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Venture capital firm Par Equity has today announced three new appointments to its Edinburgh team. Patricia El-Jichi joins as investment manager alongside Clara Baltay and Oliver Johnston-Watt who have been appointed investment analysts. Working from Par Equity’s Edinburgh office, the new

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Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has launched its new venture fund, Par Equity Ventures I LP, with an initial closure of £67 million, aiming for a full fund size of £100m This new venture fund is poised to stimulate the tech sector in Scotland and the North of the UK, part

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Sensor specialist startup Neuranics has secured a £1.9 million investment led by Par Equity. GU Holdings Ltd, the investment company for the University of Glasgow, Old College Capital, the University of Edinburgh’s venture investment fund, and London-based Creator Fund, who back scientif

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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