Photo for illustrative purposes only. Bristol Bridge bus with light trails at dawn on Feb 16, 2019 in Bristol, UK. The new Angel Investors Club (AIC) is registered in Bristol, the British city that is known as a leading incubator for tech innovators, socially responsible firms and market disruptors.

Islamic Finance

New Angel Investors Club hopes UK tax incentives will attract investments for ethical and Shariah-compliant start-ups, SMEs


LONDON - A recently-launched platform will seek to leverage UK government tax incentives for investors to put money into early stage start-ups and SMEs.

The Bristol-headquartered Angel Investors Club (AIC) wants to connect Shariah-compliant and ethical start-ups and SMEs to investors by utilising the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and Enterprise Investment Scheme.

There is a lot of overlap between the UK venture capital schemes and Islamic finance, according to Ali Kazmi, CEO and founder of AIC.

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