Jenson is a designated member of Jenson LLP and was set-up in 2001 by Paul Jenkinson, an experienced chartered accountant, corporate financier and finance director. Paul started fundraising for high growth companies in 1995 and since then has helped raise funding for numerous companies. Since 2001 the partners of Jenson have provided numerous companies with financial and operational support to help them grow and develop. Jenson now has over 25 partners throughout the UK and provides services to help companies start-up, raise funding, grow organically and by acquisition; restructure if required; and ultimately prepare for exit.
In 2012, Jenson Funding Partners LLP launched the Jenson Seed EIS Fund and it was closed over-subscribed at over £5m. Jenson Funding Partners LLP have invested this SEIS fund into 35 entrepreneurial UK businesses which have typically launched their product or service and are typically close to or post.
For more information please visit, www.jensonfundingpartners.com
An investor qualifies as an High Net Worth investor if they have
(a) An annual income to the value of £100,000 or more;
(b) Net assets to the value of £250,000 or more. Net assets for these purposes do not include:
(i) the property which is their primary residence or any loan secured on that residence;
(ii) any rights under a qualifying contract of insurance within the meaning of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001; or
(iii) any benefits (in the form of pensions or otherwise) which are payable on the termination of their service or death or retirement and to which they are or (or their dependants are), or may be, entitled.
An investor qualifies as ar Self-Certified Sophisticated Investor if at least one of the following applies:
a) they are a member of a network or syndicate of business angels and have been so for at least the last six months prior to the date below
b) they have made more than one investment in an unlisted company in the two years prior to the date below
c) they are working, or have worked in the two years prior to the date below, in a professional capacity in the private equity sector, or in the provision of finance for small and medium sized enterprises
d) they are currently, or have been in the two years prior to the date, below a director of a company with an annual turnover of at least £1 million