Northern Investor Hub

We connect innovative and technology ventures to investors and manage the investors’ deal flow, investor readiness activities, and facilitate introductions to investors. We help companies based in the North East, Yorkshire & Humber, North West, and East Midlands. We have an investment focus in innovation and technology with expertise in Health Tech and Life Sciences, Digital and Technologies, Clean Growth and Advanced Manufacturing. Our ambition is to address the geographical and gender funding gap and accelerate sustainable and inclusive investment in innovation in the North of England.

Since 2019, we have helped 87 businesses with a mix of grant and seed funding totalling £46m. We support companies at ideation stage through to Series A seeking ticket sizes of £150k to £3m. We represent an extensive network of investment organisations, private investors and innovation support organisations such as universities and Catapults with a focus on technology and high growth companies. The Nothern Investor Hub has over 200 investors as part of its wider network. The Northern Investor Hub leverages this vast network to grow innovative early stage businesses.

We have a strong track record of supporting innovative start-ups through the fundraising process and across all types of funding mechanisms with a particular focus on equity and grants. Companies and entrepreneurs working with us are able to access the support and help provided by the organisations powering the Northern Investor Hub. For example, the Innovation SuperNetwork runs the Accelerating Investment and Innovation Summit, VentureFest North East. It provides expert project management, assessment of applicant businesses, and provides support to companies developing grant applications and fundraising.