Fast-growing consumer insights business Vypr has received an additional £3m of investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM) through its British Smaller Companies VCTs to fund strategic sales and product development as the business continues to scale.  Funded in its early stages by a number of angel investors in various seed rounds, a few of them participated in this follow-on round

Pembroke VCT plc, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses led by exceptional founders and management teams, has invested £1 million into VIEVE, the aspirational and purposeful makeup brand transforming the cosmetic landscape, as part of a £5.5 million Series A round. Investing alongside Pembroke VCT are Venrex and Samos (the early stage investors in Charlotte Tilbury), Active Partners and business angels. 

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has published its Climate Tech Report 2022, to shed light on the state of UK climate tech ahead of COP27 this month. 

The CarCrowd is seeking £500k in angel investment

The founders of Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi are new investors and advisors to one of social media’s most promising new stars, Supernova. 

Electric vehicle subscription business Voltric has opened offices in Newport ahead of a seed fundraise.

UK-based gynaecological health startup Daye, which is known for having invented the CBD tampon that is now used by over 60,000 women in the UK, has completed a £10 million funding round. The company’s successful Series A funding round includes investment from London-based Hambro Perks, an international investment firm which focuses on breakthrough and growth technology companies and included angel funding from investors including Dr Michelle Tempest, Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Martin Varsavsky, founder of Prelude, the largest chain of fertility clinics in the world.

Award winning, early stage Healthtech company, BlueSkeye AI Ltd, has secured £3.4m in funding to pursue its mission to improve people’s quality of life through the use of its proprietary face and voice analysis technology. The round was led by XTX Ventures, which invested alongside Foresight Group (through The Midlands Engine Investment Fund), Praetura Ventures (through Praetura’s GMC Life Sciences Fund), the University of Nottingham and a consortium of high-net-worth individuals.

Book Salon, a payment and booking service provider specializing in hair, beauty, and wellness companies, is launching operations in the UK. The Finnish startup has raised £3,7 million from private investors to date, including Big Bets VC and promonent angel investors such as Lennu Keinänen. Book Salon provides entrepreneurs with a full suite of modern tools to run a successful business. Book Salon offers payment terminals and a payment processing service, in addition to its website builder, online booking systems, and cash and accounting reports.

Early stage businesses in North Wales are set to benefit from a new collaboration between Angels Invest Wales and business mentoring provider Camau Nesaf.

Leapfunder is a Europe-wide, online angel club which aims to disrupt the long-standing models we are used to.  We asked CEO Tienko Rasker to tell us more.

The British Business Bank has published a list of 67 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity stake, taking the total to 464 as at 30 September 2022, meaning more than a third of companies have now converted to equity.