GC Angels is an independent investment specialist sat within the largest public fund manager in the UK. Anchored in Manchester and publicly backed, GC Angels responds to the imbalance in the early-stage equity market across Greater Manchester (GM) and the wider North. GC Angels is a leading investor specialising in early stage opportunities, investing directly alongside angel investors, private institutional funding and grant, to unlock innovation capital into start-ups across Greater Manchester and the wider North West.

Our investment ecosystem comprises of over 230 high net worth investors, family offices and venture capital firms seeking early-stage deal flow and our digital platform allow investors to explore opportunities and navigate by stage, sector and location. We build pathways to innovation with our partners model, bringing investment-ready opportunities through our investment platform and sharing risk at a transactional level with our associate investment partners, and providing a blend of finance solutions, innovation support and mentoring, in addition to other scaleup support programmes.

GC Angels generate pre-qualified, quality and diverse deal-flow through close collaboration with regional and local innovation sites such as universities, incubators or accelerators, and co-working spaces

• We specialise in £25k - £2m early-stage investments for early-stage start-ups at critical innovation stage
• 58 deals supported delivering £31.8m in the market with high rates of follow-on funding (over £60m additional raised to date)
• Network of >230 angel and early-stage funding partners collaborating on deals across innovation sites
• 50% of deals we supported were for a business with a female founder receiving 25% of capital
• 20% of our capital and 23% of our deals contribute to Black, Asian, or minority ethnic founders
• GC Angels was the most active seed stage investor 2019 and 2020 in the North West (Beauhurst).