Meet Amelia Armour of Amadeus Capital Partners – a specialist deep tech investor founded and steered by industry heavyweights Anne Glover and Hermann Hauser (the latter a co-founder of Acorn Computers, which spun out UK tech giant Arm). Their EIS fund usually co-invests alongside Amadeus’s institutional funds in early-stage EIS technology companies across sectors such as AI, cybersecurity, photonics, quantum computing, medtech, climate tech and synthetic biology. In this episode:

• What is the Amadeus Early-Stage EIS Fund, who are Amadeus Capital Partners and who is Amelia Armour?
• What deep tech sectors is Amadeus focusing on and why?
• Investing in PolyAI (conversational agents) and Xampla (plant-based replacement for single-use plastics)
• Are these early stage companies very high risk?
• How does Amadeus find and win deals?
• Will the rule changes to EIS limits affect investment?
• Recent exit: Ravelin (fraud detection)
• Ultimately, why consider investing with Amadeus?

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The opinions expressed in this video are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. EIS investments are high risk and illiquid. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

We talk to Fred Soneya, partner at Haatch, about backing business-to-business software startups. What do they look for in an investment, and how do they find these early-stage companies? What are some examples? And how do you exit these investments? Watch now to learn more…

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The opinions expressed in this video are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. SEIS investments are high risk and illiquid. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

“We back around 100 startups each year, building innovative and diversified portfolios for our investors who also benefit from SEIS and EIS tax relief. Our sweet spots tend to be areas like deep tech and AI – where we’re the UK’s most active investor – climate tech, where we’re Europe’s most active investor – fintech, where we’re this year the UK’s most active investor – and then areas like life sciences, biotech and medtech, which are core tenets of the UK’s industrial strategy.” Meet Ed Prior of SFC Capital, the investors behind the popular Startup Funding Club SEIS and EIS funds. In this interview:

• What are the Startup Funding Club SEIS and EIS funds?
• What sort of companies receive SEIS investment from SFC?
• Why is SFC “big believers in [portfolio] diversity”?
• Examples: 4D Medicine (resorbable surgical implants), Magic AI (intelligent personal trainer) and Odore (customer advocacy platform)
• Exits, including Ryft (payments platform) and Transcend (sustainable packaging)
• Role of secondary investors in exits
• Risks of the funds
• Ultimately, why consider investing?

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The opinions expressed in this episode are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. SEIS and EIS investments are high risk and illiquid. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

“The companies we invest in, the stage we invest, and the diversification in the portfolio” – all these things make Triple Point Venture VCT different to other Venture Capital Trusts, in the view of Seb Wallace, partner at Triple Point Ventures. Watch this interview to learn more:

• Backing Nory, Scan.com, Lateral and Heat Geek
• How does Triple Point source deals? What % of deals are outbound originated?
• Graduation rate (seed to Series A)
• Exit environment for B2B SaaS companies
• How risky is the VCT for investors? Ultimately, why consider investing?

For more information on Triple Point Venture VCT – including our review, documents and how to invest – please see https://wealthclub.co.uk/y/triple-point-vct

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The opinions expressed in this episode are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. Venture Capital Trusts are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

Guinness Ventures has backed personal care brand Fussy, cocktails-in-a-can MOTH, and CBD drink Goodrays – all at an early stage of the companies’ growth. What is their EIS fund and what does it invest in? We meet Lisa Fox to find out. In this episode:

• How does Guinness find these investments?
• Hands-on involvement, or leave management to it?
• Investing in Perci Health (holistic cancer care) and Yaso (launching brands in China)
• Maturing healthcare investments Cera Care and Evaro
• Maturing consumer investments Fussy, MOTH and Goodrays
• Exit track record (Pasta Evangelists, ContentCal, Imagen, PlotBox)
• Risks of the EIS fund – and ultimately, why consider investing?

