Startup Funding Club has invested £570K into Blue Skies Space Ltd alongside the London Co-Investment Fund and Angel Investors, marking the 100th deal of the SFC Funds.

Blue Skies Space Ltd is a pioneering UK company providing access to space science data from low-cost space missions. Blue Skies Space is taking a private-sector approach to a traditionally government-driven area and will provide a commercial service worldwide. The deal marks the 100th investment made by a fund operated by SFC since the launch of the organisation’s first Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Fund in 2014. 

Subsea services company, Rovco, is on track to rapidly grow its share of the global subsea market after securing angel investment. This will enable the firm to launch its cutting-edge live 3D visual subsea inspection systems, which could significantly reduce the time taken to complete subsea surveys and cut inspection costs by 80%.

Wistia, a video software provider for small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $17.3m in debt to pay back its angel investors, allowing it to remain true to its founders’ principles of being creatively-driven, long-lasting and independent.  “The decision was one of the most important in Wistia's history,” said Chris Savage (pictured), Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Wistia. “Our goal was to realign everyone involved in Wistia on the same vision.”

HBAN was crowned Globally Networked Organisation 2018 at the EBAN Awards Ceremony held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Monday 25th June.

EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players has published the new edition of its much anticipated annual mapping of fiscal incentives available to business angels in Europe. This year, EBAN partnered again with BOFIDI to develop the annual publication.  Fiscal incentives have an important role in stimulating the activity of business angels and early stage equity investors in start-ups.

Mimica Lab, a business that produces award-winning technology designed to reduce waste in perishable products such as food and pharmaceuticals, have received investment from Henley Business Angels members to contribute to their funding round.

Capitama, the global direct private investment platform for sophisticated and professional investors, has today announced that its members have exceeded £10bn in annual investment appetite.

EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players elected on 26 June, 2018 a new President and Board of Directors for the 2018-2020 mandate. The elections were held during the association’s Annual General Assembly, which took place at the 2018 EBAN Annual Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Big Society Capital and the UKBAA are running a short poll to explore angels social motivations. If you are an angel investor, please take 2 minutes to participate.

Having introduced £15.3m of equity between 2010-2018, this represents a return of £42,686,301 for 50 members of the ENVESTORS private network and two introduced Funds.

CamBioScience, an e-learning company that provides intensive training courses in breakthrough life science technologies, has received investment from three Henley Business Angels members, helping them raise a total of £400,000. CamBioScience have created an enterprise-level cloud platform called OBRIZUM, which allows companies in high-skill areas like healthcare, engineering, finance, law and software to automatically create, deliver and monitor adaptive online courses and assessments on a global scale.

New Anglia Capital has invested in PBD Biotech to fund the firm's international expansion.