The bespoke service makes introductions between fundraisers and investors simple and easy and has raised investment for key clients such as Hozah, Prsnt, EHAB, Adverttu and Faultfixers. With just a small team of three, the self-proclaimed 'Dream Team' work collaboratively to make the investor and fundraiser journey with Suss Ventures completely seamless. 

Laurence Grant, Founder of Suss Ventures, heads up bespoke introductions through calls and meetings to get the community of fundraisers in front of the right investing partners. Post-raise, the team has produced PR content for fundraisers that has been printed in publications including the Daily Express, Startups Magazine, BDaily and UK Tech News among many others. 

Laurence Grant, Founder of Suss Ventures, drew on his personal experience as a founder and entrepreneur to create a bespoke investor matching service that helps early-stage founders seek investment, after noticing the lack of such services in the South-East of England.  

Laurence Grant commented: “From the seed of an idea, through to securing over £500,000 for five worthy start-ups, I’m pleased to say that founding Suss Ventures has been a major success. In a very short time, Jamila, Emma and I have proven the demand is out there for investors seeking purpose-driven profit from deserving, innovative founders and their scale-up ideas. I am extremely proud of the strong brand, culture, and level of productivity that has been generated in 2020 and 2021, and I’m excited by the potential for Suss Ventures to become the UK’s most recognisable name for purpose-orientated investment.” 

'Suss'ess Stories:

Hozah is the ultimate champion for zero-touch parking payments which allows drivers to make automatic payments for their parking. Suss Ventures have contributed a six-figure sum alongside a multi-million investment drive which marks a huge success for Suss Ventures and Hozah. The zero-effort payment system eliminates the worry of parking fines and is completely cashless, automated and secure.  

Prsnt is the tech startup that aims to dominate the gifting marketplace, by creating a peer-to-peer gift exchange platform to leverage the ‘feel good' factor of giving and receiving gifts. The app enables users to send and receive gifts instantly to their friends and family from their favourite high-street brands alongside a personalised greeting message. Prsnt have raised £180,000 through Suss Ventures which will be used to streamline the app after its successful beta testing, and to grow its user base as part of ongoing business and technological development.  

EHAB is the total weather-risk management platform that helps construction companies reduce the cost of their weather risk. Suss Ventures helped EHAB secure £150,000 investment to streamline the weather ledger, the platform that helps construction companies to identify and plan for weather-related risks using decades’ worth of weather data. 

FaultFixers is the ground-breaking property management SaaS that helps users report location specific issues in just 30 seconds to service providers so they can be more productive, more mobile and save money. FaultFixers have successfully raised a joint investment deal of £100,000 through Suss Ventures, supporting the £270,000 grant they received from Innovate UK which will help to grow their current team of three to deliver a readily available platform on a self-service basis.  

Nigel Lambe, CEO at Sussex Innovation, said: “Suss Ventures has exceeded our investment targets over the past year and I couldn’t be more proud of its progress. Having an in-house investor matching service provides our clients with funding and guidance on their investment journeys to help their businesses scale up and have a greater impact, which is core to what we do here at Sussex Innovation.” 

Seeking investment? Here’s how it works...

We conduct initial screening processes for all our applications that come through our website and let all applicants know within 14 days about the status of their application. Once your status is approved, we commit a dedicated account manager to your investment journey. We then get calling, meeting, conferencing and connecting with investors on your behalf. As a fundraiser you’ll be able to: 

• Be selected to pitch at our quarterly pitch events; 
• Benefit from support from our fundraiser community on our exclusive Slack channel; 
• We’ll share your achievements with our network and on our social channels; and  
• Network with our pool of active investors. 

For investors the process is simple. Sign up on Suss Ventures website to be screened and access an exclusive deal-flow from our bespoke scouting service. As an active investor, you’ll be able to: 

• Connect with purpose-driven fundraisers and benefit from consistent support with finding your next investment project; 
• Join us at our invite only pitch days and quarterly investor meetings; 
• Receive regular updates from our team, including who our newest members are; and 
• Benefit from our referral scheme which gives you 1% of any deal you bring to us.