Please do not reach out to the Office of Investments directly; they will only meet with qualified startups referred by the Polsky Center. The Polsky Center team will only advance promising companies meeting the following requirements. This may be successful if you’re working with other startup companies in a similar to yours situation. Although these terms are often used interchangeably, angel investors differ from VCs.
Do startups need funding?
Money for Business or Product Development
The most common reasons startups fail are running out of cash or failing to raise capital. As such, having the capital to invest in driving the business forward is imperative.
“Credit lines and banking facilities don’t seem easily available to startups any more. Back in 2007, the banks were very sympathetic; we got a £20k overdraft from the get-go, although we just had one client. He completed a degree in politics and worked in marketing …