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How to evaluate an early-stage company before you invest

How angels and early-stage funds can judge a young company: team, market, product, revenue quality, competition, the round and its terms, with a scoring table and red flags.

26 Sept 2026

Venture Capital

Angel investing explained: how it works, the risks and the tax reliefs

Who can become an angel investor in the UK and US, the ways to invest, what the research says about returns and losses, follow-on reserves, and the SEIS, EIS and QSBS tax reliefs as they stand in 2026.

26 Sept 2026

Venture Capital

Finding early-stage deals and doing due diligence on them

Where early-stage investors find companies, how to screen them quickly, and the due diligence a seed cheque deserves: legal, financial, commercial, technical and people checks, a document list and red flags.

26 Sept 2026

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