Female angel investors have helped drive more than £2bn of investment in companies across the UK in the past decade, a new study reveals today.

The Women Angel Insights report from the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) and Beauhurst reveals that more than 5,000 women are making angel investments across the UK, helping to create over 10,000 jobs in the past decade.

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a commitment of up to £10m to Haatch Ventures through the Regional Angels Programme.

Catalyst has appointed three experienced non-executive directors to its board to help oversee the implementation of its new five-year strategy and further strengthen its position as the epicentre of entrepreneurship and innovation in Northern Ireland. 

Par Equity has invested in a £2.2 million funding round for RAB-Microfluidics with support from existing investors Eos, Newable Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

Jobbatical has announced a €11.6m funding round, led by experienced Nordic VC Inventure, to meet the demands of the annual 281m global worker relocations and the rapidly growing digital nomad community. 

We chat with Susie Fisher, Investment Director at Kelvin Capital, about the angel scene in Scotland and how Kelvin fits into it.

blinkwall, a business that has created and patented a digital multi-display solution that is powered by a mobile app and integrated into the smart-home ecosystem for the purpose of showcasing images and video, has received investment from one Henley Business Angels member, contributing towards a funding round of £150,000.

As part of its mission to tackle to UK funding gap for female-led UK businesses, Women Angels of the North, 

Software company, Modern Democracy has secured a £700,000 investment round to facilitate further growth in the UK and international markets.

Bristol-based Anaphite, which is developing new technology to improve batteries for electric vehicles, has raised just under £1 million from Wealth Club clients under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). The funding was part of Anaphite’s latest £4.1 million funding institutional round, with Wealth Club taking 20% of the raise. Blue Wire Capital, OION, Zero Carbon Capital, Silicon Roundabout Ventures and Deeptech Labs, who are highly regarded as an accelerator for deep tech companies, have also invested.

Thalamos, a platform digitising the Mental Health Act has raised a $1million (£900k) Seed Round, backed by Ascension's Conduit Impact EIS Fund, Angels including Syndicate Room, and a private Seedrs crowdfund. 

Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2 compliant payments system, has raised a large seed round, led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor. Additional investors include the ex-founder of Shutterstock and the founder of LoveFilm. Ryft enables automated next day payouts for marketplace businesses and their merchants, for a single flat fee per transaction.