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Early Stage Equity

Early Stage Equity is an investment of £25,000 to £2,000,000 for early-stage start-ups at a critical innovation stage in North West England. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by GC Business Finance, GC Angels

Checked against the official page (businessfinance.growthco.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Equity investment from £25,000 to £2 million provided by GC Angels, with over 400 associate investors.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

£25,000 to £2,000,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Early-stage start-ups at critical innovation stage

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Start-ups

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How to apply

Apply online using the eligibility checker.

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Where it is open: the North West

North West England

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: 35 council areas in North West England.

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (businessfinance.growthco.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 16 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with GC Business Finance before you apply.

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