The Willow Investment Fund
The fund has been created by Vintage Years Company Limited, which was established in 1998. It is based in Kent 15 minutes from Euro tunnel. By the end of 2005, it had made four significant investments in private businesses and all are progressing well (see examples in The Way We Work). The company works by investing in private companies or by investing alongside private equity firms, but in 2007 it also set up the Willow Investment Fund for angel investment. The company has adopted the code of practice of the British Business Angels Association and the new fund will make investments in the range £15,000-150,000.
We represent individual investors looking to support and invest in businesses in the South East of England. Our preference is for businesses which are focused on design, manufacturing and sales of a product range. The business should be outsourcing or looking to outsource if the product has significant labour content or technology but should own the intellectual property. The business should also be focused on consumer or industrial markets via distribution or direct. The leader of the business needs to be a very person-individual who values team players. We put great emphasis on the nature and style of the leader.
We will invest in ideas but prefer businesses which have been established for perhaps one or two years, or longer, and which are looking for a proportion of non-interest bearing money to take the business to new levels.
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