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RC Fornax plc

RC Fornax is an established, highly accredited engineering consultancy, formed to define and execute engineering design projects under Statements of Work (SoW), enhancing and augmenting customer capabilities while improving project efficiency.  A rapid growth, market-disruptive, solutions provider in the defence…

Yü Group

Yü Group PLC (Yü Energy) is a UK-based independent specialist supplier of gas and electricity. They focus on servicing small and medium-sized businesses across the UK. Yü also offers certain ancillary services. Yü has approximately four sales channels, including direct…

Yourgene Health plc

Yourgene Health plc, formerly Premaitha, is a molecular diagnostics company employing next generation DNA analysis technology to develop molecular diagnostic products intended to have a major beneficial impact on human health. Yourgene has developed tests for non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPT)…

WS Rothband

WS Rothband & Co Limited is a long established ISO accredited manufacturer of x-ray protection garments based in Haslingden, Lancashire. WS Rothband also markets a range of x-ray related digital equipment and accessories. Seneca backed Paul Dixon in the acquisition…

Wejo

Wejo are revolutionising the car industry with innovative user-centric B2C solutions developed using a cutting-edge combination of big data, telematics and mobile technology. User experience is always at the forefront of their own-brand, white label and bespoke app developments. Using…

Verici Dx plc

Verici Dx is a developer of a complementary suite of leading-edge tests forming a kidney transplant platform for personalised patient and organ response risk to assist clinicians in medical management for improved patient outcomes. The underlying technology is based upon…

ProBiotix Health plc

ProBiotix Health develops probiotics (live microbes that, when ingested, can alter the composition of the microbiome and improve human health) to tackle cardiovascular disease and other lifestyle conditions which are affecting growing numbers of people across the world. ProBiotix Health’s…

Premier Technical Services Group

Premier Technical Services Group plc (“PTSG”) (AIM:PTSG) is the leading provider of façade access and fall arrest equipment services, electrical testing, high-level cleaning and specialist electrical and mechanical services in the UK. Operating through four divisions; Access & Safety Ltd,…

Peter Cox

Peter Cox Ltd is the UK market leader in damp proofing, waterproofing, timber preservation, wall stabilisation, and other specialist property treatments,with a network of regional branches across the country, with over 240 employed staff The Seneca EIS Portfolio Fund exited…

Open Orphan

Open Orphan is a niche CRO pharmaceutical services company which is a world leader in the testing of vaccines and antivirals through the use of human challenge clinical trials. Open Orphan comprises two commercial specialist CRO services businesses; hVIVO and…

Mission Labs

Mission Labs is a provider of business phone solution CircleLoop and customer experience platform SmartAgent. Its digital and cloud-first approach provides businesses with next-generation unified communications and customer experience technology.

Kalibrate

Kalibrate Technologies Plc’s strategy and technology solutions empower fuel retailers around the globe to drive greater value on investment and achieve greater success on their own terms. Its proven software and analytics solutions draw on more than 20 years of…

HubBox

HubBox has developed plug-and-play software that gives shoppers a choice between home delivery and local pickup when they check-out on a retailer’s website. This software has been created in conjunction with the largest global delivery network providers (including UPS and…

Geomiq Limited

Geomiq was founded in London in 2017, with the goal of transforming and streamlining the manufacturing industry. Since then, it has become the digital manufacturing platform of choice for over 1200+ professional engineers and procurement teams from over 500 fast-moving…

Gear4music

Gear4music is one of the largest UK based online retailers of musical instruments and music equipment. Operating from an office, showroom and distribution centre in York, Gear4music sells musical instruments and music equipment from brands including Fender, Yamaha and Gibson,…

FreeAgent

Headquartered in Edinburgh and with over 100 full-time employees, FreeAgent is a provider of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) accounting software solutions and mobile applications designed specifically for UK micro-businesses (sole traders and companies with fewer than 10 employees) and their accountants.…

Forma-Care (UK) Limited

Forma-Care, established in 2019 and based in Durham, provides adult incontinence products to the UK healthcare sector and has established itself as a supplier both to the NHS (for its home delivery service and acute services) and direct to consumer.…

