Achieving an exit in less than two years is no mean feat in the angel community. This is Astia Angels latest achievement. 

ThoughtRiver, a developer of contract intelligence AI software, has raised more than $1m from a group of investors, including former Vodafone UK CEO Guy Laurence and Michael Findlay, chairman of Morgan Sindall and former co-head of investment banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

May 2017 

The news yesterday that Seedrs will be commencing Trading Tuesdays with a limited secondary market opportunity for Seedrs funded businesses, following hot on the heels of Crowdcube’s buyers led secondary market, is the latest piece of activity in the obvious development of the next stage in the private investor equity market. Meanwhile, established secondary markets like AIM, Asset Match, NEX Exchange and JPJ Jenkins are seeing an upsurge of interest as more and more investors look to deal with the challenge of taking up the right to sell something they were previously given the right to buy.

Okappy, has announced the launch of its investment pitch on the AngelsDen equity crowdfunding platform. Aiming to raise £500,000 from the crowd, the pitch is open to anyone interested in supporting Okappy’s innovative new communications platform.

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Vyaire Medical, the healthcare industry's largest pure-play "breathing" company, announced it has acquired Ciel Medical, a medical device company focused on solving unmet needs of medical professionals caring for intubated patients.

Over 180 investors and entrepreneurs will gather tonight (Tuesday, 25^th April, 2017) to celebrate a quarter of a century of early stage investing by business angel syndicate, Archangels, and will hear that the syndicate has led more than £222m of investment by Archangels and its partners in 82 Scottish companies, creating over 3,500 high value jobs since launching in 1992.

19 April 

The Angel CoFund, launched at the end of 2011 with an initial Government-backed funding of £50m to support the UK’s angel market, today celebrates reaching its fifth birthday. 

£175m invested, 71 companies funded, four successful exits and three IPOs: five years of the Angel CoFund. Strong performance sees 3x return on investments on average.

6 April 

A novel antibiotic, which has been developed in Scotland for the treatment of Clostridium difficile, will take a step closer to being brought to market following the completion of a further round of funding led by prominent angel investment syndicate, Archangels, for MGB Biopharma.

6 April 

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) announces its five-year business angel outlook that predicts business angels will invest €85 million in 264 high potential start-ups in the period running 2017 to year-end 2021. It will mark a 79% increase in investment over the previous five years, which saw €47.4 million invested in 244 companies.

4 April

Startup Funding Club’s Fund and its angel syndicate invest £200K into fintech startup Future Mobile Money.