First Enterprise (Enterprise Loans East Midlands)
first-enterprise.co.uk Direct investor
First Enterprise is a not-for-profit, FCA-regulated lender providing start-up and business loans to small businesses across the UK, with a focus on underserved and underrepresented communities. It lends up to £250,000 to start-ups and growing businesses.
First Enterprise (Enterprise Loans East Midlands) is an investor headquartered in Nottingham, United Kingdom, founded in 1989. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in manufacturing, recreation, healthcare and professional Services. Its stated cheque size is Up to £250,000. 5257 portfolio companies, as it reports.
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Headquarters
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- East Midlands, South East Midlands, West Midlands, UK
- Sectors
- Manufacturing, Recreation, Healthcare, Professional Services, Engineering, Technology, Childcare, Retail
- Cheque size
- Up to £250,000
- Founded
- 1989
- Portfolio
- 5257 companies
Team, as First Enterprise (Enterprise Loans East Midlands) publishes it
- Hassan Ahmed Executive Chairman
- Leslie Ayoola Board Member
- Shamsher Chohan Board Member
- Ernest Wright Board Member
- Azad Choudhry Board Member
- Nasim Chaudhry Board Member
- Mohammed Rashid Board Member
- Daniel Carrico Executive Director
- Danielle Davis Deputy Director
- Caroline Everett Head of Finance
- Abdullah-Isa Amole Portfolio & Risk Manager
- Michael Fletcher Head of Underwriting
Names and roles exactly as listed on first-enterprise.co.uk. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page First Enterprise (Enterprise Loans East Midlands) publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.first-enterprise.co.uk/name, layer, hq_country, hq_city, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, portfolio_count
- https://www.first-enterprise.co.uk/about-usis_investor, type, invests_in_geographies, description, founded, people, status, confidence
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