About our finance platform
We've partnered with business funding platform Swoop, where you can discover the right funding solutions across loans, equity and grants.
Let us help you unlock your business potential
Debt. Equity. Grants. As a small business owner it can feel impossible to get visibility of all the funding solutions available. 68% of SMEs regularly cite access to finance as one of the main barriers to growth. Business Growth West Midlands has partnered with Swoop to help you to find, compare and select the right funding solution.
About Swoop
Swoop is a business funding and savings platform enabling businesses to discover the right funding solutions across debt, equity and grants, and to identify and easily make savings
The Swoop platform simplifies and speeds-up access to funding for your business. The clever AI technology analyses every opportunity available, so that you can be matched with relevant funding solutions in a matter of seconds. But they’re not just a technology platform, they understand it can be a daunting and complex process, and their team of experts are readily available to help manage your application from beginning to end.
Funding providers
Swoop works with over 1,000 funding providers from mainstream banks, alternative lenders, venture capital funds, SEIS/EIS funds, angel investors and grant agencies, meaning that whatever your funding requirement, they’re able to offer a relevant matched solution in seconds.
More than just a technology platform
You’ll be supported through the entire process – you can track the progress of your applications through your online profile, as well as receiving notifications each time the next step in your application has been completed. Smart tech is combined with experienced finance professionals made up of ex underwriters, accountants and equity analysts who are ready to provide their expert opinion and advice and manage the application through to completion.
Quick and easy registration
Registration is simple - you only need to complete a single form, once. Then leave it to Swoop to do the hard work.
And importantly, all information stored in Swoop is for your eyes only - no credit checks are run unless you have been submitted to a funding provider with your permission.
Swoop saves you money too
Swoop also allows you to find savings. Through leveraging Swoop’s Open Banking technology, you can see how much money you can save in any year and apply to switch across your expenditure on banking, foreign exchange, utilities, broadband, mobile phones and insurance.
