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We offer investors a steady flow of the best deals in the market. We reduce the 60-100 business plans we receive per month and screen out the best 5-6 deals which are most likely to raise finance. Find our more.
Are you raising funds for your business?
If you are an early stage business looking for funds, we'd like to hear from you. Working with Envestors will ensure you have the best chance of raising finance.
Since April 2007 our companies have raised £6.6m of funding with £3.1m of that coming from our own investor network.
The Team
Scott Haughton MBA |
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After 16 years working in senior sales and marketing roles for multi-national blue chip FMCG corporations, including Mars Confectionery and GlaxoSmithKline, Scott left the corporate consumer product world to set up a unique premium quality family leisure concept. In doing so, he personally secured funding totalling £680,000, including venture capital backing, business angel investment, bank debt and DTI Small Firms Loan. Scott has a degree in Economics and Business and an MBA.
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Nick Taylor FCA |
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After qualifying with Price Waterhouse, Nick worked with private and public companies in the retail and manufacturing sectors. Most recently he was co-founder of the Sportscard Credit Card Company, which was listed on AIM and later sold to on-line bookmaker UK Betting Plc. He is also co-founder and director of an established private restaurant group and has investments in five other ventures.
Bob Taylor MBA |
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Bob’s work experience has spanned several industry sectors. He has worked extensively in the oil industry, initially in Africa as a field seismologist, and then oil trading and broking roles in London. After a career break to drive around the world on a motorcycle, he joined an investment bank to work on project finance deals throughout South East Asia. Bob has a degree in Geology and an
Oliver Woolley MBA |
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After university and travelling, Oliver decided not to become an accountant, but instead raised private equity and bank debt to start his own venture in the food industry – including a retail catering business in central London and a chain of organic sausage shops in the south-east. In 1997 he sold the business and moved into the world of early-stage investing and fundraising. Oliver is an Executive Director of the British Business Angels Association (BBAA) and has an
Hayley McNally |
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Hayley is the Investor Relations and Marketing Manager at Envestors. She also organises all the events, handles PR and marketing, and keeps the team in order. As a Canadian, she knows a bit about check shirts and chainsaws but she's not a bad sort and quite partial to a pint of Badger ale.
Peter Hopkinson |
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After training with Price Waterhouse, Peter worked with several companies in the application software sector, in sales, marketing and general management. Most recently he founded and managed an unfunded start up of the international business of an American software company. Peter has been involved in raising venture finance on several occasions and is an active business angel. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing and is a mentor with Set Squared. Peter studied for an 
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Stephen Kain |
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Stephen Kain is a qualified accountant who has worked for the past ten years in enterprise support and regeneration agencies. Previously he worked as finance director or manager for primarily SMEs in a variety of sectors including steel export, garment manufacturing machinery supply and leisure and hospitality. He has both owned and managed businesses. |
Lisa Philpott |
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Previously a Director at Kleinwort Benson Limited. Lisa worked in their structured products division and was responsible for marketing and deal process management. She was directly involved in raising finance of over £1bn for Companies.
and the British Business Angels Association (BBAA) 