About us

Finance South East is a regional funding organisation, backed by the regional development agency - SEEDA and privately governed.  With access to a breadth of public and private resources, FSE specialises in the identification, funding and development of ambitious, high potential growth businesses. 

Set up in 2002 by SEEDA and Business Link, our primary purpose at that time was to address the market’s failure to provide the region’s ambitious SMEs with the finance they need to grow.  Although this core function remains, our products and services have expanded to deal with the key issues that impact on this area. 

At Finance South East we understand that it is more than just finance that determines the successful growth of a business.  We provide companies with a range of finance and related support options to help them reach their goals. Whether you are a more established company with renewed growth plans or an entrepreneur with an early stage project, every funding journey is different. We're here to make yours a success.

Finance South East has set up a separate subsidiary South East Fund Managers Limited to manage most of our funds. South East Fund Managers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

More about our mission and objectives

Our mission is to provide an integrated approach to funding and associated support

More about our team

Our team of finance professionals with many years experience of small business finance

More about our structure and partners

We work in partnership with a number of public and private sector organisations

More about our region

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From ideas to reality

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18 August 2010
Duvas Technologies Raises New Equity and Loan Funding
Seed Fund invests in Imperial College Spin-out

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24 June 2010
The Gender Dilemma:

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Why aren't more UK women engaging in Angel Investing?

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30 March 2010
Business Angels are heaven sent for Kent companies
Investor confidence in Kent is helping local companies to grow, thanks to the work of Kent Investor Club (KIC) after its latest meeting to consider the injection of investment into three firms.

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18 March 2010
Specialist IT company secures seed funding
FSE provides ongoing investment through the South East Funding Escalator

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13 January 2010
FSE grows regional economy despite recession
"Meeting the Funding Gap: A Regional Response" - full report available here

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20 October 2009
Angels encouraged to spread their wings in Kent

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Successful launch of the Kent Investor Club

CASE STUDY

Resisting the Credit Crunch
Surrey Company Reaps the Rewards of ‘Recovery & Growth’ Support

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