Investment Services

Inkopo is an established provider of services to business ventures seeking investment.

Inkopo works extensively with entrepreneurs and investors to ensure propositions match investor requirements match, and that clients on either side obtain a fair deal.

Our services for those seeking investment include help with:

  • De-mystifying the investment process
  • Formulating a realistic proposition
  • Financial and business planning
  • Developing an investment strategy
  • Securing grants, tax credits and other financial incentives
  • Introductions to potential investment partners and lenders
  • Developing the investment pitch and presentation
  • Agreeing the financial deal
  • Undertaking due diligence
  • Managing the investment completion process
  • Supporting the post-deal investee/investor relationship

Inkopo's services are often sought when the need for a sustainable business plan is identified, though we can engage at any time in the investment process from formulating the proposition through legal completion and launch to ongoing monitoring and management.

Clients typically are private companies, but increasingly include public and social enterprises. In providing these services Inkopo can work for fixed or time-based fees, success fees or equity stakes.
 
As well as helping clients seeking investment, Viking Fund Managers is the managing partner for the £5m Viking Fund, which provides early capital for technology based businesses. Through it we have made investments in more than 20 businesses. We also provide the secretariat for Viking Club a group of high net worth individuals who can invest in parallel with Viking Fund, or on their own account. In addition Inkopo provides the secretariat for the Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA) whose purpose is to organise investment presentation events for its 130 private investor members.
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