Foodpack

Foodpack Limited (previously Kapak Foods) are a specialist food manufacturer servicing business-to-business, brand owners, retail and food service. On a 9 acre site operating from an 80,000 sq.ft high care food factory facility Foodpack provides a wide range of plant…

Engage XR Holdings plc

ENGAGE XR Holdings plc is metaverse technology company focused on becoming a leading global provider of virtual communications solutions through its new fully featured corporate metaverse, ENGAGE Link. The Company also has a proprietary software platform, ENGAGE, which provides users…

Directa Plus plc

Directa Plus is one of the largest producers and suppliers worldwide of graphene nanoplatelets-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets. The graphene nanoplatelets-based products are natural, chemical-free and sustainably produced. The production process is designed to meet large…

Destiny Pharma

Destiny Pharma is a clinical stage, innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections. Its pipeline has novel microbiome-based biotherapeutics and XF drug clinical assets including NTCD-M3, a Phase 3 ready treatment for…

Collagen Solutions

Collagen Solutions Plc (AIM:COS) is a global provider of medical grade collagen formulations and components for use in regenerative medicine, medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics. Collagen Solutions Plc was established and admitted to the London Stock Exchange on the 2nd…

Celadon Pharmaceuticals plc

Celadon Pharmaceuticals plc is a UK based pharmaceutical company targeting the research, cultivation, manufacturing and supply of cannabinoid-based medicines. Its primary focus is on improving quality of life for chronic pain sufferers, as well as exploring the potential of cannabinoid-based…

Bidstack Group plc

Bidstack is an advertising technology company which provides dynamic, targeted and automated native in-game advertising for the global video games industry across multiple platforms. Its proprietary technology is capable of inserting advertisements within video games.  Bidstack’s customers are games publishers…

ADC Biotechnology

ADC Biotechnology is developing new process technology to help drug developers meet conjugation process challenges in the testing and production of new antibody drug conjugate (ADC)-based anti cancer drugs. The technology signals faster, simpler and less costly development for an…

Vapour Media

Vapour Media is a technology company that provides SME resellers with a point of access to highly competent independent, private network infrastructure, a choice of leading network providers, and a scalable platform for growth, backed by comprehensive training and fully…

Transense Technologies plc

Founded in 1991 and listed on the AIM Market (UK AIM:TRT), Transense is a leader in patent-protected, highly specialised sensor systems and enabling technology for use in a variety of diverse high growth markets. Its Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) sensors…

Totally plc

Totally plc is focused on the provision of professional health coaching which promotes and facilitates self care. Totally’s services have been shown to reduce costs for Clinical Commissioning Groups by, for example, reducing unplanned admissions to hospitals and visits to…

Sorted Group

Sorted Group (previously known as My Parcel Delivery) provide reliable but economical parcel delivery services including domestic, international, economy, drop off, express, weekend and same day across a range of the world’s leading courier companies. Sorted has commercial arrangements with…

SilkFred

Silkfred is an online marketplace for independent ladies’ fashion brands. The business was founded in 2011 with the aim of creating an efficient marketplace for emerging fashion designers to bring products to market and establish their brand in the sector.…

Rockar

A revolutionary, simple new way to find and buy a car… Rockar challenges the traditional car dealership model by allowing the consumer to be empowered. Consumers can buy a new car either online or in store without any interaction with…

Redag Crop

The engine of discovery for the agrochemical industry. Redag Crop Protection (“Redag”) is a Cheshire based agrochemical discovery business, with particular focus on new fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and nematicides – products which play a vital role in controlling the pests…

Reacta Biotech

​Reacta Biotech develops, manufactures and commercialises oral food challenge materials to pharmaceutical standards of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). The company was founded in June 2013 by its three founders: Professor Clare Mills, Professor Ashley Woodcock and Peter McPartland.

