The knotty issue of regulation is still an area that needs some light thrown onto it.  I suspect few angels (and indeed some advisers in the angel market) realise that under FCA rules any company defined as an SME – less than 250 employees for example – is regarded by the FCA as a retail client. 

The Great Western Railway was built to allay the fears of Bristol Merchants who believed that their position as the second most important port in England would be taken over by Liverpool. 

Shields Energy, a ground-breaking company in the electricity management market, has netted investment from Green Angel Syndicate.

Angel network set up last year to bring together individual investors with promising Northern technology firms has chosen a Warrington-based software company for its first funding round.

Angels love to invest in high risk “next big thing” opportunities.  So, should you be investing in ICOs?

Juliet Brine looks at what will be the top investment trends for the coming year.

HBAN says it plans to sign up a record 35 new business angel investors at its national conference on Thursday 8^th February in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. They will bring a combined €7 million of new business angel funds, which will be made available to help ambitious Irish start-ups seeking to scale internationally.

Drawing together hundreds of the world’s top business leaders, WBAF 2018 shapes the global agenda of the world early and post-early stage equity markets in the year ahead. For the first time ever, The World Business Angel Investors Forum World Congress 2018, the world’s biggest annual gathering of early stage equity and investment markets, will have 5 important summits running concurrently and will host more than 1000 delegates from around the world.

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) announces its predictions for 2018.

ENVESTORS, the regulated corporate finance adviser with a network of over 3,250 sophisticated investors, announces that equity investments made through its investor network have surpassed £100m. 

It’s a growing trend.  Angels are emerging from behind their clubs and networks and possibly a phone number and email address, and going public on the web in their own right.  

Whilst word of mouth is a common source of deal flow you never know what you might find from these high-quality angel groups.