The UK Business Angels Association has opened a new Angel Investment Hub in the heart of Cambridge.

2018 has so far proven to be fairly promising in terms of the aggregate value of announced angel investment deals targeting Western European companies, according to Zephyr, the M&A database published by Bureau van Dijk. The first quarter of 2018 has already surpassed Q1 2016, Q1 2015 and Q1 2014 by value, despite the fact that there are 12 days still to go until the end of the quarter at the time of writing. 

All Bright has participated in a £3m Series A funding round into Tech Will Save Us, led by Initial Capital alongside Backed VC, SaatchInvest, Unltd-inc and Leaf VC. The start-up, which develops technology-led toys to help develop STEM skills in kids, will use the funding to increase its product range.

The following article is a short insight in to Peter Cowley's thoughts on how entrepreneurs should approach investors.

CoInvestor Connect, CoInvestor’s alternative asset investment platform for sophisticated private investors, has expanded its offering with the addition of private equity funds to the platform.

CoInvestor has continually strengthened its offering since its inception in 2016, transforming the management of alternative assets by di

Archangels and Scottish Investment Bank have invested £2 million in Bio-Images Drug Delivery Limited (BDD). 

In the febrile three weeks before the end of the tax year, when many investors will be looking for ways to use up some S/EIS allowance, the hunt for a deal, any deal, may overtake the close interest one may take in returns.  For investors who are not overly interested in this issue, it might be wise to stop for a moment and satisfy yourself that you really are up for the journey. 

The  Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN) launched on March 14th in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was an overwhelming success with over 150 attendees and 50 registered paying members.

Hats off to HBAN who funded an angel deal just 48 hours after the pitch.

How did this investment which is possibly the speediest investment ever (let me know if you know of a quicker one) happen?  HBAN explained that it was partly because with previous investors, including HBAN angels, already in the deal, all the due diligence was in place.

Brodie McGhie Willcox was a shipbroker who, in the early 19th Century, teamed up with the sailor, Arthur Anderson, to found a shipping line called the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.  Arthur Anderson got to know McGhie Willcox when he was a clerk at the latter’s shipbroking business. They were later joined by a Dublin shipowner, Captain Richard Bourne, joined the business.

Dow Schofield Watts Angels has completed its first deal, with a £500,000 investment in Warrington-based software company Avanite.

UK-leading meal-kit company, Gousto, has raised a further £28.5m additional equity funding from new and existing investors: Hargreave Hale, Angel CoFund, MMC Ventures, and BGF Ventures - bringing the total amount raised to £56.5m.

The investment shows enormous progress for the company, a first-mover in the highly competitive and fast-growing meal-kit industry, which is predicted to generate $10bn globally by 2020 and is already worth an estimated $3.5bn in the US.