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Invest in the future of British design and manufacturing

11th May 2022

The British Design Fund, which is dedicated to supporting, mentoring and investing exclusive...

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Join the Agri-tech boom

12th April 2022

Did you know that investment in farm tech has grown 370% in the past 7 years? ...

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Back innovation in life sciences

15th March 2022

WAPG is seeking £3 million - £6 million for its Pionee...

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Ingenion Medical seeks £2 million

8th March 2022

Ingenion Medical Limited is seeking investment of up to £2 million to support its ongo...

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Perspectives Read ALL

Why now is the time to consider becoming an angel investor

6th May 2022

Oliver Woolley of Envestors makes the case for becoming an angel investor and why now is a good t...

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SFC Capital calls for reform to outdated aspects of SEIS

29th April 2022

SFC Capital is calling for urgent action to reinvigorate seed-stage investment and help secure th...

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Fearless: David Newns shares his investment experiences

29th April 2022

Fearless Adventures invests in D2C (direct to consumer) startups, and its co-foun...

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How not to lose your EMI tax relief if you reorganise or restructure

28th April 2022

Gannon's Catherine Ramsay asks "what are the key issues and pitfalls encountered where a company ...

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Oxford Drug Design receives £2.2m from existing investors and angels

20th May 2022

Oxford Drug Design Limited (ODD), a biotechnology company with a proprietary computational a...

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Biotangents secures £2.2m to accelerate rapid disease detection tech

20th May 2022

Biotangents, a Scottish biotechnology business, has secured £2.2m of new ...

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Green Angel Syndicate invests in aerosol tech company Salvalco

20th May 2022

Green Angel Syndicate has backed a £2.5m funding raising in Salford Valve Company Ltd...

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Former students raise £800k for edtech platform that automates grading

20th May 2022

Three University of Birmingham students who developed a software platform that ...

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Talent Spotter Read ALL

Ian Macleod appointed chair of Archangels

13th May 2022

Archangels, the world’s longest running business angel investment syndica...

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State-of-the-art start-ups meet influential investors at £10m TV pitch event

14th April 2022

State-of-the-art start-ups came face-to-face with influential investo...

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Catalyst partnership with female founder community AwakenHub

14th April 2022

Catalyst has announced a new partnership with all-island female entrepreneurial community, Awaken...

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Capital Pilot launches Boost Fund for UK startups

8th April 2022

Capital Pilot Advisory has launched its Boost Fund 1 to invest in high-growth UK startups using a...

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Knowledge Read ALL

Record deals show innovation in agri-finance models

6th May 2022

A record £1.3bn value in UK agri-tech deals was reached in 2021*, showing...

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Enterprise Investment Schemes – four tax reasons that make them great

14th April 2022

Since 1994, Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) have been an important tool in the investors&...

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Shoosmiths sponsors The Gender Index

8th April 2022

UK law firm Shoosmiths has sponsored the 2022 Gender Index report, with findings demonstrating th...

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Business angel investing resilient to Covid in 2021 says research

1st April 2022

Angel investing has been remarkably resilient following the pandemic according to research carrie...

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Equity Crowdfunding Read ALL

A good year for existing crowdfunding investors but fewer opportunities

20th May 2022

James Murdoch reviews how his investments have fared in the last 12 months....

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Using the Secondary Market as a portfolio risk management tool

25th March 2022

James Murdoch investigates the use of secondary markets as a risk management tool....

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Checking the Oxygen level of SyndicateRoom's unique offering

22nd February 2022

James Murdoch shares insights on the performance of his investments....

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Cognomie closes £385k crowdfund to lead Mental Fitness market in 2022

6th January 2022

Cognomie, the Mental Fitness st...

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Environment and green tech Read ALL

Green Angel Syndicate invests in aerosol tech company Salvalco

20th May 2022

Green Angel Syndicate has backed a £2.5m funding raising in Salford Valve Company Ltd...

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Green Angel Syndicate welcomes £10m from British Business Investments

13th May 2022

Green Angel Syndicate has received a further £5m commitment from British Business Investmen...

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Green Angel Syndicate leads £3.8m investment in Swytch

22nd April 2022

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, ...

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Impact-first fund Climate VC makes 3 new investments

8th April 2022

Climate change investor, Climate VC, an 80% angel...

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Technology Read ALL

RideTandem raises £1.75m seed round to tackle “transport poverty”

6th May 2022

RideTandem, a mobility-as-a-service startup providing affordable and reliable transport solutions...

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ESG Start-up Nossa Data raises £1.2m seed investment

6th May 2022

Nossa Data, the fintech start-up that is helping corporates to streamline their ESG reporting, ha...

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€1.6M seed investment in Clarity CX1

14th April 2022

DBIC Ventures has led a €1.6M funding round in industry cloud CRM company, Clarity CX1, alon...

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Kelvin Capital leads £1.65m raise for e-bike innovator FreeFlow Technologies

1st April 2022

East Kilbride based FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), which has developed a light po...

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Media Read ALL

Gaming Company Backbone Announces $40M Series A

25th February 2022

Backbone, a platform powering game streaming and core...

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Sportening launches after raising £5.3million in seed funding

11th February 2022

A new social app built for sports fans, Sportening, has officially launched out of beta stage aft...

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BDO advises on acquisition of B2B publisher HPCi Media

18th January 2022

BDO LLP has advised on the acquisition of HPCi Media, a leading B2B publisher, specialising in co...

