Find funding for your business

28/01/11

In these difficult economic times, finding funding for your business is a vital but daunting process. Whether you need to understand the basics of business finance, or have an investment-ready business and want to find an investor or angel – we’ve got something to help you get the money and support you need.

Our latest podcast

Listen to our latest podcast, produced in partnership with Smallbizpod, to find out about venture capital and angel funding with tips from Daniel Waterhouse of Wellington Partners and Bill Morrow of Angels Den.

Listen to our finance podcast

Funding partners

We work with a wide range of partner organisations, including investor/entrepreneur networks and business plan advisors, who can help you grow and develop your business.

View the full list of finance-specific partners

Investment expert, Irene Bejenke, from our partner, Messagelab, recently gave her tips on how to deliver the perfect pitch.

Read Irene’s tips here

Funding workshops

Many of our workshops cover funding and how to get it. Our forthcoming workshop programme includes the following:

Free business funding clinic – 3 Feb 11
Funding for fast growth – 4 Feb 11
Beginner’s guide to business finance – 8 Feb 11

See all events and book your place

Databases and publications

In the Centre’s Reading Room we have lots of books and databases to help you. Here is a sample:

Grantnet - A free database on the web that contains details of grants and funding available in the UK.
The Grants Register 2011 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) [Directories 378.33]
Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2010-2011 [21st edition] Directory of Social Change [Directories 361.763]

Find more finance resources on our Business Essentials Wiki