Beauhurst

Hundreds of investors, ranging from high-risk Venture Capital firms to government-backed loan funds, are active in the UK’s high-growth ecosystem.

Finding the right fund - and reaching the right contact - can be a huge challenge.

Fund searches on Beauhurst are designed to quickly identify investors that match your criteria, helping you to minimise research and spend more time speaking with funds. 

Beauhurst has two tools to help you search for funds:

<a href="#h_0f700aa164">My Clients</a> quickly matches a company with a shortlist of potential investors

<a href="#h_211db96bb8">Advanced Search</a> allows you to build complex queries based on a fund’s sector focus, location and recent activity

1. <a href="#h_0f700aa164">My Clients</a> quickly matches a company with a shortlist of potential investors
 
2. <a href="#h_211db96bb8">Advanced Search</a> allows you to build complex queries based on a fund’s sector focus, location and recent activity

Finding a shortlist of investors with 'My Clients'

Either follow the below step-by-step guide, or use this how-to video!

First, enter the criteria of the company looking to secure investment - 

Head to ‘My Beauhurst → ‘My Clients’

Input the name of the client (feel free to use an anonymised name if you have internal data sharing restrictions. This name only used to label the search) ​

Answer a quick questionnaire with key information about the company’s size, sector and funding preferences ​

Specify the amount the company is looking to raise ​

1. Head to ‘My Beauhurst → ‘My Clients’
 
 
 
2. Select ‘Create Client’ ​
 
 
3. Input the name of the client (feel free to use an anonymised name if you have internal data sharing restrictions. This name only used to label the search) ​
 
 
4. Answer a quick questionnaire with key information about the company’s size, sector and funding preferences ​
 
 
5. Specify the amount the company is looking to raise ​

Beauhurst will then match this company with a list of possible investors - 

Select ‘View potential funders’ ​

Filter the results by either activity status, specialism or fund type ​

Prioritise the list to push the most relevant funds to the top ​

Export the list of funds to either a PDF report or CSV file in order to share with the company you’re supporting

1. Select ‘View potential funders’ ​
 
 
2. Filter the results by either activity status, specialism or fund type ​
 
 
3. Prioritise the list to push the most relevant funds to the top ​
 
 
4. Export the list of funds to either a PDF report or CSV file in order to share with the company you’re supporting

In-Depth Fund Research using 'Advanced Search'

Go to ‘Search’ → ‘Advanced Search’ ​ ​

Change the white box to make sure you’re searching for ‘funds’ ​

To search over the characteristics of the fund itself, including activity status and fund type, use the criteria from the first menu ​

To search over a fund's portfolio, select 'Backed fundraising where' -&gt; 'Company that secured the fundraising' to filter by the sector, location and size of the startups they have invested into. ​

1. Go to ‘Search’ → ‘Advanced Search’ ​ ​
 
 
2. Change the white box to make sure you’re searching for ‘funds’ ​
 
 
3. To search over the characteristics of the fund itself, including activity status and fund type, use the criteria from the first menu ​
 
 
4. To search over a fund's portfolio, select 'Backed fundraising where' -&gt; 'Company that secured the fundraising' to filter by the sector, location and size of the startups they have invested into. ​

Finding active Private Equity / Venture Capital funds that have invested into at least 3 Seed-Stage CleanTech companies

Finding active angel networks based in the North West that invest exclusively in EIS/SEIS qualifying companies

Finding a shortlist of investors with 'My Clients'

In-Depth Fund Research using 'Advanced Search'

Some examples