Operated via Sixth Wave Angel Group (SWAG), the fund invests directly in early-stage companies developing proprietary technologies that tackle fundamental global challenges using science-backed approaches.

Most recently, Sixth Wave Ventures led the seed round of D-time Ltd, helping them fund the development of their Dtechtive platform. The £245,000 raised will enable D-time to build technology that will generate enormous value for data search engines like Google.

Northstar Ventures has launched its first EIS fund, the Northstar EIS Growth Fund, which is now open for subscriptions. The first close of the fund is targeted for 31st March 2024, with investment then being made into a diverse portfolio of technology companies during the 2024/5 tax year. The fund will invest in the North East's highest potential technology scale-up companies, focusing on the clean tech and healthy ageing sectors, where the region has global competitive advantage.

Edinburgh-based investment syndicate, Archangels, invested more than £13.8m during 2023 in eleven of Scotland’s best early-stage tech and life science companies.

Dorset Business Angels will hold its first pitch event and investors' dinner of 2024 on February 5th.

Artemest is an online platform that connects art and design lovers with talented Italian artisans. It was founded in 2015 by Ippolita Rostagno, already a successful entrepreneur in the world of luxury, Marco Credendino, Ignazio Assenza and Marco Deseri. The platform, the result of careful selection, brings Italian artistic and artisanal know-how on an international scale through an online showcase accessible to customers from all over the world. Today the company, after four successful rounds of fundraising, can count on: a site with more than 1400 artisans, 70 employees, four offices between Europe and the United States and a beautiful story of growth to tell.

In a recently conducted member study with over 250 responses, FiBAN mapped the activity, interests, and demographics of its members, painting a detailed image of Finnish angel investors and the startup industries on the rise.

EBAN presents the EBAN Annual Statistics Compendium for 2022, Europe’s most extensive annual research on the activity of business angels and business angel networks.

Kelvin Capital, the Scottish based investor in early stage globally disruptive technologies, has appointed a new senior Advisory Board with high level, international experience.

We spoke to Sarah King, CEO & Co-Founder of Obu Invest, about how and why she founded Obu and asked her to share her views on angel investment and why encouraging greater diversity in the angel world - both the entrepreneurs seeking funding and the angels providing the money - is important for its future success.

A new Angel Investor Programme launching in the Great South West is set to play a pivotal role in driving economic growth.

The initiative is aimed at identifying, educating, and supporting new individual investors, fostering a diverse and thriving investment community to drive innovation and help address funding challenges for tech businesses in the region.

Covesta has launched its new digital platform which enables different angel groups to collaborate on, and easily manage, startup investments.

Developed by angel investors at the 100 plus member Richmond Hill Club (RHC), Covesta solves the problems faced by so many in the sector – such as cumbersome administration, fragmented communications, limited deal access, and lack of transparency.