Poolbeg Pharma plc

Poolbeg Pharma is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of therapies to treat and prevent infectious diseases. Headquartered in London, the business is a spin out from Open Orphan plc and the management team has proven…

Polarean Imaging plc

Polarean Imaging plc is a healthcare technology company which has developed a state of the art proprietary drug-device combination addressing a specific global unmet need in the field of healthcare. The company’s technology has been developed over a number of…

OptiBiotix Health

OptiBiotix (AIM:OPTI) was formed in March 2012 to develop compounds which modify the human microbiome – the collective genome of the microbes in the body – to prevent and manage human disease. The aim of OptiBiotix is to discover and…

Oncimmune Holdings plc

Oncimmune is an early cancer detection company, developing and commercialising products to diagnose cancer in the United Kingdom and North American markets. The company engages in the development of an autoantibody based platform to allow cancer detection for a range…

Old St Labs

Old St Labs is a provider of cloud based, supplier collaboration tools for large, blue chip customers, enabling them to manage key supplier relationships and strategic project work. The core product, Vizibl, seeks to make supplier collaboration much more straight forward,…

LoopUp Group

The LoopUp Group is a global software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) provider of conference calling software, allowing users to take part in remote meetings. Streamlined and intuitive, LoopUp is designed to eliminate common frustrations associated with conference calls to deliver a premium remote…

Gelmetix

Gelmetix develops multiple grades of polymer gel to provide affordable non-invasive alternatives to surgery for conditions like Chronic Lower Back pain and Osteoarthritis. Their lead product is a hydrogel for nucleus pulposus augmentation to relieve pain in patients suffering from…

Fairway International Travel Ltd

Fairway International Travel Ltd, now called Forward Travel, is a fast growing, full service travel provider headquartered in Manchester. The company provides solutions for all travel needs, saving customers time and the stress of organising corporate and leisure travel. The…

Fabacus

Fabacus is an independent software company that has developed a complete product lifecycle solution: Xelacore, aimed at bringing transparency to supply chain networks, with an initial focus on resolving the interaction and information flow between global licensors and their licensees.…

TheraCryf

TheraCryf is based in Liverpool, at the Liverpool Science Park and was founded in 2007 by Dr Stephen Franklin. TheraCryf is a clinical stage drug development company whose lead programmes are in cancer and subarachnoid haemorrhage (a type of stroke).…

Equals Group

Equals is a leading payments company offering SMEs a suite of payments products across FX transactions, prepaid card solutions, Faster Payments and accounts into which receipts can be credited and payments made. The Group enables its personal and business customers…

Cytox

Cytox Ltd is an innovative developer of assays for risk assessment and prediction of dementia. Cytox is a UK-based company with a unique scientific and proprietary technology platform that is helping to increase the understanding of the biology behind dementia…

Cloudcall Group plc

Cloudcall Group plc is a software company that designs, develops, and operates integrated communications services for customer relationship management systems in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The company provides a suite of cloud-based integrated software and telephony products…

Apex Molecular

Apex Molecular, formerly Yprotech, is a specialist chemical technology and process development (PD) company formed in April 2011 and based in Leeds, UK. Apex Molecular is a synthetic chemistry company providing specialist services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology (life sciences) and applied…

Velocity Composites

Velocity Composites PLC (LON:VEL), makes composites that keep the parts of an aeroplane together. Started in 2007 by three engineers who specialise in composites, the company operates out of its headquarters in Burnley and a facility in Fareham. Its clients…

SkinBioTherapeutics

SkinBioTherapeutics is a life science company focused on skin health. The Company’s proprietary platform technology, SkinBiotix®, is based upon discoveries made by CEO Dr. Cath O’Neill and Professor Andrew McBain. SkinBioTherapeutics’ platform applies research discoveries made on the activities of…

Airnow plc

Following the merge of appScatter and Airpush, Airnow plc was created in 2019. Airnow is a scalable B2B SaaS platform that allows paying users to distribute their apps to, and manage their apps on, multiple app stores. Additionally, the centralised platform enables…

23.5 Degrees

23.5 Degrees was launched in 2012 in response to Starbucks’ strategic decision to build its UK business through franchising. Seneca’s funding provides working capital for the roll-out of new stores, enabling 23.5 Degrees to extend its reach into additional regions…

