If you’re looking for finance to get your product or company started, it’s more likely you will require equity-based funding.
Yet, start-ups in the Midlands receive a smaller proportion of seed stage and venture stage funding than start-ups in the rest of the UK.
This fund is now closed – for investment in the Midlands please go to the new MEIF II Fund page
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