British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc, has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23.

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to private markets, and a part of BlackRock, has released its latest eFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmark report, covering the period to the end of Q2 2023.

Wave energy pioneer Mocean Energy has raised £2.2 million new equity alongside a £500,000 grant to drive the commercialisation of its wave energy technologies.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Seed Capital Investment Fund, The Dyers’ Company has launched the Fund for a second year. This initiative is designed to support innovation and the commercialisation of business ideas within the colouration industry. The deadline for applications is 15th December 2023.

DN Capital, the leading European early-stage venture capital firm, and health-tech VC, YZR Capital has led a €5.1m Seed round for filu, a German startup that builds modern tech-enabled veterinary clinics. Lukas Keindl, co-founder of US-based Bond Vet, Rivus Ventures, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and angel investors also participated in the round.

Kelvin Capital, the Scottish based investor in early stage globally disruptive technologies, has appointed a new senior Advisory Board with high level, international experience.

We spoke to Sarah King, CEO & Co-Founder of Obu Invest, about how and why she founded Obu and asked her to share her views on angel investment and why encouraging greater diversity in the angel world - both the entrepreneurs seeking funding and the angels providing the money - is important for its future success.

Early-stage investor community South East Angels has invested in Uhubs, a SaaS platform helping revenue leaders build and improve their sales teams with data-led decisions.

Firglas is a seed-stage company focused on the production of microalgae for use in the aquaculture, cosmetics and nutraceuticals sector.

The company is raising funding of £500k to achieve a key commercial milestone - to start production at scale and start to generate product sales.  Visit our Funding for Entrepreneurs website HERE to find out more about the opportunity and how you can invest.  OR click on this link

Winefi has announced its upcoming platform launch, poised to revolutionise the landscape of fine wine investment, making it an accessible mainstream asset class. 

New wealth-tech platform Prosper, which plans to revolutionise how we save and invest, has raised a £3.2 million angel round.

The founders of Monzo, Capital One, World First, Tandem, Azimo, Embark, Comply Advantage, and the Connect, MMC and Portfolio Ventures all contributed to Prosper’s £3.2 million angel round, backing the company to shake up the way people manage their wealth.

Oxford Innovation Finance’s Angel Network (OION) has invested in the latest funding round for Aura, the digital funeral planning and delivery tool tackling the fear, uncertainty and complexity surrounding death.