NEW: Investing in private companies - how can experienced investors go about it?

Investing directly in private companies is high risk, but can offer a way for wealthy or sophisticated investors to tap into potentially high growth smaller companies. To source your own deals can be time-consuming and depends on the strength of your network. If you are interested in investing directly in early-stage companies - many of which qualify for Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax incentives - how could you go about it? In this short video Gayle Bowen explains how single company investments can work and how Wealth Club can help.
For more details on private company EIS investments, see:
www.wealthclub.co.uk/eis-inve...
Content:
0:00 Why invest in private, unquoted companies?
1:11 Risks and tax incentives - overview
1:46 How could you invest in early-stage private companies?
2:30 What is Wealth Club and how can we help?
4:14 Who do we co-invest with?
4:22 What does a typical funding round look like?
4:33 EIS tax reliefs, risks recap and where to go for more information