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Risk summary

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes)

Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) considers this type of investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    •  If the business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested.
    • Advertised rates of return aren’t guaranteed. If a borrower doesn’t pay you back as agreed, you could earn less money than expected or nothing at all. In addition, if the tenant of the property being financed doesn’t pay the rent due as agreed or vacates the premises, you could earn less money than expected. A higher advertised rate of return means a higher risk of losing your money.
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker at https://www.fscs.org.uk/check/investment-protection-checker/.
    • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection at https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    • This type of business could face cash-flow problems that delay payments to investors. It could also fail altogether and be unable to repay any of the money owed to you.
    • Even if the business you invest in is successful, it may take several years to get your money back. You are unlikely to be able to sell your investment early.
    • Even if you are able to sell your investment early, you may not receive all of your money back or the full value of your investment. In addition, you may have to pay exit fees or additional charges.
    • The most likely way to get your money back is if the business is wound up following the sale of the underlying property or is bought by another business. Neither is guaranteed to happen with the envisaged timescale or at all.
    • Depending upon how your investment is structured and the rate and frequency of any interest paid, it could take 10 years or longer to receive back an amount equal to the amount you invested. You should not expect to get your money back through the payment of dividends.
  4. This is a complex investment
    • This makes it difficult to predict how risky the investment is, but it will most likely be high.
    • You may wish to get financial advice before deciding to invest.
  5. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    • A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. (See www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest).

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk/investsmart

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Risk summary

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes)

Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    • If a business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested in that business. Most start-up businesses fail. 
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker at https://www.fscs.org.uk/check/investment-protection-checker/.
    • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection at https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    • Even if the business you invest in is successful, it may take several years to get your money back. You are unlikely to be able to sell your investment early.
    • For companies whose shares are not listed on any exchange (‘unquoted’ or ‘private’ companies), the most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or lists its shares on an exchange such as the London Stock Exchange. These events are not common.
    • For companies whose shares are listed on an exchange (such as the AQSE or AIM), the most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or your shares are sold on that exchange. The latter can only occur if there is a willing buyer.
    • If you are investing in a start-up or EIS qualifying business, you should not expect to get your money back through dividends. Such businesses rarely pay these.
  4. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    • A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. (See https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest).
  5. The value of your investment can be reduced
    • The percentage of the business that you own will decrease if the business issues more shares. This could mean that the value of your investment reduces, depending on how much the business grows. Most start-up businesses issue multiple rounds of shares.
    • These new shares could have additional rights that your shares don’t have, such as the right to receive a fixed dividend, which could further reduce your chances of getting a return on your investment.

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk/investsmart

Risk summary

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes)

Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    • If the business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested. Most start-up businesses fail.
    • Advertised rates of return aren’t guaranteed. This is not a savings account. If the business doesn’t pay you back as agreed, you could earn less money than expected or nothing at all. In addition, if the tenant of the property being financed doesn’t pay the rent due as agreed or vacates the premises, you could earn less money than expected. A higher advertised rate of return means a higher risk of losing your money.
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker at https://www.fscs.org.uk/check/investment-protection-checker/.
    • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection at https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    • This type of business could face cash-flow problems that delay payments to investors. It could also fail altogether and be unable to repay any of the money owed to you.
    • Even if the business you invest in is successful, it may take several years to get your money back. You are unlikely to be able to sell your investment early.
    • Even if you are able to sell your investment early, you may have to pay exit fees or additional charges.
    • The most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or is wound
      up following the sale of the underlying property. These events are not common.
    • If you are investing in a start-up business, you should not expect to get your money back through dividends. Start-up businesses rarely pay these. This investment aims to make quarterly repayments that comprise both a partial repayment of capital and interest, although this is not guaranteed. It could take over 14 years to receive back an amount equal to the amount you invested.
  4. This is a complex investment
    • This makes it difficult to predict how risky the investment is, but it will most likely be high.
    • You may wish to get financial advice before deciding to invest.
  5. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    • A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. (See https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest).

