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Bill Furness

Bill Furness (Chairman)

Bill has vast experience in industrial regeneration having worked with a range of enterprise organisations both in the UK and EU. Before MSIF, he worked for British Coal Enterprise Ltd, a fund set up to help former workers from the closed pits start up businesses.

In 1996 Bill helped form BCE Funding which successfully bid to manage MSIF’s first Small Firms Fund before all the MSIF funds were brought under the management of AFM in 2002.

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msif funds

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liverpool seed fund

The Liverpool Seed Fund provides equity-based investments from £50,000 - £750,000 to early stage businesses with IP

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small firms fund

The Small Firms Fund provides loans (not grants) of between £3000 and £150,000

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mezzanine fund

The Mezzanine Fund provides loans between £150,000 and £1m

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venture fund

The Venture Fund provides equity investments of up to £3m