Capital for Enterprise

Capital for Enterprise is a British government-owned company that looks to finance early-stage SMEs in the U.K.

CfEL is managed by an independent Board of Directors, drawn from across industry and finance, and has 18 full-time expert staff as well as retaining specialist consultants and other professionals as required. It commenced trading in April 2008 and is wholly owned by UK Government through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (‘BISâ€:tm:). The primary objective for CfEL is to deliver the highest level of service to its customers and other stakeholders. To that end the company supports both existing programmes and actively seeks new opportunities that increase the provision of capital for early stage SMEs in the UK.