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Events Diary

Investor Meeting with Eversheds - April
Birmingham
12 April 2011
(Time TBC)

Interactive Seminar: "Right Funds 4 U"
Hull
  13 April 2011
17:30 Registration - 20:00 Close

Angel Investment at Aston Martin
Aston Martin, Gaydon
  25 May 2011
(Time TBC)

Investment Fair
London
14 June 2011
10:00 - 16:00

Investor Meeting with Eversheds - July
Birmingham
14 July 2011
(Time TBC)

News

EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO LONDON INVESTMENT FAIR

We've had some extremely positive feedback regarding last week's London Investment Fair at Mark Masons' Hall from both the presenting companies and the investors who attended throughout the day. Two of the exhibiting companies had the following to say:

The investors also gave us some encouraging feeback:

We have more information further down this column regarding our next fair in June.

BEER RAISE ADDITIONAL £50,000 FOR REVOLUTIONARY FOLDABLE BOAT WITH BUILT-IN RETRACTABLE TRAILER

- A success for the Beer Investment Fair that took place in November 2010.

This client, who has the rights to a fold-up boat with a built-in trailer, was funded by a single investor within one month. A follow on investment of £50,000 was made a year later after exhibiting at the November fair.

Dwight Makins is the assigned associate for this company. Dwight also showcased a further five companies at the Investment Fair held last week on the 10th March, which included two existing and three new clients...

"All my clients had meetings with serious, potential investors and therefore it was a productive day."

Dwight is the star of this issue's 'Associate Spotlight' which is located further down this column.

We are holding our next London Investment Fair on the 14th June

For over 10 years, Beer & Partners have been running this highly successful event, attracting up to 200 of our private investors and institutions wishing to invest between £50,000 and £2m.
The doors open to our investors at 10am and close at 4pm...

If you know of anyone who might be interested in coming along to the fair as an Exhibitor, please Click Here for further information.

If you would like to come along as an Investor, further details can be found on our website; please Click Here .

For a general chat on how the fair can work for you, please contact Head Office directly on 0207 329 4884 and we'll be more than happy to answer any queries you may have.

Beer EIS

Spreading the risk of holding individual investments, by delivering a diversified portfolio of shares in unquoted companies.

Since its launch, The Beer EIS Scheme has invested £600,000 in six companies and we are now taking further subscriptions as of the 10th January 2011...
Please click here for further information

 Associate Spotlight

Dwight Makins

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PUMP STORAGE FOR FAST RESPONSE ENERGY
 

Sector: 
Funds Sought:  
Location:  
Stage:  
Ref. Number:  

Environmental & Energy
£1,200,000
North Wales
Early Stage
51153

Fast Response energy is required when there is a surge of use on the Grid. It is the most expensive energy purchased, and it is expected that demand will double over the next 20 years. The release of water from a high storage facility to a lower one is the most efficient way of doing this. The water is returned to the upper reservoir when the tariff is at its cheapest. There are two such plants in N Wales, both working at near capacity and our client intends to obtain planning for more. The first site is on its way to approval and others have been identified. It would appear no other sites are in the planning process over the whole country, despite official statements of the need for FR especially with the unpredictability of renewable energy sources.

The Company is looking for equity of £100,000 and a loan of £500,000 (at 10% pa and repaid on the sale of the first permitted site expected within two years). Capital repayments will be made through the buy-back of shares as each site is permitted. Very substantial returns are expected. £400,000 has already been raised.

Contact: Dwight Makins - 0207 329 4884 - makins@beerandpartners.com

MAJOR FUND-BACKED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY NOW OPENING JV DEVELOPMENTS TO ANGEL INVESTORS
 

Sector:  
Funds Sought:  
Location:  
Stage:  
Ref. Number:  

Property (inc. Developing)
N/A
South East (exc. London)
N/A
51228

This well-established and award-winning property development company seeks investors to co-fund specially chosen upcoming developments.

The company is privately owned and has completed projects worth over £200m in the last ten years. Its focus is on commercial and mixed-use property investment and development opportunities, with approximate completed project values ranging from £1m to £30m. Historically, its development projects have been financed primarily by property funds. Now individual investors are being given the opportunity to participate through Beer & Partners, with the total investment required per project likely to range from £500,000 to £3m.

