Startup Funding Club and Enterprise Investment Partners hold event about investing in the food and drink industry
Startup Funding Club (SFC) and Enterprise Investment Partners (EIP) held, ‘Investing in the Food and Drink industry.’ The event, which took place at Home House (Mayfair), had an educational character and was aimed at High Net Worth Individuals interested in supporting newcomers in the food and drink industry.
The event comprised of presentations from its organisers and guest speakers and one minute pitches from food and drink startups. Following a brief introduction by Stephen Page – SFC’s CEO –, Paddy Willis – co-founder of Grocery Accelerator – and John Stapleton – co-founder of New Covent Garden Soup Co and Little Dish – gave the audience valuable insights into the food and drink industry and an account of their experiences working in this field. After the keynote speaker came the companies, which had all previously received investment from the Epicure SEIS Fund, a food and drink only fund managed by EIP and curated and advised by SFC: Olly’s Olives, Two Birds, Hope & Glory, iRaw, and Naturelly.
Before concluding the act with a Q&A with the presenters, Martin Sherwood – co-founder of EIP – gave the audience an overview of how they can invest in food and drink startups with a portfolio approach. Sherwood also walked them through some key points of the Epicure SEIS Fund, which gives investors the opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of at least 10 disruptive startups with high growth potential.and provides investors with SEIS tax reliefs. Epicure is currently open and, so far, has 10 companies in its portfolio.
About Startup Funding Club
Startup Funding Club is an ecosystem of entrepreneurs and investors. The firm combines its award-winning Angel Syndicate with the Startup Funding Club Fund to allow High Net Worth and Sophisticated investors to support high-potential startups either directly or through a diversified managed portfolio approach. So far, Startup Funding Club has supported over 100 startups.
About Enterprise Investment Partners
Enterprise Investment Partners are specialists in fund-raising for smaller companies, primarily through tax-efficient structures, with particular emphasis on EIS and SEIS. Their philosophy is to engage only with top quality management teams and to provide a high calibre of service to corporate clients and financial advisers alike by way of a three part process: raise the funds; monitor the investment; facilitate the exit.
