Grants, loans, investment and support programmes for businesses in Leeds, Yorkshire and the North of England. Leeds and West Yorkshire come first. Pick your area to see only what is open to you.
Foresight Group
£20 million fund providing equity and debt investments of up to £2 million to growing companies in West Yorkshire with £1-20 million revenues.
Foresight Group
Equity investment fund for established, profitable companies with £500k+ EBITDA across the North East and Yorkshire.
For the whole region, or for places in it outside West Yorkshire.
UK Steel Enterprise
Equity investment from UKSE for businesses in steel areas: up to £1 million on a first round for a growing business, or up to £250,000 for a new one. UKSE takes only minority stakes and rarely asks for personal guarantees.
Foresight Group
£20 million fund providing equity investments of up to £2 million to venture, early stage and growth companies in South Yorkshire.
Mercia Ventures, British Business Bank
Equity investment for established businesses with ambitious plans, or large start-ups with high growth potential.
Mercia
Mercia Capital, a specialist asset manager, provides equity investments, typically from £100,000 to £2 million, to growing regional businesses at start-up or scale-up stage that cannot be fully funded through conventional borrowing.
For the North East, the North West or the whole North of England.
NorthInvest
A business can apply to pitch to NorthInvest's angel investors for equity investment. Aimed at early-stage northern tech start-ups in healthtech, fintech, sustainability, AI and media.
GC Angels, GC Business Finance
Equity investment from £25,000 to £2 million provided by GC Angels, with over 400 associate investors.
Maven Capital Partners
Flexible debt and equity funding from £150,000 to £2 million for businesses based in or relocating to County Durham, across all sectors.
Praetura Ventures
Equity investment of up to £5m for growth-stage businesses headquartered in or moving to the North, across sustainability, consumer, tech, hardware, health and services sectors.
Maven Capital Partners
Equity finance of up to £5 million for ambitious, growth-focused start-ups and established SMEs in the North East of England. Run by Maven as fund manager for the British Business Bank's Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II.
Mercia Ventures
Equity investment of £50,000 to £1 million in innovative, early stage companies from start-up to scale-up stages.
LYVA Labs
Equity investment of £25,000 to £250,000 for innovators in health and life sciences based in Liverpool City Region, with commercial advice.
Seed equity investment for early-stage businesses with world-class products or services, particularly in Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Creative, and Health and Life Sciences.
Venture Sunderland, Northstar Ventures
Investment for ambitious, high-growth companies at all stages in technology, advanced manufacturing, creative and green industries based in or establishing in the Sunderland city region.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
£10m investment fund to support the growth of companies in the advanced manufacturing and materials sector in Greater Manchester.
NEL Fund Managers
NEL's funds invest in ambitious growing businesses with a finance gap from £25,000, investing up to £2m, and can form part of a larger funding round with other investors.
Mercia
Mercia is a specialist asset manager providing venture, private equity and debt finance to growing regional businesses across the North East and Tees Valley. Its equity investments are typically from £100,000 to £2 million.
GC Business Finance
Start-up loans and equity investment for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) based in Greater Manchester and the North West.
Franchise Angels
Investment in proven businesses with strong branding to support rapid growth via franchising, with comprehensive support and exit strategy assistance.
North East Fund, Northstar Ventures
Equity investment in companies spinning out from Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside universities to commercialise research and innovation.
Amber Infrastructure Group
A low carbon investment fund established by the Mayoral Strategic Authority, for businesses wanting to apply.
Open to businesses across England or the UK.
Leeds Angels
Startups that are raising can pitch in person to the Leeds Angels group of investors, which meets quarterly in Leeds and hears three startups at each meeting.
Big Issue Invest
Flexible capital, described as equity and revenue participation (often called quasi-equity), for organisations that need terms different from a standard loan.