range of expertise provides support for clients in all areas of their business and private life. Jane Keir (senior partner) and Linda Woolley (managing partner) are the only women in the most senior posts of a top 100 UK law firm and with 50% of their partnership also being women, Kingsley Napley is proud to support the objectives of Angel Academe through mentoring and sponsorship. 

haysmacintyre is a leading mid-tier firm of Chartered Accountants and tax advisers based in central London advising entrepreneurs and fast-growth businesses as well as AIM and listed companies across the UK and internationally. They focus on key sectors, such as creative media and technology, hospitality, financial services and property, so clients benefit from advisers familiar with their industry and common issues. haysmacintyre provides a wide range of services including: business outsourcing, company secretarial, corporate finance, EIS and SEIS, external audit, employment tax, R&D and Patent Box relief, share option schemes, tax compliance and VAT. haysmacintyre were named Mid-Tier Firm of the Year 2014 at The British Accountancy Awards.

Spinks engages tech and digital communities across the technology lifecycle on a daily basis. Every tech business is hunting for perfect-fit talent to power them to the next level. Whether that’s investment, or a programme of change or transformation. At Spinks, we connect that perfect-fit talent to perfect-fit tech businesses. We believe there’s a better way to source tech talent. And a better way to build tech businesses. We go beyond because we want the same thing as our partners: to be part of a more inclusive, innovative and rewarding tech industry. Our services go further to enable faster innovation and growth.

Unlimited is an integrated agency group with Human Understanding at the heart. Our world-class data, insight and technology drive creativity and define solutions – creating genuine business advantage for clients. The four award-winning divisions deliver across data and research, marketing, communications and digital technology. The Digital division was recently honoured in the 24th Annual Webby Awards for the work with Cera to create a voice assisted app to help better connect care-workers, families and their loved ones.