Our goal for the first year of business was to simply create an active community for local investors and a go-to funding hub for local, early-stage startups.

For Diversity & Inclusion month, we’ve been reflecting on our most recent analytics report published in June 2021. We wanted to share with you 3 key areas that we are focusing on and how we are looking to continuously improve going forward.

Startup Grind is the world's largest entrepreneur community actively educating, inspiring, and connecting more than 3,500,000 entrepreneurs in over 600 cities.

South East Angels have signed the code as a commitment to supporting diversity in access to finance. All companies who sign the code commit to providing data on application and investment activity, disaggregated by gender, and will be collated in an annual report by the Department of Business.

If you were a Brighton startup a few years ago trying to raise some seed investment, you would be on a train ride into London going to meet an angel investor group, and pitting yourself against all other London startups to secure funding in the most competitive investment market in the world.

Brighton based augmented reality technology startup Percept Imagery has raised £300k in its latest funding round to further enhance their immersive try-on platform, Sprie, which enables personalised shopping experiences that blend the online and real worlds together.

Bristol-based educational technology developer AutonoMe has raised over £400k in its latest funding round to further enhance its support for vulnerable people in Education and Social Care settings, proving yet again that investment in the region is booming.

South East Angels today announced the launch of their Brighton investor group, set to be the most active angel network in the local area. With a focus on providing value as well as funding to startups, the group is made up of High Net Worth Individuals with entrepreneurial backgrounds who are interested in investing in early-stage startups.