With bank finance seemingly still hard to come by, many entrepreneurs are turning instead to business angels.
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For aspiring entrepreneurs Louise Barker and Bruce Scott, presenting to experienced business angels in their search for fresh capital is something they have got used to since setting up their financial educational business, Bamboo Innovations, just over two years ago.
But last Tuesday's presentation in offices near Piccadilly Circus in west London was a first.
Rather than facing an audience of business angels attempting to emulate the gruffness of Dragons' Den serial entrepreneurs Peter Jones and Duncan Bannantyne, the pair found themselves before an allfemale panel as they argued their case for £150,000 of seed capital to develop their interactive money game Bamzonia, which is aimed at schools.
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Author: Jeff Prestridge
