{"id":43049,"date":"2017-05-01T00:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/thestartupseries\/?p=43049"},"modified":"2021-01-11T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:12:18","slug":"150000-seed-funding-competition-returns-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/thestartupseries\/150000-seed-funding-competition-returns-may\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3150,000 seed funding competition returns for May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Start-Up Series is now open for May, meaning your business can enter to stand a chance of securing equity investment of &pound;150,000.<\/p>\n<p>Each month since October 2016, The Start-Up Series has been open to entries for two weeks, with early stage businesses entering to win funding from a &pound;1.8m Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), along with business support from experienced investor Worth Capital and extensive media coverage on Startups.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p>And following a period of due diligence for the successful companies, we have now been able to reveal the names of two winners&nbsp;&ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/thestartupseries\/winning-the-start-up-series-competition-will-help-me-lead-a-rental-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RentalStep<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/thestartupseries\/the-start-up-series-has-given-our-start-up-invaluable-financial-help-and-expertise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not Dogs<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; which have been profiled right here on Startups.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible you must be a UK citizen of 18 or over with a UK-registered business. 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