Funding associated with investigation or inquiry that may lead to the creation or use of Intellectual Property

Funding associated with the creation of new, breakthrough or disruptive science or technology

Funding that requires collaboration between industrial and academic partners

Funding or support to prove the market value, function or application of a product or service idea

Funding or support related to the design and manufacture of a prototype product or system

Funding or support related to the design processes associated with the product development cycle

Funding or support related to manufacture, supply chain, or design for manufacture , or reducing costs

Funding or support related to the design and development processes, related to product commercialisation

Funding or support associated with "selling" a product or service, or increasing revenues

Funding or support associated with the early stages of company formation and growth

Funding or support associated with skills, training or employee development

Funding or support to assist companies to globalise or internationalise their products or services

North West Equity Fund

 

In order to apply to the North West Equity Fund, the company:

-Must be operating in the North West of England.
- Must be run by committed and commercially focused management teams with logical and viable business plans.

Certain industries such as Primary Agriculture, Coal & Steel, Road Haulage, Motor Vehicles, Shipbuilding, and Financial Services are excluded

The North West Equity Fund provides Risk Capital to North West SMEs looking to achieve significant growth. Investments are considered across a wide variety of manufacturing and service sectors at any stage of the business cycle. Initial tranches will usually be limited to £250k, Further investment up to a maximum of £3 million is possible in exceptional circumstances.

An Excel spreadsheet must be completed and emailed, this can be found at http://www.nwef.co.uk/intro.asp. The initial application form should then be filled in at http://www.nwef.co.uk/form.htm.

http://www.nwef.co.uk/portfolio.asp