Female founder-focussed Angel network Angel Academe has made its 48th investment in women's health platform Adora Health, in addition to making a follow-up investment in professional network The Dots.

The British Business Bank has launched the £200m South West Investment Fund aimed at fostering growth and prosperity for small businesses across the South West of England.

Renewabl, a London, UK-based climate-tech software company, raised £1.1 million in Pre-Seed funding, led by South Pole and QVentures, alongside strategic angel investors.

Anglia Capital Group has invested into mobile technology company easology who through their innovative software as a service solution, are seeking to break down barriers to use of mobile technology for a largely underserved population.

easology's vision and purpose is to deliver solutions which bridge this gap. They provide a unique, proven SaaS solution which addresses many of the challenges their target clients have in using todays advanced devices.

Archangels, has appointed Daniel McKiddie as investment manager to join its executive team.

Craft Gin Club, the UK’s biggest gin subscription service, has successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, passing its initial £500,000 target and closing the round with over 700 investors and more than £800,000 raised.

MSIF has appointed Katie Nicholson as Director of the Liverpool City Region Angel Network.

Sustainable Ventures has completed an investment into Windscope, which has developed a leading SaaS machine learning platform for the onshore and offshore wind industry to monitor and manage the component condition of their assets, without the need for any additional hardware.

Henley Business Angels has been selected by Innovate UK to become one of their Investor Partners. It is one of only a handful of Angel Groups amongst several well-known VCs forming the Investor Partner Network.

Arda Biomaterials’ mission to transform waste into a valuable, animal and plastic-free leather alternatives has just received a major boost with £1.1m of new investment, led by Clean Growth Fund, the UK clean-tech venture capital fund, alongside a number of other investors and angels.

Given the market potential of Arda’s innovative technology, Clean Growth Fund, has led a £1.1m investment in the company, alongside Plug and Play, Serpentine Ventures, Satgana, and a group of angel investors from alternative protein, fashion, and the climate tech ecosystem.

London-based consumer health startup Berry Health raised $1.6m from Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst to democratize access to healthcare in Africa, starting out with mental health, sexual health and dermatology.

Ready Burger, a plant-based fast food brand, has closed a  investment round, reaching well over its £250,000 target, with funds raised totalling more than £290,000.  The funding will be used to further progress its goal of becoming a major player within the global vegan food market, which is forecast to grow to over $60bn by 2028.