Our Funds
Venture Capital & Social Investment Funds
Whether you’re an ambitious, growing business or a charitable organisation building a sustainable future in the North East of England, we want to hear from you. The first step can be just getting in touch for an informal chat to see if we can help.
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Investing in strong teams with great ideas.
North East Social Investment Fund
The North East Social Investment Fund (NESIF) is a unique fund providing impact investments to charities and social enterprises in the region.
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North East Innovation Fund
The £27 million Innovation Fund is focussed on backing scalable, innovative businesses throughout County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
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North East Angel R&D programme
The £1 million Angel R&D Programme is focussed on backing scalable, innovative businesses throughout County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland who are seeking investment and planning to undertake a research and development project.
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Healthy Ageing R&D grant programme
The £3 million Healthy Ageing R&D Programme is focused on backing scalable, innovative businesses throughout County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland in the healthy ageing sector who are planning to undertake a research and development project.
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Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund
The £1.7 million Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund is focused on backing scalable, innovative spin-out companies from the four Northern Accelerator partnership universities – Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland.
Go to fundPortfolio Phase Funds
In December 2016, the North East Proof of Concept Fund and the North East Accelerator fund moved into the portfolio phase.
We still work closely with the companies we have invested in, helping to accelerate their growth and plan for an exit.
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