University spinout About:Energy has announced the launch of its battery design software platform, The Voltt, to shorten R&D timelines, improve battery performance, and reduce development risk for battery cells and systems in automotive, aerospace and niche industries. 

A Newcastle-based company has raised over £ 1.85 million of funding to help its quest to save more lives through better testing for prostate cancer.

The funding includes £500,000 investment from the North East Innovation Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Northstar Ventures alongside investment from Prostate Cancer Research together with and investment of £250,000 from JR Holding ASI, and £305,000 from angel investors. On top of this investment Innovate UK awarded the company a grant of £750,000 to develop its disease screening activities.

Leading biotech company MiAlgae has officially launched its omega-3 product NaturAlgae to market thanks to recent expansion of its commercial production site in Scotland following investment last August.

Taylor & Hart, the digital-first bespoke jewellery business, has raised £3.5 million in funding from Virgin Money, Active Partners and private investment platform Seedrs. The investment will be used to support Taylor & Hart’s intentions to further develop its state-of-the-art technology offering which ensures the authenticity of its gemstones and enables a seamless customer experience, as well as grow internationally and increase brand awareness.

Twelve years after his initial investment, Lord Alan Sugar, 76, and Susie Ma, 34, have agreed to terms that return Tropic Skincare to a 100% founder-owned company.

o2h group, the creators of innovative SciTech communities, has launched the Cambridge Wide Open Day, offering a unique insight into the city best known as the ‘UK Centre of Science & Technology’. The inaugural event will take place on Wednesday 14^th June 2023, kicking off with an exclusive breakfast to introduce investors to the latest cohort of science and tech businesses set for growth beyond their own frontiers.

Dorset Business Angels (DBA) will host its inaugural Angel Investing Workshop on April 17th, at the Bournemouth Carlton Hotel. The workshop will take place prior to the Spring pitch event and will be led by experienced angel investor and DBA Chairman, Don McQueen.

In recent years, there has been a growing focus on gender diversity in the investment world, both in the venture capital and angel investment spaces. As the President of EBAN, I am proud to say that we have made gender diversity a priority in our organization, and we have seen the benefits of doing so. 

Glopal, a cross-border e-commerce software solution that enables brands to develop their international sales, has announced a €20 million Series A round of financing from Hi Inov - Dentressangle and Crédit Mutuel Innovation. The historical investors, Seventure and Axeleo Capital, participate in the round, joined by retail experts such as Motier Ventures (Family office of the owners of Galeries Lafayette) and Pierre Denis (former CEO of Jimmy Choo).

Germany: Flagship Founders, the first European venture studio focused on maritime technologies, logistics and shipping, has closed its €3.5 million funding round. The round is led by Hamburg-based shipping company F. Laeisz. and complemented by Starthub Ventures and Flagship Founders' founding partner Auerbach Schifffahrt. In addition, several business angels are investing, including Jürgen Ringbeck and Philipp Ahrenkiel.

UK-based Legislate has added $3.6M in funding in a round led by Parkwalk Advisors, with participation from Oxford Capital and several high-profile angel investors. Using its patented knowledge graph technology, Legislate provides companies with ontologies of legal terms, allowing anyone in the business to semantically search for information across an entire database of contracts. The company, which until now has focused on creating a solution for startups and scaleups, is using the funds to double down on UK sales and prepare for international expansion in 2023.

OION Angels has invested in the latest £1.5 million funding round of Arma Karma, the award-winning monthly insurance subscription company which has been a part of the Oxford Innovation ecosystem since 2019, when it took up residency with Oxford Innovation Space in the Colchester Innovation Centre Knowledge Gateway.