microFunding Ltd is a company set up solely to help create profitable businesses for inventors and managers, and help give investors better returns from early stage opportunities. microFunding’s founders include a Law firm, a Business Angel network, a Business Consultancy network, a prototyping business, a firm of Patent Agents, a Chartered Accountant and Tax Advisers.

The process of three-way funding introductions is called microFunding.
The web based system through which introductions are made is called the microFunding® Exchange. Access to the microFunding® Exchange can be through any affiliate's website.

microFunding Ltd is aware of the potential for abuse of early stage businesses, and is very protective of all who use its systems and processes. That is why there are legally binding Terms and Agreement, so no-one can change their mind after something looks like becoming a serious success!

Why microFunding?
Good ideas frequently fail to see the light of day because they fail to attract funding. The microFunding® Exchange helps those ideas that pass the test to grow profitably for all involved. It provides experienced and skilled managers with the chance to make serious money for themselves by making it for others at the same time. And it gives investors the chance to get early into opportunities with serious potential, reducing portfolio risk and enhancing rewards.

Will inventors be involved in the Projects and Businesses?
Well - how long is a piece of string? Often inventors will be needed as Technical Consultants, certainly in the early days. But if the business is to succeed to its best potential, the management has to be the best possible. Management will be recruited on merit, not by shareholding. So while some inventors may find themselves helping in a senior role, most will be relieved to find that they can let the competent and skilled management team get on with making money for them, while they go and invent something new for the next project!

The '30 - 30 - 30' rule
This is a 'rule of thumb' used traditionally in Business Angel investing where there is no realistic business valuation possible: it's transparent and as fair as possible. But: the '30 - 30 - 30' is shared between roles, not people. It is very possible - perhaps even common - that some people will qualify in different roles. This means that the inventor who partially funds his own opportunity, or the manager who puts in some money too, will qualify in more than one '30'. In this way, individuals can sometimes get more than a 30% share of the equity.