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Planar transformer company wins Shell Springboard prize

04 February 2010

A Stroud based business with an innovative idea for tackling climate change last night won an award of £40,000 from Shell Springboard, a programme designed to promote the growth of the low carbon economy in the UK. ...more

 

Hybrid Turbocharger company wins Shell Springboard prize

04 February 2010

A Birmingham based business with an innovative idea for tackling climate change last night won an award of £40,000 from Shell Springboard, a programme designed to promote the growth of the low carbon economy in the UK. ...more

 

Mashsport Aim to Bring the Community Together

14 December 2009

SWAIN (South West Angel and Investor Network) are pleased to announce that the green shoots of recovery or should we say the grass roots are appearing with another SWAIN company, mashsport, having successfully raised equity finance of over £300k from SWAIN business investors, otherwise known as angels. Mashsport are based in North Devon and though their product is targeted nationwide, they consider their origins as the South West....more

 

SWAIN Investment rebukes the recession

15 April 2009

The ongoing doom and gloom in the financial world has led to many consumers being forced to change their spending habits, which has led to changes in the way investors spend their money. No longer are mainstays such as banking giving the security in investment of years gone by, leading to an increase in entrepreneurs looking for alternative investment routes. ...more

 

SWAIN Company Phasor Solutions Ltd receives £900,000 from Octopus Ventures Ltd

07 April 2009

SWAIN is delighted to hear that Octopus Ventures Ltd ("Octopus"), specialist investors in early-stage and expanding companies, have made an investment of circa £900,000 in Phasor Solutions Ltd ("Phasor" or "the Company"). Phasor has the potential to transform the "communication on the move" market by offering flat panel phased array antennae ("phased arrays") at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional phased array technology. At least one SWAIN investor has also taken advantage of investing in this high potential company....more

 

Fluvial Innovations Raise Investment and Stop the Flood

18 March 2009

Following on their recent success in finding £125,000 funding for Somerset based FiNETra SWAIN are delighted to announce an investment of £50,000 from a Plymouth based investor into Dorset based Fluvial Innovations....more

 

Angels open the door for fiNETra

20 February 2009

Finding finance to grow is one of the hardest challenges any small or medium size business will face and the current financial situation isn’t making that process any easier. However, one company has bucked this depressing trend and achieved just that. fiNETra, based in Wellington, has been successful in raising £125,000 from SWAIN investors....more

 

Winter Freeze – SWAIN looks to the Thaw

09 February 2009

Despite freezing weather, an unstable economy and conditions to try the bravest heart, a mixture of angels, and key members of the financial services in the west country descended on Bristol Golf Club to hear respected futurologist, Richard Worsley, speak on future trends and current attitudes....more

 

New Year Honours for Chief Dragon

08 January 2009

The 2009 New Year Honours list included an OBE awarded to John Caines of SWAIN for “services to entrepreneurship and business in the South West”. John is author of ‘The Effective Entrepreneur’ and a Non Executive Director of SWAIN (South West Angel and Investor Network) having been its first Chairman from 2004 until March 2008. ...more

 

SWAIN sponsors RAC which scoops both prizes at Enterprise Awards

11 December 2008

SWAIN (South West Angel and Investor Network) has recently agreed to sponsor The Royal Agricultural College, Grand Idea main price, which encourages young entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into reality. SWAIN were delighted that the RAC won both the categories; “Best Alumni Business Plan” and “Best Student Business Plan”, at the Knowledge West Enterprise Awards in Bristol on Thursday. The awards recognise and reward the best business ideas and new enterprise proposed by students and alumni from the six universities in the West of England. ...more

 
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