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Wishing everyone a happy bank holiday!

We've been working hard as our 2 pubic FIG Seeds are about to become 5 public FIG Seeds in the coming month.

Whilst we can't tell you what they are, yet, or tell you about the 3 Seeds that are still going to be running under the radar we can give you an update on what's going on with Jess and Doug.

SpineStrength is going from strength to strength... wow... that was an awful pun. The second model has been built and sales have already begun. You can check out the machines at this year's Rugby Expo where they will be exhibiting in November!

GaBoom's growth has been explosive... ok, that pun was worse... but it really has! GaBoom has over a 1,000 members, with Thousands of games being added to wishlists and, more excitingly hundreds of swaps taking place!!! And Jess is getting a lot of praise for her work, she's been covered in the FT, the guardian, the BBC and various others. Here are some links if you are curious;

• BBC Click
• The FT
• Love money

Right, time for a deserved break,

We'll be back to let you know about our new companies and other exciting news very shortly.

All the best,

FIG x

 Douglas Higgins, the founder of FIG Seed company SpineStrength, was featured in this months Orange Magazine. Click below to see his thoughts on banking in the magazine...

GaBoom, founded by FIG Seed Jess Ratcliffe, recently began it's open beta and is already getting a fair amount of press!

If you haven't visited GaBoom yet and/ or you want to find out more you can read about GaBoom in;

• Stuff magazine
• Design Week
• The Telegraph
• Techfluff
• Get Surrey

Feedback has been really positive and bugs are quickly being ironed out for a full launch later this summer.

 We feel very strongly that Saying and Doing are two different things.

So, we've set about illustrating that in our new set of adverts. For a sneak preview of two concept videos, visit YouTube or click "read more" below.

If you've any thoughts for future adverts and potential scripts let us know and drop us an email at info (at) find invest grow dot com.

We were recently featured in the Orange Business magazine. Below are scans of the coverage;

We're hiring. Again.

We are looking for a new member of our team. They will be leading the roll out of a really exciting new product that we've been busy working away developing. The role will be part business development, part marketing strategy and sales.

We are looking for candidate who has a degree, a lot of banter, can demonstrate that they've taken initiative and responded well to criticism. The candidate needs to be confident and have experience of sales. (Sales of software / sales to educational establishments / B2B sales are preferred, but we are open minded).

We are also looking for 2 interns. One to help the companies we are working with grant application writing and the other to get involved with day-to-day management and marketing FIG.

If you are interested, or you know someone who may be suitable drop us a line at info (at) findinvestgrow dot com

 Happy Easter

We’ve been away for a while. Since the launch we’ve been noses to the grindstone.

What have we been up to?

Well, supporting the seeds who presented (2 found finance, 2 are still in talks, 4 walked away with cash in their pockets, 1 found customers and a few have met with new advisers and non-execs). We’ve also been busy putting the finishing touches on our two new products that we will be launching soon (they are both currently operating in private as we iron out bugs).

On a personal note Marco’s gone to Italy, Lisa is off to Monaco, I’ve been to hospital to have my wisdom teeth removed and Herb’s had a haircut.

And now it is election fever pitch.

But who will help the start-ups, who will help the SMEs, the innovators, the employers, the risk-takers? We will see.

At FIG we are hoping that whoever takes power brings a change for the better. Fingers crossed.