London-based cyber risk management firm DynaRisk has announced a $4.7million funding round led by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) 

With over £335 million under management across 19 separate funds and loan schemes, The FSE Group is in a unique position to bring exceptional deal opportunities to its network of business angel investors.

The British Business Bank has made its first investment through the Regional Angels Programme new co-investment platform.  JECO, an automated toolset provider, designed specifically for video games software developers and digital creatives looking to streamline their development processes and future-proof their products has secured $1.3m / £960,000 in growth funding. The deal was led by Games Angels, with British Business Bank participating in the round.

PetProov, a Chorley-based startup which uses anti-fraud technology to combat illegal and unethical practices within the pet sector, has recently closed a six-figure angel investment round.  The final five-figure investment came from a sole angel investor, James Butcher, a serial entrepreneur and business consultant based in the north west. James is also one of Lancashire's Fhunded Angels, a community of private investors looking specifically for early-stage and high growth investment opportunities in the county.

Grace & Green, a  sustainable menstrual care brand, has secured £500,000 equity from the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund via appointed fund manager, The FSE Group, as part of a £1.3million funding round.  

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade has announced that more than £4.5bn is being allocated to the British Business Bank, as part of the Government’s ‘Backing your Business’ small business plan.

UK-based hospitality tech startup Inntelo AI has raised £506,000 in pre-seed funding to scale its AI Concierge platform, which is already being adopted by hotels across the UK, UAE, and Europe. The round was led by Haatch and British Business Investments, with participation from Look AI Ventures and angel investors.

Food tech company Win-Win, creators of the UK's first cocoa-free alternative to chocolate, has announced the closure of its Series A funding round, raising £3 million from investors including the Oetker Collection, Foodlabs, Mustard Seed Maze, Gota Ventures, Paulig, and Kapital, bringing their total raised to date to £8 million.

Build Concierge, the customer engagement platform, has raised $5.1m (£3.8m) in seed funding from a consortium of private investors. The deal values the year-old start-up at £35m.

Korra Ventures, an impact-investment angel syndicate backing underrepresented founders to create the next wave of £100m+ companies, has launched with a mission to deploy £50 million of capital to support these founders over the next decade.  The syndicate is founded on a simple but radical premise: the next generation of £100m+ businesses will be built by underrepresented founders tackling the UN Sustainable Development Goals, if they can access the right capital and networks.

Scotland's early-stage investment landscape continues to broaden its international appeal, with 73 investors new to the Scottish market participating in funding rounds during 2024, according to the latest Scotland Newcomer Investors Report from Young Company Finance.

IdentifAI, the fast-growing startup tackling the threat of AI-generated disinformation, has raised a €5 million funding round led by United Ventures. This new investment follows a €2.2 million seed round less than a year ago, which included a number of angel investors, and will fuel IdentifAI's international expansion in Europe and into the US, as well as its continued development of a proprietary deepfake detection technology.