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk/investsmart

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Risk summary

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes)

Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    • If the business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested.
    • Many of the loans ultimately financed by your investment are made to borrowers who can’t borrow money from traditional lenders such as banks. These borrowers have a higher risk of not paying back their loan.
    • Advertised rates of return aren’t guaranteed. If a borrower doesn’t pay back their loan as agreed, you could earn less money than expected. A higher advertised rate of return means a higher risk of losing your money.
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker at https://www.fscs.org.uk/check/investment-protection-checker/.
    • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection at https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    • Some of the loans financed by your investment will last for several years. You may need to wait for your money to be returned even if the borrower repays on time.
    • Some Managers may give you the opportunity to sell your investment early through a ‘secondary market’, but there is no guarantee you will be able to find someone willing to buy.
    • Even if your agreement is advertised as affording early access to your money, you will only get your money early if someone else wants to buy your shares or the company in which you are invested has sufficient available capital to buy them from you. If no one wants to buy, it could
      take longer to get your money back.
    • If you are investing for growth, you should not expect to get your money back through dividends as the Service is not designed to pay dividends to investors seeking growth. If you are investing for income, it will take at least 25 years to get your money back purely through dividends.
  4. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    • A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. (See https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest).
  5. The value of your investment can be reduced
    • The percentage of the business that you own will decrease if the business issues more shares. This could mean that the value of your investment reduces, depending on the basis on which these new shares are issued.
    • If these new shares have additional rights that your shares don’t have, such as the right to receive a fixed dividend, this could further reduce your chances of getting a return on your investment.

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk/investsmart

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Risk summary

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes)

Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    • If a business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested in that business. Most start-up businesses fail. Please see page 14 of the Information Memorandum for an overview of the types of businesses this fund invests in.
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker at https://www.fscs.org.uk/check/investment-protection-checker/.
    • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection at https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    • Even if the business you invest in is successful, it may take several years to get your money back. You are unlikely to be able to sell your investment early.
    • The most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or your shares are sold on the Alternative Investment Market. The latter can only occur if there is a willing buyer.
    • If you are investing in a start-up or EIS qualifying business, you should not expect to get your money back through dividends. Such businesses rarely pay these.
  4. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    • A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. (See https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest).
  5. The value of your investment can be reduced
    • The percentage of the business that you own will decrease if the business issues more shares. This could mean that the value of your investment reduces, depending on how much the business grows. Most start-up businesses issue multiple rounds of shares.
    • These new shares could have additional rights that your shares don’t have, such as the right to receive a fixed dividend, which could further reduce your chances of getting a return on your investment.

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk/investsmart

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Risk summary

(Estimated reading time: 2 minutes)

Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  1. You could lose all the money you invest
    • If a business you invest in fails, you are likely to lose 100% of the money you invested in that business. Most start-up businesses fail. Please see page 10 of the Information Memorandum for an overview of the types of businesses this fund invests in.
  2. You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong
    • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker at https://www.fscs.org.uk/check/investment-protection-checker/.
    • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated firm, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection at https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers.
  3. You won’t get your money back quickly
    • Even if the business you invest in is successful, it may take several years to get your money back. You are unlikely to be able to sell your investment early.
    • For companies whose shares are not listed on any exchange (‘unquoted’ or ‘private’ companies), the most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or lists its shares on an exchange such as the London Stock Exchange. These events are not common.
    • For companies whose shares are listed on an exchange (such as the AQSE or AIM), the most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or your shares are sold on that exchange. The latter can only occur if there is a willing buyer.
    • If you are investing in a start-up or EIS qualifying business, you should not expect to get your money back through dividends. Such businesses rarely pay these.
  4. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
    • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well.
    • A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. (See https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest).
  5. The value of your investment can be reduced
    • The percentage of the business that you own will decrease if the business issues more shares. This could mean that the value of your investment reduces, depending on how much the business grows. Most start-up businesses issue multiple rounds of shares.
    • These new shares could have additional rights that your shares don’t have, such as the right to receive a fixed dividend, which could further reduce your chances of getting a return on your investment.

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk/investsmart

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