The South West Angel and Investor Network (SWAIN) connects private investors, or ‘Business Angels’, with companies looking for investment. SWAIN specialises in helping small and medium sized companies to find equity finance, and assists private investors in the South West to search for investment opportunities in businesses with growth potential.
SWAIN is an independent not-for-profit company supported by the South West Regional Development Agency and the South West Business Links which specifically addresses the shortage of risk capital available to small and medium sized companies which has become known as the ‘equity gap’. SWAIN is focussed on deal sizes ranging from £25,000 to £750,000 and this concentrates our energy on opportunities, which are too small to be considered by the majority of venture capital institutions.
“Fact 13/100: The Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Bath is an interdepartmental network to enable collaborative work on regenerative medicine.” source: Science City Bristol 100 facts pdf |
“Fact 58/100: The University of the West of England is carrying out cutting edge work into the adverse effects of new drugs using cell culture models.” source: Science City Bristol 100 facts pdf |