NMI - Sector Information

Sector Information

Funding and Investment

Funding is a vital component of the Innovation System and can be derived from either Private or Public sources. To help businesses kick start their plans we have produced 2 primer documents to help entrepreneurs and engineering managers get the “heads up” on securing finance from a variety of sources.

You may also find information about many other funding options on our Funding Map.

Funding and Investment Guides

Private Equity Guide

Turning ideas into profitable businesses - this handbook is targeted at the technology entrepreneur. It is intended to be a primer and a short reference guide to funding sources in the UK to accelerate the knowledge of the investment process and improve “investor readiness”. It expresses view-points, tips and experiences from investor, entrepreneur and business partner world-views with articles from:

CSR, Critical Blue, picoChip, SETsquared, Add Partners, Cadence Design Systems, Cre8 Ventures, Esprit Capital Partners, MTI Partners, Pond Ventures, Quester Capital Management, Scottish Equity Partners and Synopsys Inc.

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Public Funding Guide (Coming Soon)
This guide is intended to demystify the area of public funding mechanisms. If you have seen the NMI Public Funding Map you’ll instantly see this area has a great deal of funding mechanisms from local to European level. The complexity can often be a barrier to the uptake of funding as it can be difficult for busy industrialists to quickly identify relevant funding programmes.

Targeted at the semiconductor industry, this guide is intended to demystify the funding map and provide insight into what it takes to secure a successful funding bid.

(Coming Soon)