Sarah Turner

The UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) is the national trade association representing angel and early-stage investment. UKBAA acts as the voice of the angel investment community and strives to build and connect the early-stage investment ecosystem, in support of the UKs high-potential entrepreneurs. UKBAA supports a large and dynamic community, with more than 170 member organisations. Our members include angel syndicates, individual investors, early-stage VCs, equity crowdfunding platforms, accelerators and professional advisers.

TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s games industry. Our members include independent games developers, in-house publisher owned developers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities. TIGA's vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business.

The UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) is the national trade association representing angel and early-stage investment. UKBAA acts as the voice of the angel investment community and strives to build and connect the early-stage investment ecosystem, in support of the UKs high-potential entrepreneurs. UKBAA supports a large and dynamic community, with more than 170 member organisations. Our members include angel syndicates, individual investors, early-stage VCs, equity crowdfunding platforms, accelerators and professional advisers.

Angel Academe is a first of its kind, fast-growing and award-winning angel investor network. Since 2014, weve helped female founders who can demonstrate some early success with their tech startups access a unique pool of engaged, mainly female investors. Angel Academe investors have backed 55+ startups through 105+ funding rounds, helping them raise well over £200m in co and follow-on investment to grow their med tech, clean tech, fin tech and enterprise software businesses. Our investor-members are successful entrepreneurs and senior leaders who want to be part of a diverse, experienced and professionally managed network. -> https://www.angelacademe.com/ In addition to the angel network, weve recently launched the UKs first EIS fund for female founders. For the first time ever, individuals can achieve diversification across 7-10 female founded startups with a single £10k ticket AND benefit from the UKs generous EIS tax reliefs. -> https://www.syndicateroom.com/angel-academe-eis

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s games industry. Our members include independent games developers, in-house publisher owned developers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities. TIGA's vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business.