Useful Links 
Useful Links
The Advantage Proof of Concept Grant Fund is part of a large family of funds and financial support available in the West Midlands ranging from grants to venture capital. Whilst you may not be suitable for our fund, you may find a suitable source of capital from one of our partners below.
If you are specifically looking for finance, then you might find the search facility at www.westmidlandsfinance.com to be useful.
Grant Funds
- Innovation Networks Grant
- www.2wm.co.uk/innovation-networks
- Grants for Research and Development
- www.advantagewm.co.uk/working-with-us/grants-for-research-and-development.aspx
- Grants for Business Investment (formerly Selective Finance for Investment in England)
- www.advantagewm.co.uk/working-with-us/selective-finance-for-investment-in-england.aspx
- The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE)
- www.advantagewm.co.uk/working-with-us/rdpe/default.aspx
Debt Providers
- Fair Finance Consortium (Community Development Funding Initiatives)
- www.fair-finance.net
- The Arrow Fund
- www.arrowfund.co.uk
- The Advantage Bridge Fund
- www.advantagebridgefund.com/
Venture Capital Funds
- The Mercia Seed Technology Fund
- www.merciafund.co.uk
- The Advantage Early Growth Fund
- www.aegf.co.uk
- The Advantage Creative Fund
- www.advantagecreativefund.co.uk
- Midven (The Advantage Growth Fund)
- www.midven.com
- Catapult Venture Managers (The Advantage Enterprise and Innovation Fund)
- www.catapult-vm.co.uk
- North Staffordshire Risk Capital Fund
- www.nsrcf.co.uk
Business Angel Networks
- Advantage Business Angels
- www.advantagebusinessangels.com
- Beer & Partners
- www.beerandpartners.com
- Central England Business Angels
- www.centralenglandbusinessangels.com
- Minerva
- www.minerva.uk.net
Other Sources of Capital
- Invest BX
- www.investbx.com
Business Support
- University of Birmingham
- www.bham.ac.uk
- Aston Science Park
- www.astonsciencepark.co.uk
- Business Link West Midlands
- www.businesslinkwm.co.uk
- Manufacturing Advisory Service
- www.mas-wm.org
- Medilink West Midlands
- www.medilinkwm.co.uk
- University of Warwick Science Park
- www.warwicksciencepark.co.uk
- Connect Midlands
- www.connectmidlands.org
- Wolverhampton University
- www.wlv.ac.uk
- Central Technology Belt
- www.centraltechnologybelt.com
- Malvern Hills Science Park
- www.mhsp.co.uk
- Staffordshire and Black Country BIC
- www.thebic.co.uk
If you would like to be added to this list, please contact Paula Verma on 024 7632 3029.