Finance & Funding

North East Property Fund

A £10 million fund offering development funding to SME house builders, construction and property development companies to bring forward residential and non-speculative commercial development projects in the North East LEP area.

FW Capital

North East SME Innovation Programme

Grant funding for businesses from across the region to gain competitive advantage and accelerate growth.

North East Business and Innovation Centre

Scaleup, Funding, Innovation

North East Social Investment Fund

A unique equity fund providing impact investments to north east charities and social enterprises ranging from £100,000 to £1 million for a wide range of purposes.

Northstar Ventures

Scaleup

North East Venture Fund

This fund can invest up to £1m at any stage in the business life cycle but is specifically looking for those firms which are engaged in innovation or developing disruptive business models. 

North East Fund

Scaleup, Coronavirus, Covid19

North of Tyne Growth Fund

Delivered by UMi Are you a small or medium business planning a capital investment of at least £134,000? Are you looking to expand or establish new operations in Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland that will lea

UMi

SME

Northern Accelerator

Northern Accelerator aims to attract dynamic business leaders to work with University spin-out ventures at an early stage.

Newcastle University

Northern Accelerator Fund

Support for entrepreneurs who are embedded at the earliest stages in the universities' research-based spin-out companies

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

NVM Private Equity Funding

Development capital for both early and later stage UK businesses to help grow your business. Investment criteria applies.

NVMPE

Offer of support

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RTC North

Offshore Wind Growth Partnership Fund

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has issued its first two calls, offering up to £400,000 funding for projects that aim to improve the competitiveness of the existing UK supply chain, and encourage the development

Offshore Wind Growth Partnership

Raising Finance

Crowdcube is a crowdfunding platform where a community of like­-minded people pool their money and knowledge to back start-up, early and growth-stage businesses.

Crowdcube Limited

Research and Development tax relief for SMEs

Find out about Corporation Tax relief for costs on research and development (R&D) if you're a small or medium-sized enterprise. Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) R&D tax relief allows companies to:

HM Revenue & Customs