Scotland's first all-female business angel syndicate, Investing Women Angels (IWA), and its sister organisation AccelerateHER have launched a new initiative designed to attract more businesswomen into angel investing - an imperative in addressing the equity gap between male and female-led companies.

Black & Beech, a Cardiff-based online sustainable fashion retailer is expanding with new ranges of ethically sourced clothing and eco-friendly accessories following an investment by the Development Bank of Wales.

Salesfire - a Middlesbrough company whose platform helps e-commerce stores to increase sales - has raised a further £2.75m from NPIF II - Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II).

Little Journey, the healthtech company transforming the delivery of paediatric care through personalised psychological support, has raised £6m in Series A funding round. Mercia Ventures invested alongside the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund I (NPIF I), Par Equity, Octopus Ventures, Calm/Storm Ventures, and angel investors.

Naturbeads, a startup company founded by University of Bath researchers, has received new funding to build a new factory to increase production of its plant-based alternative to microplastic beads.

The company has developed innovative biodegradable cellulose ‘microspheres', which will replace microplastics in a range of consumer and industrial products.

It received £7.8 million in its latest funding round, from investors including Eos Advisory, Progress Tech Transfer and CDP Venture Capital.

MintNeuro, a pioneer of scalable, low-power semiconductor technology for minimally-invasive neural implant applications, has raised £1 million in a funding round led by Empirical Ventures. Additional investment came from Parkwalk Advisors (through the Imperial College Enterprise Fund), Imperial College London, Plug & Play, Excellis Holding, and several prominent angel investors.

Research Grid, the AI startup that helps medical research institutions automate back-office admin for clinical trials, has raised a $6.5m seed round. The company will use the new funding to double down on its mission of making clinical trials faster and more successful.

Bristol start-up, Good Boost, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund, as part of a £500,000 funding round, to accelerate the development of its world-first, AI-driven, aquatic rehabilitation technology.

Good Boost is aiming to transform swimming pools and community spaces into therapeutic places for rehabilitation, wellbeing, and healthy ageing. The company's unique digital aqua paddles make it possible to quantify human movement in water, aiding patient recovery and athlete conditioning programmes.

According to co-founder and CEO, Ben Wilkins, the pioneering technology is a game-changer for patients, physiotherapists, players and coaches, giving them the ability to analyse and evaluate aquatic rehabilitation interventions accurately for the first time.

Northern Gritstone has led a £4 million Seed extension into the Manchester digital X-ray technology company Silveray.

It is with great sadness that AngelNews is sharing the official obituary for Peter Cowley, celebrated technology entrepreneur and serial angel investor, who passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge on Saturday November 16.

Opportunity to invest in fast growing whisky brand Broski - an HMRC Approved Investment with projected 382% profit.

Scotland's tech showcase, EIE25, will co-host the Tech Tour's Growth Deeptech event next year, bringing later-stage companies and investors from across the EU to Edinburgh in May.