Panthera Biosciences (Panthera) has secured £10 million of investment from BGF and Gresham House Ventures.

MitoRx Therapeutics secures investment from Science Angel Syndicate to develop its first-in-class therapeutics that target dysfunctional sulfide-signalling in mitochondria to halt the progress of degenerative diseases.

Science Angel Syndicate (SAS) was launched in September 2021 to supportinvestments into frontier scientific discoveries that impact society on a global scale. Leveraging their unique due diligence capabilities they have supported SAS investors to make an investment into MitoRx Therapeutics. 

Science Angel Syndicate co-founders, Dr Ben Miles and Dr Johnathan Matlock will be joining the Advisory Board of Elbow Beach Capital as part of a collaboration agreement.

SFC Capital is calling for urgent action to reinvigorate seed-stage investment and help secure the next generation of innovative businesses emerging across the UK, with SEIS at risk of becoming redundant as a funding mechanism due to startups’ growing funding needs and the impact of inflation.

Employee benefits platform Juno has raised $4m to transform outdated ‘work perks’ schemes by empowering employees to choose benefits that work for them. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures and joined by angels including Juno early adopters Tony Jamous, CEO of OysterHR and Christian Owens, CEO of Paddle. Other angel investors include the CEOs of Learnerbly, Captify, Jungle Creations, SuperAwesome and Heights.

Modwenna Rees-Mogg considers how inflation is going to affect the angel (and VC) investment market.

ETAP, an insurtech startup that makes it easier to buy and claim insurance, has secured $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to grow its team and drive the adoption of much-needed car insurance across Africa. Starting in Nigeria, the new funding will support the roll-out of ETAP’s game-changing app which allows drivers to buy insurance in 90 seconds, complete claims in 3 minutes or less and get rewarded for good driving and avoiding accidents.

Green Angel Syndicate, the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, has invested in a £3.8m investment round into Swytch.The funding will be used to launch Swytch's brand new product: the world's first pocket-sized eBike battery, which converts any bicycle into an electric bike.

The new Swytch eBike conversion kit features a pocket-sized battery (the "Power Pack") which is similar in size to a large smart-phone. The battery provides 250W of power and enough range for your daily commute, whilst weighing only 700g (1.5lb) and can be recharged in around 1 hour.

SETsquared Bristol member LatchAid, an award winning breastfeeding and early parenthood support innovator, has closed its seed funding round with an ultra-competitive £510k Innovate UK Innovation Loan, bringing total investments to £1m, as testament to its ground-breaking technology and user traction.

By Peter Finnie, partner and patent attorney at full-service IP law firm Potter Clarkson.

Turning car finance on its head putting consumers in the driving seat, Carmoola, a newly launched motoring fintech has raised £27M in investment from Jaguar Land Rover’s investment fund, InMotion Ventures, VentureFriends, BCI and California-based Clocktower Ventures.

DBIC Ventures has led a €1.6M funding round in industry cloud CRM company, Clarity CX1, along with angel and other investors. The investment will be used to fuel Clarity CX1’s global growth plans, supported by 30 new jobs over the next two years.