2nd August 2024
- 0 commentsA female-focused investment network is on a mission to establish the North of the UK as the premier investment capital for women. With a strong commitment to fostering economic growth and gender equality, Lifted Ventures spearheads initiatives empowering female entrepreneurs and investors, ensuring that the North becomes a thriving hub for women's success.
12th July 2024
- 0 commentsNTU Enterprise has launched its new Angel Investor Network Programme, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and delivered on behalf of Nottingham City Council by Nottingham Trent University, investment specialists Greenborough Management, B-Global and a range of local partners.
12th July 2024
- 0 commentsThe UKBAA Angel Investment Awards took place on 3rd July at Illuminate at the Science Museum in London.
Find out who won each of the night’s categories.
14th June 2024
- 0 commentsInvestors at the recent Dorset Business Angels pitch event were presented with a diverse range of companies seeking angel investment to accelerate their business growth. The event, held last Monday evening, featured five pitches, with two companies generating interest from potential investors.
7th June 2024
- 0 commentsThe 2024 EBAN Annual Congress in Tallinn, co-organised with Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN), has been a rounding success, bringing together 600+ angel investors and entrepreneurs, 50+ startups from around Europe and beyond, and 800+ networking meetings taking place throughout the week! This year we have featured premier workshops, insightful keynote speeches, and celebrated our community's achievements.
7th June 2024
- 0 commentsDuring the EBAN Gala Awards Dinner, angels from across Europe celebrated those who have made the greatest impact within the community.
7th June 2024
- 0 commentsThe creation of a new angel network, SWEBAN Network (formerly Nordic Angels) was formally announced at the recent EBAN Congress by EBAN board member, Christine Bjärkby. Their ambition is to provide a home for Angel Investors within the region and to support the growth of existing/new business angel groups within the region. It has always been a challenge for angels to find corporations within the Sweden, therefor SWEBAN wants to be a light house for the community to grow in the country.
EBAN interviewed Christine Bjärkby at the event.
24th May 2024
- 0 commentsThe record-breaking results of the 21/22 tax year were always going to be tough to trump in this year’s data. However, the figures for the tax year 22/23 indicate some green shoots of growth in key regions.
24th May 2024
- 0 commentsD2N2 LEP Chair Elizabeth Fagan launched D2N2 LEP’s Early Stage Angel Investment Fund at the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds this week.
Speaking at the interactive panel session ‘Focus on the East Midlands, our Time is Now’, she said:
“I’m delighted to announce today that we are launching our Early Stage Angel Investment Fund here in Leeds at UKREiiF. The purpose of the Fund is to stimulate investment and growth in ‘early stage’ companies – those that have been trading between six and 24 months – that are based in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham or Nottinghamshire (the D2N2 region).
24th May 2024
- 0 commentsAda Ventures has unveiled 10 new angel investors for its inaugural European angel investing programme in Denmark.
17th May 2024
- 0 commentsSan Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) at the University of San Diego (USD), a program in its sixth year that activates accredited angel investors and engages promising early-stage companies, has awarded two startups with angel funding for their potentially disruptive solutions.
Ecodrive took the top prize with $300,000*. Runner up Achieve Clinics was awarded $100,000* in funding.
17th May 2024
- 0 commentsA syndicate of 15 female investors from Women Angels of Wales (WAW) is helping to improve recycling rates of single-use plastic with an equity investment in Deeside-based Polytag. With the backing of Collateral Good and Knop Ventures, Polytag has now raised £2.85 million to help fund the growth of its unique, tag and trace barcode technology. The GS1 Digital Link QR Codes allow brand owners and retailers in the food and beverage sectors to track packaging from the time it’s labelled to the moment it’s scanned at recycling centres. Trials are already underway with Ocado, Co-op, Arla, Aldi and Biffa.