News and Events

Next Company Presentations Event

The next Henley Business Angels Company Presentations event, at which selected entrepreneurs will present their businesses for investment, is on 12 March 2020.

This event will take place at 4:00pm in the National Grid Lecture Theatre of Henley Business School’s Greenlands campus (RG9 3AU).

The programme for the company presentations event is as follows:

4:00pm – Arrival and Registration
4:30pm – Welcome, Introduction and Announcements, delivered by Jurek Sikorski, Director of Henley Business Angels Ltd
4:40pm – Guest Speaker Talk, speaker TBC
5:00pm – Company Presentations
6:45pm – Closing Remarks, delivered by Jurek Sikorski
7:00pm – Networking, Refreshments and Company Exhibitions

The company presentation events for next year will be held on 12 March 2020, 11 June 2020, 10 September 2020 and 10 December 2020. Please save these dates date for your diary.

If you are interested in becoming a member, go to: http://henleybusinessangels.com/investors/

18 Feb Process Vision, an Innovative Company that Prevents Pipeline Contamination in the Petro-Chemical and Natural Gas Industries, Receives Investment from Henley Business Angels Members

Posted at 13:36h in News by Alex

Process Vision, a leading business in preventing pipeline contamination and pipeline failures in the oil and gas industries, has received investment from three members of the Henley Business Angels (HBA), contributing towards a total funding round of £383k. The main product in Process Vision’s portfolio is...

16 Jan Placed, a Recruitment Matchmaking Platform, Receives Investment From Henley Business Angels Towards a £1.2m Funding Round

Posted at 17:30h in News by Alex

Placed, a mobile recruitment matchmaking platform for the service industry, has received investment from two members of Henley Business Angels, contributing towards a funding round of £1.2m. Placed functions through having companies sign up to their platform and display jobs, solving the recruitment problem so many...

13 Nov Snaffling Pig, a High-End Pork-Based Snack Producer, Receives Investment From Henley Business Angels Members Through Crowdcube

Posted at 12:03h in News by Alex

Snaffling Pig, the UK’s leading pork-based snack business, has received investment from multiple Henley Business Angels members, who contributed to a record breaking funding round of over £1.1m. Chosen as one of the Thames Valley 50 Game Changers in 2018, Snaffling Pig produces a wide range...

15 Oct Henley Business Angels: Inviting Applications from Entrepreneurs Seeking Seed Equity Finance

Posted at 15:35h in News by Alex

Henley Business Angels (HBA) is again inviting applications from entrepreneurs seeking seed equity finance. If you are an entrepreneur or know of an entrepreneur who is connected with Henley Business School or University of Reading or based in the Thames Valley and raising/planning to raise...

18 Jul BDO and Henley Business Angels Sign Sponsorship Agreement

Posted at 09:02h in News by Alex

Henley Business Angels (HBA) is delighted to announce a partnership with BDO, an international accountancy and business advisory firm. BDO will provide HBA with sponsorship to help deliver its aim of supporting Thames Valley-based entrepreneurs who have launched businesses and are pitching for funding. The sponsorship deal...

13 Jun Springpod, a Careers Platform for Students and Employers, Raises an Initial £245k Investment with Participation of Henley Business Angels

Posted at 09:59h in News by Alex

Springpod, an online careers education platform that helps employers to interact with students from age 13-18 and build a talent pipeline to provide work experience, apprenticeships and career exploration opportunities focused on STEM skills, has kicked off an initial investment round by accepting £245k, with...

15 May Henley Business Angels Director Featured on ‘Gaule’s Question Time’ Podcast

Posted at 15:24h in Uncategorized by Alex

On 29 April 2019 Jurek Sikorski, the Director of Henley Business Angels, was featured on the 'Gaule's Question Time' podcast to discuss the opportunities for startup ventures and the steps that go into angel investing. In the podcast Jurek spoke to Andrew Gaule, a HBA member...

29 Apr Clarkslegal Announce Sponsorship of Henley Business Angels

Posted at 18:29h in News by Alex

Henley Business Angels (HBA) is delighted to welcome leading Thames Valley commercial law firm, Clarkslegal LLP, as a new sponsor. As part of the sponsorship Clarkslegal will be supporting HBA’s various initiatives, including the quarterly company presentation events and the Investment Readiness Workshops, along with helping...

05 Apr KYMIRA Appoint Jurek Sikorski as Chairman

Posted at 16:07h in News by Alex

Wearable technlogy company KYMIRA has announced the appointment of Jurek Sikorski, the Executive Director of Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship and Director of Henley Business Angels, as its new Chairman. Jurek's experience in the biotechnology sector was pivotal in his selection for the role and KYMIRA had...

29 Mar Crypta Labs, an Award Winning Internet of Things Security Startup, Receives Investment from Henley Business Angels Member

Posted at 10:34h in News by Alex

Crypta Labs, an innovative Internet of Things security company that is developing the world's first portable quantum hardware security device for improving encryption protocols, is finalising £1.5m of funding, with one Henley Business Angels member participating in the funding round. The company aims to secure devices...