Mint
Ventures is a Scottish-based women-led angel investment group on a mission to
make angel investing more accessible to women by educating both women and men from all business backgrounds how they can support more women to
get involved.
Angel investing is an important element of the funding ecosystem to support
early-stage companies to grow and is particularly important during a recession.
Despite women holding 40% of Scotland’s wealth, only 12% of business angels
in Scotland are women.
It is, however, a myth that you need to be rich to angel invest and you can
invest with as little as £2,000 with specific tax schemes giving 30 – 50%
relief set by the govt to encourage more angels.
Following on from the UK Business Angel Association (UKBAA) and RBS Rose
Review, Women Backing Women campaign, supported by local partners in each
location and funded by Scottish Enterprise we are running a series of regional
in-person ‘Making Angel Investing More Accessible to Women’ events across
Scotland in February 2023.
These free events will raise awareness of angel investment in
particular the challenges for women business founders and to encourage more
women to consider angel investing. Open to both
men and women who are professionally involved in supporting SME’s including, lawyers, accountants,
business advisers, wealth managers, IFA’s as well as women from any business
background that might be considering growing their own company or becoming an
angel investor. We will provide real insights into angel investing in gender
specific language, highlight the challenges that we can collectively support
and provide a safe-space environment for all to learn, ask questions and be
inspired.
Supported
and kindly hosted by Coutts and Co please register below to join us for a 45
min presentation then networking.
Click here to register.