Scottish Enterprise (SE) has unlocked more than £2 billion of private sector investment in early-stage companies operating in Scotland. Through its commercial investment activity, the economic development agency has invested more than £770 million to help unlock funding from private inve
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BGF has today completed a £1.6 million investment in Aiber, a Scottish med-tech firm, headquartered in Inverness. This completes a £2m fundraising round, with existing investors Scottish Enterprise and Equity Gap also participating.
East Kilbride-based FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), which has developed a light power to weight e-Bike motor, is moving into production following the completion of a £1.65 million funding round led by investment syndicate Kelvin Capital. The new investment will accelerate the production of units
Wave power specialists Mocean Energy have secured a major new investment to accelerate the commercial roll-out of their ground-breaking wave energy technology. The Edinburgh firm has raised £730,000 equity funding from existing funders, led by angel syndicate Equity Gap, together with Old Coll
Edinburgh-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Sharktower has been acquired by data-first change and transformation consultancy Proteus. Founded in 1999, Proteus has has powered $30 billion of the world’s most challenging corporate change projects. Unlike ‘land and expand’ co
In 2021, deals led by angel syndicate members of LINC Scotland secured in total £146 million funding for young companies with high growth potential, almost double the amount raised in 2020, and 70% higher than the record set in 2019. Before the pandemic struck, 2019 had been a high point in th
Edinburgh-based compression pioneer Vert Technologies (Vert) has received £1.9 million investment to expand the presence of its Conical Rotary Compressor (CRC) technology in the Refrigeration and Heat Pump sectors. Vert recently completed a £775,000 investment funding round, through the
Edinburgh-based angel syndicate Equity Gap has reached a £25m investment milestone following its most successful year to date. Leveraging additional funding of over £100m for investee companies since its launch, these investments have helped create over 500 high quality jobs in Scotland,
Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has announced key board member and advisory appointments, as it looks to expand its relationships with next-stage funders and enhance exit capability. Tracey Ginn, US and UK corporate partner at MBM Commercial; Rachel Jones, entrepreneur an
Trojan Energy, the clean energy company, has secured a late seed round investment of £2.2 million to roll out its unique, flat-and-flush on-street EV (electric vehicle) charging hubs and develop further commercial applications of its technology. The round was led by Scottish angel investors Eq
Edinburgh-based smart home security start-up Boundary Technologies has secured an investment of £3.7 million including £1.5m from Skyscanner’s co-founder Gareth Williams. The £1.5m investment from Skyscanner’s Gareth Williams represents his biggest angel investment to d
Sharktower, the Edinburgh-based AI-driven project delivery platform, has raised significant investment in a £400,000 seed round led by Equity Gap and backed by Scottish Enterprise.
Scottish start-up QuickBlock has received more than £250,000 in seed funding that will create four skilled jobs and accelerate growth of the company’s unique rapid-assembly building blocks made from 100% recycled plastic into new markets. The investment from Equity Gap and Scottish Enter
Glasgow-founded FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), the developers of the world’s lightest power to weight e-Bike motor, has secured £1.85 million from a heavily over-subscribed funding round. The new funding round was led by investment syndicate Kelvin Capital and supported by Equity Gap, Fore
Investment syndicate Equity Gap has completed 22 investments in the first half of 2020, with total member funds invested since inception topping £20 million. This month, Equity Gap also celebrates 10 years as one of Scotland’s most successful angel investment groups with record investmen