Investment Criteria

NEL Capital invests in businesses capable of significant growth, led by experienced and committed management teams who are able to articulate the investment opportunity through a carefully reasoned business plan. We will invest up to £500,000 and in some circumstances can provide larger amounts through internal and external syndication.

We cannot advise on a suggested business plan format, however, we can recommend ‘ A Guide to Private Equity’ which contains a business plan template and can be viewed on the British Venture Capital Associations website on their Publications / Research section: www.bvca.co.uk

In addition the above all businesses approaching us must:

- be a small and medium sized business;

be located in the North East of England (i.e. within the counties of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Tees Valley)

require finance for one of the following;

- Early Stage Development Capital
- expansion and development capital
- management buy-outs and buy-ins

If your business matches the profile above we would be happy to discuss the outline of your proposal in advance of receiving a business plan. The Investment Process page of this site provides further details.

NELGF is excluded from investing in some sectors. Click here to find out more. Please note this is not an exhaustive list, contact a member of the team for further information.