Oliver Woolley of Envestors makes the case for becoming an angel investor and why now is a good time to jump into the pool.

Data suggests Brits are resigning at the highest rate since 2009; it’s been dubbed ‘The Great Resignation’

Panthera Biosciences (Panthera) has secured £10 million of investment from BGF and Gresham House Ventures.

MitoRx Therapeutics secures investment from Science Angel Syndicate to develop its first-in-class therapeutics that target dysfunctional sulfide-signalling in mitochondria to halt the progress of degenerative diseases.

Science Angel Syndicate (SAS) was launched in September 2021 to supportinvestments into frontier scientific discoveries that impact society on a global scale. Leveraging their unique due diligence capabilities they have supported SAS investors to make an investment into MitoRx Therapeutics. 

Science Angel Syndicate co-founders, Dr Ben Miles and Dr Johnathan Matlock will be joining the Advisory Board of Elbow Beach Capital as part of a collaboration agreement.

SFC Capital is calling for urgent action to reinvigorate seed-stage investment and help secure the next generation of innovative businesses emerging across the UK, with SEIS at risk of becoming redundant as a funding mechanism due to startups’ growing funding needs and the impact of inflation.

Fearless Adventures invests in D2C (direct to consumer) startups, and its co-founder is David Newns. David sold two companies he founded for more than £150m, and is passionate about supporting new founders with the proceeds of those sales through his angel investments. 

Employee benefits platform Juno has raised $4m to transform outdated ‘work perks’ schemes by empowering employees to choose benefits that work for them. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures and joined by angels including Juno early adopters Tony Jamous, CEO of OysterHR and Christian Owens, CEO of Paddle. Other angel investors include the CEOs of Learnerbly, Captify, Jungle Creations, SuperAwesome and Heights.

52 North Health, a UK and US-based med-tech start-up, has raised £1 million in its first round of funding from leading UK and European specialist investors. The round was led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, with participation from Crista Galli Ventures, King’s Health Partners MedTech Innovations, Meltwind, Milltrust Ventures and a number of angels.

Gannon's Catherine Ramsay asks "what are the key issues and pitfalls encountered where a company is reorganising and it has subsisting enterprise management incentive (EMI) options?"

Modwenna Rees-Mogg considers how inflation is going to affect the angel (and VC) investment market.

ETAP, an insurtech startup that makes it easier to buy and claim insurance, has secured $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to grow its team and drive the adoption of much-needed car insurance across Africa. Starting in Nigeria, the new funding will support the roll-out of ETAP’s game-changing app which allows drivers to buy insurance in 90 seconds, complete claims in 3 minutes or less and get rewarded for good driving and avoiding accidents.

Arbor Steel has raised £200,000 in a pre-seed funding round from angel investors to bring its digital identity citadel to customers. Developed following a £100,000 InnovateUK Grant, the platform provides a secure and efficient way to share personal data and interact with services whilst maintaining control. The round included an element of angel funding.