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LoopMe announces investment from Mayfair Equity Partners

17th January 2022

LoopMe, a leading brand-focused mobile advertising platform, has announced Mayfair Equity Pa...

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AI & Robotics Read ALL

BeamUP launches with $15 million seed investment

1st April 2022

BeamUP, Ltd, the AI platform that designs and manages enterprise building systems, has launc...

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Fox Robotics secures funding from Henley Business Angels

4th March 2022

Fox Robotics, an agritech company specialising in the development, manufacture and sale of autono...

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Brainomix closes £16m funding to expand AI-enabled platform

11th January 2022

Brainomix, the AI-powered medtech solutions company, has closed a series B financing round, raisi...

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Future Fertility raises Series A to improve IVF outcomes

7th January 2022

Future Fertility, a fertility technology company developing AI-enabled and non-invasive fertility...

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Health Read ALL

Oxford Drug Design receives £2.2m from existing investors and angels

20th May 2022

Oxford Drug Design Limited (ODD), a biotechnology company with a proprietary computational a...

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Biotangents secures £2.2m to accelerate rapid disease detection tech

20th May 2022

Biotangents, a Scottish biotechnology business, has secured £2.2m of new ...

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HBAN syndicates lead €1.9m investment in SymPhysis Medical

13th May 2022

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) syndciates have led a €1.925M investment in Galway-based ...

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Science Angel Syndicate backs MitoRx Therapeutics

29th April 2022

MitoRx Therapeutics secures investment from Science Angel Syndicate to develop its...

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Financial Services Read ALL

£8.7m capital raise for Recognise Bank

20th May 2022

Challenger bank, Recognise Bank, will benefit from £8.7 million in new capital followi...

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tell.money completes £2m funding round

6th May 2022

tell.money, the fintech platform that delivers innovative and rapidly deployable Open Banking sol...

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Insurtech Bluezone raises £1.5M

6th May 2022

Bluezone, an insurtech reinventing life insurance for people with chronic illnesses has announced...

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Insurtech startup ETAP secures $1.5 million pre-seed funding

22nd April 2022

ETAP, an insurtech startup that makes it easier to buy and claim insurance, has secured $1.5 mill...

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Business Services Read ALL

Arctic Shores takes aim at global skills shortage with SVB funding

17th January 2022

Arctic Shores, the psychometric assessment pioneers, have received £1.5m in venture debt fu...

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QVentures Invests in Alectro, a virtual sustainability officer for SMEs

17th December 2021

QVentures has made an investment into Alectro, a Virtual Sustainabili...

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gigl closes $1.5m round

14th December 2021

gigl, a video-based job platform on a mission to solve the UK hospitality staffing shortage, has ...

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Logistics business AP Taylor secures £750k MEIF backing

6th December 2021

AP Taylor Ltd has secured a £750,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fu...

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Food & Drink Read ALL

One Planet Pizza impress Anglia Capital Group

6th May 2022

The One Planet Pizza team first pitched to the Anglia Capital Group Angels in January 2...

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Plant-based egg alternative Perfeggt extends round

11th March 2022

Just three months after its pre-seed round, an impressive group of Europe’s leading food te...

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Henley Business Angels members invest in ape2o

5th January 2022

ape2o, a company that is looking to eradicate bottled water waste by setting up a network of soph...

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Food brand Wild Jacks secures £250,000 growth capital from MEIF

3rd December 2021

A food & drink producer based across Lincolnshire has secured £250,00...

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Consumer Goods & Retail Read ALL

ParkBee secures EUR 30m in equity funding

1st April 2022

Koolen Industries, the clean energy investor headed by Kees Koolen, has invested in ParkBee, the ...

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Sustainable success story Wild raises £5m

25th February 2022

Wild Cosmetics, a design-led personal care start-up who pioneered the UK’s first plast...

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UK’s first women’s urinal secures £250K in funding round

11th February 2022

The team behind the UK’s first female urinal have raised £250,000 in their first fund...

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REHAUS launches consumer platform with £500K pre-seed money

4th February 2022

REHAUS, a marketplace dedicated to matc...

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Manufacturing Read ALL

Press on Vinyl raises £475,000 from North Invest

17th January 2022

A Middlesborough-based vinyl pressing company, Press on Vinyl, is set to disrupt the growing...

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Wade Ceramics secures £400k MEIF capital

16th December 2021

Stoke-On-Trent business Wade Ceramics, has secured a £...

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Pallite receives £750k MEIF funding

11th November 2021

A Wellingborough-based paper honeycomb board manufacturer has secured £75...

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Land Energy secures £6 million funding from IGF

12th October 2021

Rapidly growing biomass fuel manufacturer ...

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Meet the investor: Konstantin Sidorov

11th March 2022

Konstantin Sidorov, a long-time angel investor and the Founder and Chief Exec of the London Techn...

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The Entrepreneur Ship’ getting ready to set sail

29th November 2021

Guy Rigby and David Murray will shortly attempt to become the oldest pair ever to row across any ...

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Nominations soon to close for 2022 Bold Woman Awards by Veuve Clicquot

25th November 2021

The call for public nominations will soon close for this year’s prestigious Bold Woman Awar...

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Think-Tank launches platform for retail investors who want to invest sustainably

19th November 2021

Independent think-tank, 2° Investing Initiative (2DII), has launched its re...

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