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Covid-19. Are you powerless or a leader?

9/4/2020

 
By John Waters
With so many science based rules and constraints imposed, how can we show leadership through these unprecendented times? 
​The rapid proliferation of Covid-19 leaves us feeling scared, vulnerable, and powerless to protect those near and dear to us.  ​​Disturbingly, we know that an inability to influence an outcome is hugely stressful for people. In short, the perception makes the reality much worse.​
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Is this the end of angel investment?

3/4/2020

 
By Nick Lyth

The Question

​In these dark days of lockdown and economic paralysis due to Covid-19, many ask whether it will be possible to continue an angel investment syndicate?  
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Climate Catastrophe – is shareholder pressure the cause?

7/2/2020

 
By Nick Lyth
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​In the explosion of public protest concerning climate change that we saw last year, there has been an element of radicalisation.  This has led to explicit claims that capitalism is to blame and has to change from, among others, the Extinction Rebellion.  ​Among the assertions made, shareholder pressure is isolated as a cause for the harmful growth of the companies whose products cause us the most harm, and increase the dangers of climate change.

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Investor interview: Julia Davies

6/9/2019

 
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​In this, the next of our occasional series of Green Angel Syndicate investor interviews, we talk to Julia Davies about her motivation for investing in the green economy.
I am new to angel investing but not new to caring about environmental issues. As a mother my absolute highest priority is helping to protect my children’s future and I am trying to do that on a multitude of fronts, one of which is investing in green start-ups.”
Julia Davies, Green Angel Syndicate member.

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Investor Profile - Michael Anderson

28/2/2019

 
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​Green Angel Syndicate is the first angel syndicate in the UK to specialise in making investments that are of benefit to the green economy. In this the first in a new series of investor interviews, we talk to individual members about their motivation and their experience investing in the green economy.

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What your membership meant in 2017/18

8/8/2018

 
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As many of you will know, Green Angel Syndicate has recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, a perfect time to review what we have achieved so far and, most notably, what we have done for our members.

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April Pitch Event Review

30/4/2018

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Green Angel Syndicate’s fifth pitch event took place in the impressive offices of Baker Botts in the heart of the City of London on 26 April, with a packed room of investors and four innovative companies targeting four very different areas of the green economy: 
  • Energy storage, with flywheel technology company OXTO;
  • Wind energy, with the innovative magnet generator inventor GreenSpur Renewables;
  • Earth observation analytics, with Global Surface Intelligence (GSI);
  • Autonomous electric transportation, with Ultra-MTS, which had already presented at our November 2017 pitch event but was coming back following recent progress.

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Green angel investment and the opportunity for female investors

6/4/2018

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​Research carried out by the University of Glasgow a few years ago found there had been encouraging growth in the proportion of women business angels, rising from 3% in 2008 to 12% in 2014 [1}. Growth I would like to see more of, speaking as one of the 12%

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February Pitch Event Review

19/2/2018

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Green Angel Syndicate’s fourth pitch event took place at the spectacular Taylor Wessing offices on 15 February, with a packed room of investors and five high profile companies targeting five diverse but highly essential areas of the green economy:
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  • Hybrid heat & power solar energy (Naked Energy)
  • Home electricity storage (Powervault)
  • Electric vehicle charging points (Elmtronics)
  • Subsea robotic survey for the offshore wind sector (Rovco)
  • Water treatment (Plantwork Systems)
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Here is a quick summary of what we learned from these businesses, which are all a perfect match for Green Angel Syndicate: businesses with exciting long-term growth potential, able to make a positive contribution to the economy, and good for the environment and for the people on our planet. 

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November Pitch Event Review

30/12/2017

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Green Angel Syndicate’s third and last pitch event of the year took place on 30 November, with a packed room of investors and four extremely interesting and highly contrasting companies, targeting markets as diverse as:
  • Clean autonomous transportation (Ultra MTS)
  • Recycled composite building materials (Alusid)
  • Community scale wind energy harvesting (Spinetic Energy)
  • The global financial markets (ET Index).

However, all four of them have two essential points in common: firstly, the ambition to grow into a large company with a unique, innovative, cutting-edge product or service; and secondly, a clear ‘green’ mission. Here is our review of their excellent presentations and the lively Q&A sessions that followed.

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How Do You Compare Investment Pitches at Pitch Events?

19/9/2017

 
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​What do you do?  You go along to hear from companies looking for your investment, each making a case for your money to be invested in their company, each stretching their story to the limits of possible excitement, promise and temptation to the risk-hungry angel investor – in other words, you.  

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A Green Angel Syndicate Pitch Event - London - September 2017

22/8/2017

 
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The next Green Angel Syndicate pitch event is scheduled for Tuesday, 12th September in London's Cocoon Innovation Centre. The event is by invitation only, but guests are welcome.  

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Why are Millennial investors so concerned with sustainability?

14/7/2017

 
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According to a new UBS report in the US, millennials as a generation will likely be worth $24 trillion by 2020.  Millennials are more connected and aware of global issues than ever, which is changing the way they approach investing their wealth.

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A Green Angel Syndicate Live Pitch Event

13/6/2017

 
Why are angel investment pitch events so exciting?  A procession of companies make the case for investment with the same bright smiles and hopeful promises, to an audience of predominantly well-heeled, self-made entrepreneurs.  Do you recognise this?  It is the format the crowd funding platforms have tried to break, with razzamatazz, showbiz style venues, and lavish hospitality, but the audiences remain obstinately the prosperous, worldly-wise cynics that we meet at all the other events, and the pitches are the same combination of over-confidence, inflated claims and desperation. Green Angel Syndicate will be hosting a pitch event on 21st June from 5.30 to 7.30 which will almost certainly be no different. ​

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