First-rate tips from two decades of angel investing, transparent take-away
The Invested Investor - A podcast by New Books Network

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Simon Blakey reveals his top tips to Invested Investors and entrepreneurs in a fascinating podcast with Peter Cowley. Simon has been a full-time and hands-on business angel investor into early-stage businesses since 2000, having previously trained as a biochemist and management accountant before getting into property development. He works with his brother Michael under the Avonmore Developments umbrella (www.avonmoredevelopments.com) where he’s in charge of Avonmore’s operations, deal negotiations and ongoing support of the UK early-stage investments. Two decades of angel investing has resulted in an abundance of knowledge that Simon has built up, all of which you can listen to in his podcast. He’s invested in 28 companies over 69 funding rounds and achieved 8 profitable exits to date, including Bybox - taken from seed funding to a >£100M exit with no further equity financing. Simon sits of the Investment Committee of the UK’s Angel CoFund, is a Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and is on the Board of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices