Dorset Business Angels first pitch event and investors' dinner of 2025 will be held on February 3rd at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel.

Five local entrepreneurs have been invited to pitch for investment at the event from across a range of industry sectors.

Building on the success of the inaugural and second-year Seed Capital Investment Fund, The Dyers' Company has launched the Fund for a third year. This initiative is designed to support innovation and the commercialisation of business ideas within the colouration industry. The deadline for applications is 5th March 2025.

CANADA: Aspect Biosystems, a biotechnology company pioneering the development of bioprinted tissue therapeutics as a new category in regenerative medicine, has announced that it has closed a US$115 million Series B financing round. The financing was led by Dimension, a multistage investment firm dedicated to the interface of technology and the life sciences, with participation from existing and new investors including Novo Nordisk, Radical Ventures, an undisclosed leading global investment firm, InBC, Pallasite Ventures, Pangaea Ventures, Rhino Ventures, and T1D Fund: A Breakthrough T1D Venture.

Three young entrepreneurs have secured their first investment thanks to the Development Bank of Wales and M-SParc's Angel Network. The investment marks the first major step for Pelly and its platform for managing sporting talent.

Black entrepreneurs are invited to prepare to be inspired, empowered, and equipped for success as the UK Black Business Entrepreneurs Conference (BBEC) returns for its fourth annual event on Wednesday, 25th June 2025.  This year's conference promises to be the most dynamic yet, celebrating diversity, resilience, and the entrepreneurial spirit.

TRIBE, the natural energy snack brand, has raised £2.4m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and including Yeo Ventures, Crowdcube and private investors.

The funding, which comes as the company launches its new ‘Protein + Focus' range with lion's mane mushroom, will enable it to continue its rapid growth and make seven new senior appointments.

Gateshead-based Wordnerds' innovative AI customer insight analysis tool has gained the company £720,000 of investment from Northstar Ventures as part of a £1.6m a funding round.

Several well-known organisations such as Sainsbury's, M&S, Network Rail and the Department for Work and Pensions are using Wordnerds' product, which enables them to identify in real time how customers talk and what they talk about.

Dyneval, the pioneering fertility technology company, has raised £515,772 in a new round of investment to advance its flagship product, the Dynescan. The funding round included funding from angel investment connector Lifted Ventures. This funding will enable the company to leverage an additional £85,000 grant funding from Scottish Enterprise to develop a high-throughput version of the Dynescan, capable of analysing four samples in parallel.

The Scottish women-led angel investment group, Mint Ventures, has added to its portfolio by investing in Hampshire-based legal case management platform Transparently, which is led by family law specialist, Becki Sant-Cassia.

Transparently has developed a platform that enables lawyers to engage with clients through alternative service delivery models and for clients to work with legal professionals as and when their resources allow.

Wellhub, the leading global corporate wellness platform which provides employees with the best benefit plans for fitness, mindfulness, therapy, nutrition, and sleep, has acquired Fitprime, a key player in the Italian corporate wellness market, backed since 2019 by Italian Angels for Growth and Club degli Investitori. 

ABU DHABI: Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, has unveiled its Angel Investor Support Package, a strategic initiative designed to foster the growth of angel networks and enable angel investors to form legal investment structures within Abu Dhabi's thriving startup ecosystem. The package includes a financial incentive of AED 150,000, unlocking a range of benefits for angel investors to encourage investment in Hub71's early-stage startups.

A Scottish start-up looking to net its share of Europe's £9 billion seaweed market has secured a substantial six-figure investment.  Kaly Group has successfully raised £300,000 in a funding round led by TRICAPITAL Angels, with co-investment from Scottish Enterprise.

The business opened its first seaweed farm on the Isle of Skye earlier this year and will use the cash injection to expand its operations and develop an integrated and sustainable seaweed supply chain along Scotland's west coast.

Seaweed offers clean alternatives to plastics, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and textiles, and can also be used in food, animal feed and fertilisers. The potential for seaweed farming to revitalise Scotland's marine industries is also significant.

With full-scale processing facilities, the sector could create over 550 jobs across the Scottish supply chain, offsetting the decline of traditional fishing and marine industries.