Dorset Business Angels Network Limited (DBA/Dorset Business Angels) provide quality, private equity investment opportunities to local High Net Worth (HNW) and Sophisticated Investors (SI).
We help early stage businesses find equity capital, especially in southern England, as it is our local area.
We do this by bringing our Investors and Entrepreneurs together to accelerate the growth of early stage businesses.
What are Business Angels?
We are all HNW and / or Sophisticated Investors:
Business angels are people from a wide variety of backgrounds, men and women, of all ages who invest their own money into startup and early stage high growth businesses. In return for a share of the equity. Typically a business angels are:
- Individuals willing to risk their own cash as seed capital for early stage businesses.
- Successful “exited” entrepreneurs.
- Retired senior executives.
- Family or inherited money.
- Those who are involved with their own business with access to funds.
- Those willing to invest time as well as cash.
- Wanting to “give back” and have fun!
- Considerable in number - UK Business Angels Association UKBAA (our Trade Body) estimates there are 18,000 investors among its 160 member organisations.
- The largest source of investment collectively for the UK's startups and early stage businesses with an estimated £1.5b p.a.
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Don McQueen our Chairman explains in this short video
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Our Pitch Events
There are four pitch events per year, in 2024 they will be held in February, May, September and November. Hosted at a Bournemouth hotel or virtually via Zoom.
At each pitch event, there will be 5 business presentation pitches of 10-15 minutes, to suit all investor appetites. These will be selected by the Dorset Business Angels directors nearer to the event. Short summaries will be posted to our Events page and distributed via our newsletter ahead of the event. Each pitch includes a Q&A session and is followed by an investor debate, held privately.
These pitches and our other social events are ideal opportunities for networking and learning about what is new and trending in a variety of industries. If you would like to be involved you can find out more on our Investors Membership page.
Find out more about Investor Membership
Our Next Pitch Event
Takes place on May 20th 2024 and is open to Members and High Net Worth/Sophisticated Investors from our wider community.
Registration will be open soon.
2024 Events
May 20th - Pitch event
September 30th - Lead Investor Workshop & Pitch Event
*The workshop is available to book now.
November 25th - Pitch Event