Oxford Early Investments: Current Investment Opportunities

Company A is a specialist broadband wireless operator that brings high speed connectivity to communities that are not served by traditional telecom companies.

Although the UK has one of the most competitive broadband markets in the world, over 30% of the population lives in areas that are unable to obtain the minimum speeds recommended by the government for universal access.

Company A has identified a niche to provide high speed Community Broadband services to homes, businesses, and shopping centres across Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. It is seeking to raise £250k to accelerate its market rollout.

Company A already operates networks at eight very different locations across the UK within mixed business, retail and residential sites. Over the last three years the company has experienced 30% year on year profitable growth.

Barriers to entry are the need to acquire site licenses to install equipment into any given community. The company’s Intellectual Property lies in its brand, network designs, and service management know-how. As other larger operators roll out the next generation of broadband across the UK the company believes it can exploit this opportunity to provide faster and better value services within targeted communities than other competitors.