Entia, a medical technology business, which recently announced a commercial partnership with Pfizer UK, raised $12 million earlier in the year in a funding round co-led by UK growth capital investor, BGF and growth fund manager, Parkwalk, with participation from existing seed investor Sussex Place Ventures.

EquiTrace, a unique app for horses that combines identity, GPS and medical records data using a scanner, a microchip and a mobile phone, has signed an investment agreement with a syndicate of HBAN angel investors led by Brendan Nevin, CEO of Code Institute for 1million euros.  Enterprise Ireland will also be investing in the company, providing 250,000 euros.  EquiTrace will use the investment to grow the company, building a sales and development team as well as investing in marketing, and focus on global expansion.

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses with exceptional founders and management teams, has invested £1m into Peckwater Brands, the creator of data-driven virtual food brands, which develops delivery-only, fully-serviced food concepts to increase revenue for existing restaurants, its franchisees.

Maven Capital Partners has agreed a joint venture with Taggart Homes, the award winning housebuilder, to develop 150 new-build family homes in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has released the report, 'Eager beavers: Enhancing the UK's commercial ecosystem'. The report examines VCT investment since the 2017 rule changes which directed VCTs towards higher-risk investment.

Andrew Aldridge, Partner at Deepbridge Capital, considers the key things investors must do before making an investment.

Digital soccer coaching platform coachbetter has announced the close of its seed funding round, totaling nearly $1M. Investment came from the Swiss Founders Fund, TheVentureCity, and former professional soccer player, Remo Staubli. The capital will go toward developing new features, expanding the coachbetter team, and actioning the company's international strategy.

London-based conversational media platform Octaive has raised £500k in an angel investment round. Backed by high profile industry leaders, the funding round is the first external investment by the two year old creative technology startup, which has seen revenues more than double in the past year, making it already profitable. Octaive’s ‘conversational media’ technology generates ‘active attention’ through conversations between consumers and brands within standard display and video inventory.

techspert.io, the AI technology innovator connecting businesses with experts for domain-specific industry insights, has closed a $12 million investment round led by BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor and existing investors Nauta Capital, a Pan-European Venture Capital firm.

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, today announces the 30 companies who have been accepted into Fintech 4.0 - the fourth iteration of Tech Nation’s sector-specific growth programme for fintech entrepreneurs to enable their startups to scale, both at home and abroad.

Chantelle Arneaud of Envestors looks at the potential pitfalls for angel investors.

Stim OxyGen, an innovative cancer treatment technology company, has been named as the overall winner of the 2021 Northern Ireland INVENT Awards.