Investors would directly fund the Investor SPV that would acquire and own the assets of the specific development, with day-to-day management of the project contracted to the developer. On successful completion, initial capital would be returned to the investors with a first-priority return of 10% IRR, plus a 50% share of profits.

A summary of the company, its past performance, its planned future projects and the deal / return structure is available for review, in advance of the presentation of specific project opportunities to investors in the coming weeks. Please get in touch to register interest.

Contact: Dave Flockhart - 07815 931 414 - flockhart@beerandpartners.com

RAPIDLY GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA SITE FOR EQUINE LEISURE SECTOR - IN REVENUE
 

Sector:  
Funds Sought:  
Location:  
Stage:  
Ref. Number:  

New Media
£300,000
East Anglia
Early Stage
50964

Our client aims to take full advantage of its first to market position providing a state of the art website targeting the £2.4 Billion annual UK equestrian spend, it exploits the desire for social interaction between equestrians and like minded people.

Globally a year ago one million people were online and interested in horses – today there are 2 million. Membership has grown by over 300% in the last year with an active user base of over 10,000 and growing.

Revenues are generated from a mixture of the advertising and sale of equestrian goods and equine insurance.

The founding Director and early stage investors have invested £190,000 to develop the website to an in-revenue position.

At an attractive valuation, expansion capital of £300,000 is now sought to scale the business, the funding being used for:-

• marketing the social networking capability of the web-site;
• add functionality to generate further revenue streams;
• recruit a member facing management team.

Exit for investors is anticipated in 3 years via a trade sale to a major media player when it is anticipated that investors will receive a 7x return.

Investors with experience and knowledge in these markets will have the potential of contributing to the success of the business in a non-executive or other role.

HMRC approved for EIS relief.

Contact: Keith Grimwood - 07721 672 137 - grimwood@beerandpartners.com

COMMUNITY GAMING DEVELOPER WITH PROVEN CONCEPT AND GLOBAL MARKET POTENTIAL
 

Sector:  
Funds Sought:  
Location:  
Stage:  
Ref. Number:  

IT/Internet/Software/Leisure
£500,000
London
Early Stage
51212

The company has developed an online platform, delivering engaging community based games to a growing market of social gamers. Having successfully launched their first game in January 2011, the company achieved over 50,000 active users in just six weeks, with only $10,000 of marketing costs.

The social gaming market generated over $1.6bn in revenues last year alone. This is expected to rise to $6bn by 2013. With a proven concept, low cost strategy and significant USP’s, the company is perfectly positioned to expand rapidly into this growing market.

The company has a stock of games in various stages of development and a ‘cross-game’ platform, which allows users to exchange virtual rewards for real-world goods. This provides an additional revenue stream and helps maximize user retention rates.

A technical and commercially experienced management team is in place and has invested over £120,000 to date. The company is now seeking £500,000 investment to fund their expansion plans. A substantial equity stake is offered in return in a company who are extremely well positioned, with a proven technology and excellent commercial record.

Contact: James Leay - 07814 434 092 - leay@beerandpartners.com

RAPIDLY SCALABLE BUSINESS WITH EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT TEAM ENTERING NICHE INTERNET MARKETPLACE FOR BUILDING SERVICES
 

Sector:  
Funds Sought:  
Location:  
Stage:  
Ref. Number:  

Internet
£200,000
London
Startup
51201

The internet comparison market for plumbers is worth an estimated £1bn and to date the current market leader has only £7 million in sales from a mix of different trades. Highly focused and differentiated from the current market leader, the website has been designed following feedback from plumbers themselves and already have 100,000 properties from letting agencies ready to use their services. More than just another online directory where customers still have to do all the legwork themselves, their USPs include:

• Traffic-light system to show availability in local area
• Online pricing for both regular and emergency work
• Vetted plumbers only showing location, qualifications, insurance, and customer feedback
• One-click booking for the customer
• Membership benefits for the plumbers: business software, credit card services, advertising, professional insurance etc
• Low monthly subscription fees from the plumbers

Our client is seeking an investment of £200,000 to ramp up its selling activities quickly and expand to other trades beyond the London area and is expected to break even in 12 months. It is currently funded by the Directors. 

Contact: Sandy Mackenzie - 07771 604 765 - mackenzie@beerandpartners.com