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The opinions expressed in this episode are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. EIS investments are high risk and illiquid. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

Pembroke VCT is a Venture Capital Trust with investments in consumer, business services and technology. Established 12 years, the portfolio includes maturing growth companies such as Lyma and has previously had success backing brands like Plenish, Pasta Evangelists (there have also been failures). Watch this discussion with Head of Investments, Fred Ursell, and Head of Growth & AI, Felix Danczak. What are they “obsessed with” when it comes to finding the right companies to invest in? What are some examples of current investments? And what are the top three reasons investors might consider this VCT? In this episode:

• What is Pembroke VCT and who manages it?
• What sort of companies does the VCT invest in – stage, sector, characteristics
• How does Pembroke approach value creation and use of AI?
• Working with AI photobook company Popsa, cold laser beauty treatment Lyma, and “a perfect example of ‘in a gold rush, sell shovels’” (Peak AIO)
• What are the risks? Ultimately, why should investors consider Pembroke VCT?

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The opinions expressed in this episode are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. VCTs are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

For more details on Pembroke VCT, including documents & how to invest, see https://wealthclub.co.uk/y/pembroke-vct. And please Subscribe for more Meet The Investor interviews.

We talk to Tom Phillips of YFM about the British Smaller Companies Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). Where do they invest, what stage, what sector, and how is it going? Why should investors consider them?IMPORTANTThe opinions expressed in this episode are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. VCTs are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.For more details on British Smaller Companies VCTs, including documents & how to invest, see https://wealthclub.co.uk/y/british-smaller-companies/

“Within innovation, that’s where you’re going to find returns” – we get the views of Will Horlick, manager of Molten Ventures VCT, which makes venture capital investments in early-stage technology businesses. With portfolio examples encompassing quantum computing, space tech, core banking systems, chip manufacturers, and four recently exited businesses this interview explains that strategy to potential investors. Watch now… In this interview:

• Which four sectors does the VCT invest in?
• Investing in Thought Machine, Form3, Riverlane, Satellite Vu and XMOS
• Four recent exits – including Endomag, Ravelin and Freetrade
• Why has the exit environment been buoyant for Molten plc?
• Risks, and ultimately why consider Molten Ventures VCT?

For more details, including documents and how to invest, see https://wealthclub.co.uk/y/molten-ventures-vct

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The opinions expressed in this video are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. Venture Capital Trusts are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

The Guinness Venture Capital Trust now has 22 investments, plans to pay its maiden dividend in April 2026, and has just had its first exit. We talk to Guinness Ventures CEO Shane Gallwey to find out how they approach investing. Why is £1 million of revenue such an important filter for Guinness Ventures? Is stage more important than sector? And what sectors do they think UK is strongest in? In this interview:

• Investing in JAAQ – ‘Just Ask A Question’ to support mental health
• Investing in Mintago – helping individuals with savings, pension and debt through employer-focused fintech
• How important are second- and third-time founders?
• Maturing business Dragonfly AI
• A partial exit from PlotBox – and will secondary exits become more common in UK?
• What are the risks of the VCT? Ultimately, why

For more information, including documents and how to invest, please see https://wealthclub.co.uk/y/guinness-vct.

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The opinions expressed in this video are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. Venture Capital Trusts are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.

Stephen Johnson of Mercia Ventures is at the helm of the Northern VCTs – a trio of Venture Capital Trusts that have been going since 1995, focusing on the UK’s regions, looking for early stage technology and B2B software businesses. Where have they been investing recently? What kind of exits have they had? Ultimately, should you invest in the Northern VCTs in 2025/26?

In this episode:

• What are the Northern VCTs, and who are Mercia Ventures
• Investing in Scalpel (medical vision AI business), Risk Ledger (cybersecurity software) and Send (insurance software)
• Recent exits from Gentronix (toxicology research) and Intuitive (travel software)
• CurrentBody IPO (Beauty Tech Group)
• Is the exit environment improving? And how much risk is there in the VCT?
• How do the Northern VCTs structure their deals?

For more details on the Northern VCTs, including documents & how to invest, see https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/venture-capital-trusts/northern-vcts/.

IMPORTANT
The opinions expressed in this video are the interviewee’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Wealth Club Limited. This interview, like our service, is not advice and the products featured are not suitable for everyone. Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) are higher risk and less liquid than mainstream investments. You could lose your capital. Tax rules can change and tax benefits depend on your circumstances. If you’re unsure an investment is right for you, please seek professional advice.