30 April 2015
Braveheart Investment Group plc
('Braveheart', the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Braveheart terminates Crowdcube partnership
Braveheart Investment Group plc, the AIM-listed investment management group providing debt and equity financing to SMEs and servicing the investment requirements of business angels, high net worth individuals, family offices, and public sector organisations, has given notice to terminate its partnership agreement with Crowdcube. Accordingly, once it has completed two committed investments, it will henceforth not be working with Crowdcube either by way of the Crowdcube Venture Fund or by way of the London Co-investment Fund.
The Company is at an advanced stage of negotiating a new partnership which it expects to announce shortly.
Further information:
Braveheart Investment Group plc
Geoffrey Thomson, Chief Executive Tel: +44 1738 587555
[email protected]
Sanlam Securities UK Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker to Braveheart)
Lindsay Mair Tel: +44 20 7628 2200
Media Enquiries (Braveheart):
Allerton Communications
Peter Curtain Tel: +44 20 3137 2500
[email protected]
Notes to Editors
Braveheart Investment Group plc
Braveheart provides financing and associated advisory services for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as follows:
For the company looking to raise money, we provide:
· Equity Capital. This form of financing is typically long term and is usually appropriate for fast growing business or early stage companies. We will consider equity financings where our individual investment, or the investment we arrange, would normally be a maximum or £2m although we are happy to participate in larger financings as part of a syndicate;
· Debt Finance. Short to medium term and for companies with cash flow to service the loan. Our unit size for this type of finance is up to £1m and we will usually provide junior debt which is unsecured but linked to an equity instrument;
The money we invest comes from a variety of sources (see below) and is sometimes linked to particular geographical locations.
To the investor, we provide a one-stop shop service to those in one of the following groups who are looking for exposure to SME investments:
· High Net Worth (HNW) individuals looking to build tax efficient Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed EIS portfolios;
· Family offices and private sector institutions;
· The Public Sector.
Investors can choose between investment types ranging from self-build portfolios, to a full fund management service.
