Praetura Ventures

💷 Are you a preseed founder looking for investment in the North?   👉 PraeSeed offers early stage founders £200k investment combined with a six week education and assessment programme alongside a clear route for follow on funding and further support.    📆 Applications are open until the 27th May, and there’s a webinar on Friday if you’ve got any questions on applications.    👉 Please note, you must be based in the North to apply with less than £100k revenue. 💻 You can sign up for Friday's webinar here: https://lnkd.in/g3kHDqi2 🌱 Alternatively, check out the PraeSeed site for more info: https://lnkd.in/eUXhTRcw #NextInTheNorth #Preseed #founders #seedstage

🎉 Praetura Growth VCT celebrates listing on the London Stock Exchange!   👏 Last night marked a huge milestone for the Praetura Investments team after they were welcomed to the London Stock Exchange to celebrate the listing of the Praetura Growth VCT.   💷 On top of a focus on Northern businesses to address the region's £9bn funding gap, the VCT intends to offer investors a unique way to diversify their portfolios and will also co-invest alongside the Praetura EIS Growth Fund.   🙌 Congratulations to all involved and a major round of thanks to everyone who has supported Praetura Investments on this journey. You can find out more about Praetura Growth VCT here: https://lnkd.in/eMSwq4v7   Capital at Risk. Seek financial advice. LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)   #PraeturaInvestments #LSE #VCT #VentureCapital #NorthernGrowth #InvestmentOpportunities 

🔥 Our Investment Director Louise Chapman is among the speakers at Fuel Liverpool this morning, bringing together business and experts from the funding landscape.   🙌 The Liverpool City Region event, hosted by TechBlast UK and supported by The Growth Platform (Liverpool City Region Combined Authority) and Clockwise Offices, will cover everything from funding to growth planning during a series of exclusive pod masterclasses.   👋 Heading to Fuel this morning? Come and say hello!   #VC #VCFunding #LCR #Investment

LCR Innovation Investment Week is here. Over the next four days we’ll be showcasing the city region’s world-leading innovation and billions of pounds of investment opportunities, while inspiring the next generation of innovators. To find out more 👇 #LCRInnovationInvestmentWeek

Are you going to the networking brunch at Alderley Park on Wednesday? Investment Director Sim Singh-Landa will be attending and working from the campus for the afternoon. She's available to speak to any life sciences businesses who want to discuss equity funding via 'GMC Life Sciences Fund By Praetura'. The fund invests between £50k-£2m into high growth life sciences business across Manchester and Cheshire through a collaboration between Bruntwood SciTech, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington. Sim will also be able to speak about our NPIFII fund with British Business Bank. This fund looks to invest from £200k-£5m in businesses growing in the North West. These companies can be from any sector. Message her to book in a meeting or comment on this post.

And we’re off! Lancashire Tech Summit x #FHundEdLive has landed at the top of Williamson Park in Lancaster. Great to see such a buzz today in this phenomenal building, what a view! Big congrats to everyone who made this happen at Fraser House Hub & Lancashire Digital Hub. These events are essential. A special shout out to Rory and Dan for their endless energy in pushing this ecosystem forward. Well done guys 👏

👏 Fantastic to see Victoria Prew, founder and CEO of our portfolio company HURR, on Sky News this week! ♻️ HURR is making great strides in sustainability and circular fashion, and is empowering customers to rent items for longer with HURR Flex. 👉 Check out the highlights from the Business Live show below, and find out more about HURR here: https://lnkd.in/dEP_ycd9 #VC #VentureCapital #VCFunding #Sustainability

👉 Every business is different but what they all share in common is the need to hire talent, whether it's to scale or bring in new expertise...but the landscape is changing and we're now entering a new era of recruitment. 👏 In response, our portfolio company Arctic Shores, which specialises in task-based assessments for recruitment, has produced a brand new playbook. 🤔 It's full of research-based, practical and validated advice curated from the likes of Siemens, Molson Coors Beverage Company, the Department for Education and more. 📒 Take a read here: https://lnkd.in/edPTprxt #VC #venturecapital #Investment #Founders #Recruitment

🙌 Our new cohort-based investing programme #PraeSeed officially opened for applications last week – want to know more? 🤝 The programme, the first of its kind in the region, will invest £200k in up to seven start ups each year for the next five years – still want to know more? 💬 Ahead of applications closing on May 27th, we're hosting an in-person session and two webinars this Friday and next week with all the info you need from our #PraeSeed lead Jessica Jackson. 📆 10/05 – Ask Me Anything in-person session with Jess at FHundED Live (Lancaster): https://lnkd.in/gkR6w7Dw 📆 13/05 – Ask Me Anything webinar with Jess (Remote). Sign up via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/gpBFJED3 📆 17/05 – Ask Me Anything webinar with Jess (Remote). Sign up via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/g3kHDqi2 In the meantime, you can also visit our website for full details: #NextInTheNorth #Preseed #founders #seedstage

👏 Delighted to share the news that we've been shortlisted in the VC/private equity team category at this year's NW Rainmaker Awards from TheBusinessDesk.com! 🤝 The awards will once again celebrate the best deals and teams from the past 12 months across the North West, as voted for by the corporate finance community. 📆 This year's Rainmaker Awards will take place on July 3rd, with tickets available via the link (https://lnkd.in/eKBnwCqa). 🍾 Congratulations to everyone shortlisted, including Praetura Commercial Finance Group, which is up for best Asset-Based Lending Team! #Investment #VC #Founders #Awards #RainmakerAwards