Gutsy Health, the Edinburgh-based creator of the Gut Wealth supplement range, has secured £300,000 of investment from Equity Gap and Apollo Informal Investments, two of Scotland’s angel investment syndicates and, Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s national economic development agency.
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Aberdeen-based ZOEX Ltd, the UK’s only female-founded wave energy company, is riding a wave of investment success after securing £531,000 funding including investment from Equity Gap, The University of Strathclyde and Scottish Enterprise. The private investment by Equity Gap has been mat
Edinburgh-based Lentitek Ltd has secured £1 million in funding over the past six months, including £700,000 from Scottish angel investment syndicate Equity Gap. This investment, alongside a £300,000 Innovate UK grant, will accelerate the development and commercialisation of Lentite
Edinburgh-based golf technology company, Shot Scope, has secured $8.5 million (c. £6.6m) in a Series B funding round. Led by Guinness Ventures, the funding will fuel Shot Scope's global expansion, allowing the company to offer its subscription-free, performance-enhancing technology such as GPS
Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has been named as the most frequent backer of women-owned businesses in Scotland, according to Young Company Finance. Between 2018 and 2023, Equity Gap backed 12 equity investment rounds in female-led businesses – 30% of the tota
A Scottish company has secured investor backing worth £1.3 million for its unique recycled plastic construction blocks. QUICKBLOCK’S construction blocks are shipped flat packed on pallets for rapid assembly in the defence, security, humanitarian aid and commercial markets.
Scottish workplace productivity startup Trickle has secured a £1 million investment led by Equity Gap, featuring contributions from Scottish Enterprise and London-based VC firm NoBa Capital. Trickle, led by founder and CEO Paul Reid, plans to grow its team, increase its presence in the private
Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate has today announced changes to its top team that will see the syndicate continue to expand its portfolio across Scotland and the UK. Fraser Lusty becomes managing director, leading the Equity Gap team as they work to deliver positive outcome
Edinburgh-based Equity Gap has achieved a significant milestone as the firm's total investments to date into portfolio companies reached £200 million.
Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up, MiAlgae, has secured further investment of £2.3m to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. Established in 2016, MiAlgae has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of Omega-3 for animal and human consumption – something which
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
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

