What are the lessons from backing 500+ startups? Meet Ed Prior of SFC Capital – hear how they find and work with investee companies, some examples of their recent investments, some successes to date. In this interview:

• What is the Startup Funding Club SEIS fund?
• What tax reliefs are available to SEIS investors? How much can you now put into SEIS investment?
• How does SFC find and screen investment opportunities?
• Is there any particular right type of founder?
• Recent investments Pipeline Organics, Adamo Foods and Winefi
• How mature is the rest of the portfolio?
• What sort of involvement does SFC have post investment?
• Exits to date – including Lunio, Cognism, Onfido, People Force and the three-year holding rule
• What about the risks?
• Ultimately why should an SEIS investor consider SFC?

For more details on Startup Funding Club’s SEIS and EIS funds, including documents & how to invest, see:
https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/startup-funding-club-seis-fund
https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/startup-funding-club-eis-fund

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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 and EIS investments are high risk and illiquid compared to 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.

One of Europe’s largest venture capital teams, Octopus Ventures has been investing in ambitious early-stage companies for 15+ years. With the Octopus Future Generations VCT they have a Venture Capital Trust dedicated to three themes: building a sustainable planet, empowering people and revitalising healthcare. Watch this interview with deep tech investor Simon King to find out how they invest and some examples of portfolio companies to date. In this interview:

• What are the three themes the VCT invests in?
• Two example investments: Drift (harvesting offshore wind to convert seawater into hydrogen) and CoMind (using lasers for non-invasive monitoring of the brain)
• A maturing holding: how is Skin+Me doing?
• A first exit: Cobee (employee benefits platform, acquired by Pluxee)
• How does Octopus Ventures add value to companies besides providing capital?
• “It’s counterintuitively a very good time to be investing in early stage companies”
• How risky is the VCT? Ultimately, why consider investing?

For more on Octopus Future Generations VCT, including documents and how to invest, please see
https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/octopus-future-generations.

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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. 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.

What is special about university spinout companies? Why should investors consider backing them via an EIS fund? Veteran spinout investor Anne Dobrée, of Parkwalk Advisors and former head of ventures at the University of Cambridge, talks to us about:

• Why invest in university spinout companies?
• Who are Parkwalk, and what makes them qualified to do this?
• Recent Parkwalk investments: Accelercomm, Phoremost and Evoralis
• How does Parkwalk find and win these investments?
• Example of a maturing investment: Cytora (AI platform for insurers)
• Recent exits: Versed AI (bought by Exiger), PetMedix (bought by Zoetis)
• How risky is investing in spinouts?

For more details, including documents & how to invest, see https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/parkwalk-eis.

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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.

“The returns profile of those businesses reflects better, we believe, on the way the UK works.” Why does Triple Point Venture VCT focus on early-stage B2B companies? Watch the interview to find out… Here’s what we cover:

For more details on Triple Point Venture VCT, including documents & how to invest, see
https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/triple-point-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. 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.

“In the conventional VC space you’re looking for a small number of outlier returns to generate the majority of the fund’s performance. What I think makes [Octopus Apollo] a little bit different is…” Hear the views of Paul Davidson of Octopus Ventures, promoted last year to lead fund manager of Octopus Apollo VCT. Paul explains what is behind the B2B-focused Venture Capital Trust’s recent performance and what the investment strategy seeks to deliver. In this interview:

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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.

“We’re probably one of the only Venture Capital Trusts that has that 100% risk exposure to technology.” Meet Will Horlick of Molten Ventures, whose Venture Capital Trust (VCT) recently exited surgical device innovator Endomag. The portfolio also includes fintech ‘unicorn’ Thought Machine. What is the VCT’s investment approach in 2025? Has the challenging economic environment turned a corner? This 13-minute episode will tell you more…

• Types of companies Molten Ventures likes to invest in
• What is Molten’s advantage in sourcing and winning deals
• Investing in Binalyze (cybersecurity) – helping enterprises react to data breaches
• Investing in FintechOS (software for banks and insurance companies) and XMOS (semiconductor designer in IoT and audio)
• “Our two most valuable assets are both fintech” – Thought Machine and Form3
• How in practice does Molten help companies grow and get acquired?
• Exit story: Endomagnetics (healthtech cancer trace and detection)
• How risky is Molten Ventures VCT?
• Where are the most attractive current opportunities, in Molten’s view?
• Ultimately why should investors consider Molten Ventures VCT?

For more details on Molten Ventures VCT, including documents & how to invest, see https://www.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 get back less than you invest. 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.

“When we think about diversity within the founding team, it’s not just ethnicity or gender – we’re really looking for diversity of thought, diversity of background, because studies show diverse teams outperform homogenous teams – and that’s what we’re trying to deliver back to our investors.” We talk to Jeffrey Faustin of Jenson Ventures about how they approach seed-stage investing. In this interview:

For more details on Jenson SEIS fund, including documents & how to invest, see https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/jenson-seis.

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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.

Why are founders so important in Venture Capital? Who are some of the people and companies that Pembroke VCT has backed? Meet Andrew Wolfson (CEO) and Alicia Taylor (Investment Manager) of Pembroke Investment Managers, to find out what goes into their Venture Capital Trust (Pembroke VCT).

Featuring WNU (With Nothing Underneath), Transense, LYMA Life and Secret Food Tours.

For more details on Pembroke VCT, including documents & how to invest, see
https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/pembroke-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. 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.

How does Praetura select investments? How does it help founders? And what are some good reasons to consider investing in the North? Meet Dave Foreman, co-founder of Praetura Ventures, to find out what goes into their Venture Capital Trust and EIS Growth Fund.

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A hybrid Venture Capital Trust – one that invests in both AIM and private companies – from a Manchester-based investment manager: the Seneca Growth Capital VCT has several points of difference from other VCTs available. Richard Manley, CEO of Seneca Partners talks to Wealth Club about the current portfolio, how their investment approach works in practice, and some examples of recent investments and exit activity. In this interview:

For more details on Seneca Growth Capital VCT, including documents & how to invest, see https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/y/seneca-growth-capital-vct.

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