A

Angel Investor

B

Business Angel
Business Finance Partnership (BFP)

C

Capital equipment
Cash flow
Co-operatives
Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs)
Community Interest Company (CIC)
Community Investment Tax Relief (CITR)
Convertible Loan
Crowdfunding

D

Debt
Debt instrument
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Due Diligence

E

Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFS)
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)
Equity
Equity co-Investment
Equity gap
European Investment Bank (EIB)
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Expansion capital

F

Finance for Business North East Fund (FFBNE)
FTE

I

Ignite100
Innovation vouchers
Intellectual Property (IP)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
Investment readiness
Investment syndicate

J

JEREMIE

L

Legacy Funds

M

Management Buy-In (MBI)
Management Buyout (MBO)
Mezzanine finance

N

North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)
North East Regional Investment Funds

P

Patent Box
Private equity (PE)

Q

Quasi-equity

R

R & D Relief
Regional Growth Fund (RGF)
Retail Prices Index (RPI)

S

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
Seed Funding
Shareholders agreement
SME
Social enterprise
Sole trader

T

Technology transfer
Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU)
Third sector organisation

V

Venture capital (VC)
Venture capital fund (VCF)

W

Working capital