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About South Yorkshire Investment Fund

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SYIF Chief Executive Tony Goulbourn (left) and SYIF Chairman David Moody (right), with SYIF staff, holding the Putting the Customer First® quality assurance award.

South Yorkshire Investment Fund provides seedcorn, loan and equity linked investments, ranging from £15k to £2.5m, specifically to help small and medium businesses meet the gaps in funding they need for development or acquisitions.

Created as part of the Objective 1 programme, the Fund is a private and public sector business finance provider. The European Regional Development Fund and Yorkshire Forward are investors in the Fund.

Funds Available

The Fund provides three main products, structured to back businesses through critical stages of growth:

Almost all sectors are eligible (some restrictions apply) and we will look at capital expenditure, working capital, start-ups, expansions, MBOs & MBIs, acquisitions, mergers and turnarounds.

SYIF often works alongside other finance providers such as banks, and other lenders and can help put together a finance package to meet your needs.

Money with Management

To give clients a better success rate our Money with Management programme provides management support through a Mentorbank of highly qualified and experienced business people that act as mentors and advisers to clients.

Business Angel Network

Our South Yorkshire Business Angel Network is regional introduction service run by Yorkshire Association of Business Angels. The network provides a unique regional forum, bringing together Business Angels with finance and business expertise and entrepreneurs with new business ideas.

Successor Fund

Find out about South Yorkshire Investment Fund's planned Successor Fund.

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Progress Reports

South Yorkshire Investment Fund's annual progress reports available in Acrobat PDF format:

Annual Reports

South Yorkshire Investment Fund's annual reports available in Acrobat PDF format:

If you have any questions or wish to talk to someone about making an application for finance from South Yorkshire Investment Fund phone 01709 386 377 or email application@syif.com

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