var imgs = new Array(); var company = new Array(); var info = new Array(); var web = new Array(); imgs[1] = "1.gif"; company[1] = "GLE"; info[1] = "GLE Growth Capital is the leading early stage investor in Europe with over £330 million of funds under management across 12 different venture funds. In 2007 alone, the group invested in more than 110 businesses in deals worth over £240 million, and now has a portfolio of more than 250 companies.

GLE offers early stage growth business access to investment ranging from £200,000 up to £8 million and covering both angel finance and venture capital. The funds managed by GLE include three national funds that can invest up to £8 million, three funds in the Yorkshire and Humberside region that invest up to £2 million, two funds in the South West that invest up to £1 million, two funds in London that can invest up to £250,000 and one in the North West that invests up to £1million. GLE also runs London Business Angels - UK's oldest business angel network comprising a network of 200 business angels with collectively more than £50m available for investment.

GLE is one of the cornerstone investors in Seraphim and is mandated to manage the fund."; web[1] = "http://www.gle.co.uk/"; imgs[2] = "2.gif"; company[2] = "Pi Capital"; info[2] = "Pi Capital is a member based investment firm which invests in UK centric companies with enterprise values of up to £20m looking for development capital of between £2m and £5m. Pi also has an active network of nearly 300 members who finance Pi's investments. This network comprises many of the UK's most successful and influential business leaders and entrepreneurs, including CEOs and chairmen of large public and private companies.

The Pi membership represents a unique source of influence, access and experience. Members sit on a combine total of over 600 boards, covering most of the UK's major industry sectors. A Pi member will typically join the board of each Pi investment, helping management teams to grow their businesses, seed new partnerships and gain new customers through their extensive connections."; web[2] = "http://www.picapital.co.uk/"; imgs[3] = "3.gif"; company[3] = "New Vantage Group"; info[3] = "New Vantage Group is a private equity management firm that specializes in innovatively mobilizing early stage private equity from non-institutional sources. Known as a leading organizer of angel investors in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, it has founded and co-managed 4 regional syndicates of individual investors and run an angel network for the Mid Atlantic Venture Association. On a contractual basis, it has joint ventured with leaders of an additional 3 angel groups to expand structured angel investing movement and created new vehicles for seed stage investing. It also manages a small private fund of funds for regional venture capital funds.

NVG has a decade of experience in managing the complexity of multi-hundred individual investor entities and is known as a thought leader in the financing of entrepreneurial ventures in the United States. Over the last decade, NVG's members have invested more than $42m in more than 45 mid-Atlantic based companies"; web[3] = "http://www.newvantagegroup.com"; imgs[4] = "4.gif"; company[4] = "Focus Enterprises"; info[4] = "Focus Enterprise is a mid-market boutique investment bank that specialises in serving businesses with revenues or transaction sizes between $5 million and $300 million. Focus provides a full range of investment banking services including M&A (buy and sell), capital raising and consultancy.

Focus has a nationwide presence across the US with offices located in the key areas of Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago , San Francisco and Los Angeles.

As distinct from other investment banks, all of Focus' 37 partners have CEO/COO/CFO experience across a broad range of sectors, enabling them to have a much better understanding of the specific nuances of any given business. Through its partners, Focus has particularly deep expertise across the telecommunications, healthcare, biotech, financial services, food and government contracting sectors.

Besides its interest in Seraphim, Focus also has a mezzanine fund that invests $2m-$10m into middle market companies with a proven product or service, annual revenues in excess of $5 million, significant profits, and an experienced management team."; web[4] = "http://www.focusbankers.com/"; imgs[5] = "6.gif"; company[5] = "Archangels"; info[5] = "Archangel Informal Investment is Scotland's leading Business Angel Syndicate. Archangel was originally formed in 1992 and the syndicate now comprises around 100 investor members. To date, Archangel has invested in excess of £50 million in some 60+ early stage companies.

Archangel typically invests between £300,000 and £700,000 in Scottish-based companies with high growth potential and global application. It is prepared to invest at all stages from proof of concept through growth capital across a wide range of business sectors.

In addition to the £50 million invested by Archangel members £30 million has been invested by co-investment partners including principally the Scottish Co Investment Fund but also a number of VCs. Three of the businesses have been floated, three have been sold profitably and three have paid out more than the original investment in dividends. Archangel companies have created more than 800 jobs in Scotland. In the year to May 2008 £14 million was invested in Archangel companies by the syndicate and partners."; web[5] = "http://www.archangelsonline.com"; imgs[6] = "7.gif"; company[6] = "Entrust"; info[6] = "Entrust is a 25 year-old organisation that provides advice, consultancy, training and investment to early stage businesses in the North East of England. Entrust was a founding member of the British Business Angels Association (BBAA) and runs the Investors Forum - the North East's only formal angel network. Investors Forum typically invests between £10k and £200k and looks to make 8 investments per year.

Entrust also manages two early stage venture funds - the North East Equity Matching Fund (NEEMF), a £2.5m co-investment fund that invests up to £100k - and the Regional Enterprise Loan Fund (RELF), a £2.25m fund that is targeted at start-up and growing businesses in the North East."; web[6] = "http://www.entrust.co.uk/"; imgs[7] = "8.gif"; company[7] = "Advantage Business Angels"; info[7] = "Advantage Business Angels (ABA) is a Midlands-based angel network that brokers deals between businesses seeking funding and angel investors. The network currently operates 6 angel syndicates that invest between £50k and £1m, with typical investments averaging c.£180k.

Since its formation in 2003, it has completed a total of 118 investments, securing £17m in funding for early stage companies. Of these, 3 have gone on to complete IPOs and a further 2 have been exited via trade sales.

ABA is also linked through its management to the Advantage Early Growth Fund (AEGF) - an £8m fund that invests in early stage West Midlands based businesses. The fund makes between 10 and 20 investments a year, ranging from £10,000 to £100,000 on a matched basis alongside private investors. To date, AEGF has made 81 investments in 48 companies totalling £6.4m."; web[7] = "http://www.advantagebusinessangels.com/"; imgs[8] = "9.gif"; company[8] = "Summit Group"; info[8] = "Summit is a management owned venture capital business which specialises in investing its own resources in early stage businesses, and provides finance, business relationships, management and administrative support to help them grow. All of the Group's businesses were established as start ups where Summit backed and supported the management teams. Summit only invests in businesses in which it can add value through the Group's skill, experience and contacts.

Summit was established over 20 years ago and currently has a portfolio of 15+ early stage venture investments spanning a wide variety of sectors including software, business services, finance, medtech, energy and cleantech."; web[8] = "http://www.summit-group.co.uk/"; imgs[9] = "10.gif"; company[9] = "General Capital"; info[9] = "General Capital Group plc is an AIM quoted provider of innovative and flexible funding solutions for UK SME's, providing asset secured lending facilities ranging between £5K and £1M. The group currently focuses on two principal sectors: (i) Commercial Asset Finance across all asset types, and, (ii) Property development and bridging finance with transactions up to £1M to support small to medium commercial and residential developers."; web[9] = "http://www.generalcapital.co.uk/"; imgs[9] = "11.gif"; company[9] = "Seraphim Capital"; info[9] = ""; web[9] = "http://www.seraphimcapital.co.uk/";