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Edinburgh-based venture capital (VC) firm Par Equity has attained B Corp certification, further solidifying its commitment to sustainable and socially responsible business practices. The certification, often seen as the gold standard for social and environmental performance, marks the company as a l

Par Equity has led a £1.6 million seed funding round into Gigged.AI, alongside existing investor Techstart Ventures, Edinburgh-based strategic design firm Nile HQ, and a number of entrepreneurs. Now Gigged.AI is set to scale its HR tech as companies address hiring freezes and staff retent

Edinburgh-based Par Equity has invested £38 million in early-stage technology businesses across the north of the UK in 2022, up from £25m in 2021, backing 27 companies in 2022, of which ten were new additions to the portfolio. One of the highlights of the year was the sale of Optoscribe,

Pufferfish, which uses its spherical displays to create immersive solutions for a wide range of clients including Google, NASA, BBC, Fortum, Amazon Prime and Aramco, has exceeded its £600,000 target in the its latest funding round. The Edinburgh tech firm will use the funding to expedite its g

Ultrasound sensor specialist Novosound has signed a commercial partnership agreement with PAVmed Inc, the Nasdaq-listed diversified medical technology company, to develop technology aimed at advancing intravascular imaging. The PAVmed agreement furthers Novosound’s move into healthcare, and it

Par Equity has led a £6.9 million investment round for StretchSense after it expanded its European headquarters in Edinburgh, launching a centre of excellence in AI and spatial computing. The New Zealand tech firm is a specialist in high-precision motion capture technology for the gaming and a

Global Surface Intelligence (GSI), the Edinburgh-based geospatial company, has agreed a seven-figure investment package from Alter Technology TUV Nord Group (TUVN) for a minority stake in the business. As a result TUVN will take a seat on the board and also have a board observer. Both Par Equity and

Integrated Graphene, a Stirling-based technology development and integration company, has announced plans to invest up to £8 million in scaling up its 3D Graphene foam, Gii, manufacturing process to meet surging global demand from the human diagnostics and energy markets. Founded in 2016, Inte

Par Equity, the Edinburgh venture capital firm, capped off a successful year by supporting 12 high growth technology companies in the first quarter of 2022 with record investments of £31.4 million.  The investments made over the past year signal an 83% increase on £17.2m in the prev

Edinburgh-based computer vision and geo-spatial mapping specialist Machines With Vision has secured a £2.6 million investment led by Par Equity. The funding will support ongoing product development, sales growth, and the planned hire of a number of engineers to work in research, product develo

Individual investors are increasingly turning to forestry as they see the ‘win-win’ of environmental and financial return on the horizon, according to Edinburgh-based alternative asset manager Par Equity.

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

Aberdeen-based intelligent energy management and storage technologies specialist, Verlume, has received a £2.5m investment from a consortium led by Par Equity. Par Equity, a venture capital firm based in Edinburgh, specialises in investing in innovative technology companies and was joined by e

Edinburgh-based investment manager Par Equity has led its largest-ever seed round, with a $5.1 million investment into Manchester-headquartered startup SamsonVT, alongside US venture capital firm Blumberg Capital. SamsonVT has developed Industry 4.0 solutions that are transforming product maintenanc

Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has more than doubled its annual investment into innovative technology businesses, from £12 million in 2020 to £25m last year. This was in addition to a $400m exit on the sale of portfolio company Current Health in October, which continued