NoBa Halo

Invest in the Future of Work.

NoBa Halo is an active angel investment club deploying capital through the NoBa venture platform. Built for eligible high-net-worth and sophisticated investors, members invest deal-by-deal into curated early-stage companies and become part of the community around them.

Express interest

Halo is intended for eligible high-net-worth and sophisticated investors. Early-stage investing involves significant risk and investors may lose all of the capital invested.

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Why venture

Venture is more than an asset class.

Investing early gives you the opportunity to back companies as value is being created, learn alongside founders and other investors, and contribute experience as those businesses grow.

Everyone has experience of work. Everyone has a stake in how it changes.

Technology, AI, demographics and changing models of talent are reshaping how organisations operate and how people participate. Halo gives investors a way to back that change at the point where new companies and new value are being created.

Why Halo

More than access to deals.

Curated access

Shortlists, not endless dealflow. We screen, diligence and curate opportunities, each with a clear investment thesis.

Invest together

Deal-by-deal investing with the benefit of NoBa’s investment process, pooled terms and collective representation.

Learn + connect

Build your understanding of venture alongside founders, experienced angels and other investors.

Contribute

Bring your own operating experience, network and perspective to companies where it can genuinely help.

Build a portfolio

Deploy over time across a selection of early-stage Future of Work businesses.

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The community

Experienced angels. First-time venture investors.

Halo brings together exited founders, professional investors, operators, domain experts and senior business leaders. Some have been angel investing for years. Others are building a venture portfolio for the first time.

Exited foundersProfessional investorsOperatorsDomain expertsBusiness leaders

Everyone brings experience. Everyone can keep learning.

How Halo works

Review
Explore curated opportunities, NoBa analysis and deal materials.
Discuss
Join founder pitches, investor calls and member discussion to challenge assumptions, ask questions and share perspective.
Invest
Choose independently which opportunities you want to back, deal-by-deal.
Participate
Follow progress and support founders where your experience, network or expertise can help.
Grow
Build a venture portfolio across multiple companies over time, increasing exposure and diversification.

Being part of Halo

More than a deal email.

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Halo club calendar
Monthly	Investor callNew opportunities and portfolio developments.
Regular	Founder pitch sessionsMeet founders, explore live opportunities and discuss them with fellow members.
Twice a year	Elevate cohort investment cycleEach Elevate cohort creates a new cycle of shortlisted companies, founder engagement and associated investor pitching events.
Quarterly	Portfolio reviewsFollow progress across the companies you have backed and discuss key developments.
Throughout the year	Investor socials, breakfasts and dinnersBuild relationships across the Halo community.
Learning + programmes	Build your venture investing knowledgePractical content, sessions and programmes covering angel investing, venture and the skills needed to become a more informed early-stage investor.
Annual	Investor dinner + portfolio showcaseBring investors, founders and portfolio leadership together.
By relevance	Elevate advisor opportunitiesUse your experience to support portfolio founders through focused expert sessions.

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More than capital

Bring what you know.

Halo members can choose to share experience, introductions and specialist knowledge with portfolio founders, including through focused Elevate advisor sessions.

Expertise
Connections
Experience

The platform

Everything in one place.

Halo uses Dealum, an established investment club platform, to manage opportunities, documents, investments and portfolio information.

Review opportunities: Access NoBa analysis, founder materials and deal documents.
Manage your portfolio: Track investments, updates and portfolio progress.
Keep admin together: Manage investment documents, EIS certificates and related administration in one place.

EIS + SEIS

Designed to support early-stage risk.

All Halo opportunities are selected to qualify for either SEIS or EIS when we invest. Our focus on UK-built early-stage businesses means these schemes are an important part of the Halo proposition.

For qualifying UK investors and qualifying investments, SEIS and EIS can reduce the effective cost and downside of early-stage investment.

Individual entitlement to relief depends on the investor and all relevant qualifying conditions continuing to be met.

At a glance

Measure	SEIS	EIS
Income tax relief	50%	30%
£100k illustrative investment
Initial net cost after income tax relief	£50k	£70k
If the investment fails*
Illustrative net loss for a qualifying 45% taxpayer able to claim loss relief	£27.5k	£38.5k

Other potential reliefs

Income tax relief
Capital gains relief
Tax-free qualifying gains
Inheritance tax relief / Business Relief where applicable
Loss relief

*This is for general information only and is not tax, legal or investment advice. Relief depends on the investor, company and investment meeting the relevant qualifying conditions and on individual circumstances. Relief may be reduced, delayed or withdrawn and tax rules may change. NoBa is not a tax adviser and investors should take professional advice.

Interested in Halo?

Start a conversation.

Tell us a little about you, your experience and what you are looking for from venture investing. We will come back to you about whether Halo could be a fit.