Cello has raised €2.3m in pre-seed funding, in a round led by byFounders, with participation from Tiny VC, Possible Ventures and Notion Capital; together with operator angels from Youtube, Personio, McMakler, and others.

Female angel investors have helped drive more than £2bn of investment in companies across the UK in the past decade, a new study reveals today.

The Women Angel Insights report from the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) and Beauhurst reveals that more than 5,000 women are making angel investments across the UK, helping to create over 10,000 jobs in the past decade.

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a commitment of up to £10m to Haatch Ventures through the Regional Angels Programme.

Catalyst has appointed three experienced non-executive directors to its board to help oversee the implementation of its new five-year strategy and further strengthen its position as the epicentre of entrepreneurship and innovation in Northern Ireland. 

Optalitix, the SaaS, data analysis and AI company that enables insurers to turn their legacy excel-based processes into online systems, has received £4m in a funding round led by Calculus Capital.

British Design Fund's recently closed Fund 4 is now open for applications from entreprenrus seeking investment.

Par Equity has invested in a £2.2 million funding round for RAB-Microfluidics with support from existing investors Eos, Newable Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

Jobbatical has announced a €11.6m funding round, led by experienced Nordic VC Inventure, to meet the demands of the annual 281m global worker relocations and the rapidly growing digital nomad community. 

We chat with Susie Fisher, Investment Director at Kelvin Capital, about the angel scene in Scotland and how Kelvin fits into it.

blinkwall, a business that has created and patented a digital multi-display solution that is powered by a mobile app and integrated into the smart-home ecosystem for the purpose of showcasing images and video, has received investment from one Henley Business Angels member, contributing towards a funding round of £150,000.

Motorists in one of London’s biggest boroughs are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment in on-street, residential, electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces. Barnet will see the installation of over 500 charging points, designed to be flat-and-flush with the pavement, that will enable residents without driveways to charge their EVs easily and locally, and embrace a move towards cleaner transport. 

Body armour start-up Vikela Armour has been named as the winner of this year’s INVENT Awards, Northern Ireland’s premier competition for innovative start-ups.