Many of their members sit on executive boards and the group have significant professional and director level experience in the following: They have invested approximately £250,000 into private black owned businesses since they expanded to 20 partners in early 2018 and collectively the partners represent various different industries including: Private Equity, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Capital Markets, Technology and Professional Services to name a few. They are now on track to turn their £500,000 AUM into £750,000 before the end of the year and >£1M by early 2020. They currently have over £500,000 in assets under management and have managed to raise this capital purely through investments and self funding. Apply here.Ĭornerstone Partners is a unique limited liability partnership consisting of 20 equal partners. That's an average of £12.45 an hour contribution to accelerating your business' success.ĪPPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 22ND!Īpplications are open now and close on September 22nd 2019.

This money is used to ensure the program is coordinated well and the participants remain committed. If you are successful in being invited onto the program, you will be asked to pay an administration cost of £199. Two hours of networking coaching, mentoring, advice in-person, each week in the evening for 9 weeks culminating in a final pitch day (demo day) is what it takes. Cornerstone Partners have invested over £250,000 within the last year into private black-owned and are specifically looking for black ventures which are SEIS/EIS qualified that require under £100K to grow within the next 12 months. We’re making history.ĭelivered over 9 weeks, Cornerstone 2.0 combines advanced business training from serial entrepreneurs and renowned speakers, expert support and coaching to help growth-stage ventures accelerate their success. Cornerstone: 2.0 is a brand new nine-week program for 25 Black-only businesses to significantly grow their network of investors, expand their business operations and absorb cutting-edge knowledge over a period of 9-weeks.Ĭornerstone 2.0 will run at the prestigious Level39 in Canary Wharf with sweeping views of London and will be the UK’s first scale-up program designed exclusively for emerging businesses run by black founders aiming to catapult their ventures to the next level of growth. Cornerstone Partners is the first Angel Investor Network exclusively focused on investing in UK based black-owned businesses.

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