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title: "Early Stage Investment Fund"
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# Early Stage Investment Fund

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-stage-investment-fund-ocds-h6vhtk-04dc65). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "Early Stage Investment Fund". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-ons-e47000003)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Corporate finance and venture capital services, Health and social work services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04dc65`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-stage-investment-fund-ocds-h6vhtk-04dc65#tl-md)

## Description
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We are looking for a fund manager with experience in early-stage investments into Health & Life Science and Digital Tech companies across West Yorkshire. We expect our funds to be used to contribute between £200k and £500k to a pre-seed/early-seed deal, with the ability to bring in leverage, either via other private sector funds, or via public sector funds such as the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. The fund manager will work closely with our accelerator partner (Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber) to secure deal flow. The fund manager will not be expected to make follow-on investments.
Anticipated tender timings: We are aiming to go into delivery in Summer 2025
Anticipated contract length: It's envisaged that the first four years would be the investment period, followed by six years of portfolio management.
Estimated budget: £4M is confirmed currently, but we are looking to get the budget north of £10M. This will be confirmed in due course.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 66122000, 72000000, 73000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** *PIN ONLY*
We are looking for a fund manager with experience in early-stage investments into Health & Life Science and Digital Tech companies across West Yorkshire. We expect our funds to be used to contribute between £200k and £500k to a pre-seed/ea...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004030-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-06T16:16:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:48:53.838Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04dc65