Match investors to your funding needs

Finding the right investor can be a challenging and time-consuming effort. Many generalist investors struggle to understand the niche of a specific technology or market. Each investor will have a different cheque size and investment thesis, which may be shaped by factors such as sector, technology type and region.

Although you only need a few investors to say yes to secure a deal, it’s good to have a strong list of qualified investors to engage with during your fundraising process. It’s important these investors align with your company’s current stage, funding requirements and technology domain.

shipshape.vc is a free-to-use investor search tool that allows you to use specific key words and filters across 30,000+ investors worldwide. The platform provides you with a list of relevant active investors, matched to your funding needs, for you to target.

• For companies: find investors relevant to your technology and investment stage.
• For investors: find other investors to work with as co-investment partners.
• For investment ecosystem organisations: find a target list to help connect companies with relevant investors via direct introductions, events or other activities.

You’ll be asked to sign in via LinkedIn single sign-on, and you can create your fundraising search profile by answering a few questions about your organisation.

Disclaimer

By using the shipshape.vc platform, some information you provide may be shared with Innovate UK Business Connect to support investor introductions, ecosystem support and related services. Type of data shared may include all data provided to Shipshape.vc for the purpose of the search, including details of your business, contact details, investment history and investment needs. Please refer to Shipshape’s Privacy Policy and the Innovate UK Business Connect Privacy Policy for how your data will be managed.

Please note that not all investors listed by this search tool will be approved Investor Partners of Innovate UK, but they may approach those who are, to syndicate.

The Investment Team at Business Connect do not make direct introductions between companies and investors but may be able to connect investors or other investment ecosystem organisations to relevant investors where we have warm connections within our investor network.