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Investors
Hello Investors.
Welcome to MEU Investors
Entities MEU engages with;
Family Offices, Private Equities, Venture Capitalists, Hedge Funds.
Firms
We are open to discuss International Investment as every case is unique .
International Investors
Sophisticated and High net worth individuals; we choose to work with this category of investors due to complexity and period of investments .
Sophisticated & HNWI Investors
MEU engages in Competitors Acquisitions/Merging.
Competitors' Acquisition/Merging
FAQs about MEU Investors
What type of individual investor do I need to be?
We welcome sophisticated and high net worth investors only. To find out more about 'sophisticated and high net worth investors' click here
Which Investors do I need to be, a Passive Investors or a Professional Investors?
MEU will engage with both Passive and Professional Investors.
Passive investors are those that are professional investors that commit capital but do not play an active role in managing the business. An example would be angel investors.
Active investors are those that commit capital but are also actively involved in the business. They make decisions on strategy, senior management, and more. Examples include venture capitalists and private equity firms.
Do you engage with Entities?
Yes, we do; Private Equity, Family Office, Venture Capital, Businesses seeking growth by acquisition, other.
I'm outside the United Kingdom, do you engage International Investors?
Yes, MEU Investors stands for 'Middle East UK' Investors; however we are not limited to one geographical location. Contact us for further details, click here.
MEU INVESTORS
sophisticated and high net worth investors
In March 2005, the rules relating to approaching people regarding financial promotions were relaxed so that so called ‘sophisticated investors’ and ‘high net worth individuals’ (HNWIs) could be more easily approached with a view to making investments in unlisted securities. The purpose of the relaxation is to remove impediments to business angels and others seeking finance for small- to medium-sized businesses and to aid the seeking of informal venture capital generally.
It is possible to ‘self-certify’ yourself as a HNWI or a sophisticated investor. To self-certify as a HNWI you have to earn at least £100,000 per year or have net assets (excluding your property, pension rights and so on) of at least £250,000.
To self-certify as a sophisticated investor you must:
have been a member of a business angels network for at least six months; or
have made at least one investment in an unlisted security in the previous two years; or
have worked in a professional capacity in the provision of finance to small- or medium-sized businesses in the last two years or in the provision of private equity; or
be or have been within the last two years a director of a company with a turnover of at least £1m.
A promoter will need to have a ‘reasonable belief’ that the self-certification has occurred. The self-certification has to be in writing, but a promoter will be able to rely on a verbal assurance that a person has self-certified as a sophisticated investor or HNWI. When accepted as a HNWI or sophisticated investor, the protections available for investors as regards the promotion of securities by a person authorised under the Financial Services Act are removed. Appropriate ‘risk warnings’ must still be included in all promotional material given to potential investors. Whether this will prove to be sufficient protection for ‘self-certifiers’, or whether it will open the floodgates to the marketing of low-quality high-risk investments to them, remains to be seen.
*The contents of this article are intended for general information purposes only and shall not be deemed to be, or constitute legal advice. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss as a result of acts or omissions taken in respect of this article.*