Angel Investors Bristol (AIB) has announced the launch of its newly created investment group. From Tuesday 20th June, AIB will create a new home for Angel Investors with a desire to support and invest in local growth businesses.
Founding members, Peter Lockett, Ben Cooper, Jon Bonnick and Sam Simpson have been active investors via BPEC and other Angel groups in recent years and have...
TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, has welcomed the UK Government’s series of initiatives aimed at bolstering the creative industries, including the video games industry, but has called for a Video Games Investment Fund to be implemented next.
The UK Games Fund is set to receive an uplift of £5 million. With this additional funding, the UK Games Fund's...
A record 45% of total funds raised by companies at tech incubator SETsquared Bristol were led by women, according to their 2022 impact results.
Women raised £15 million of the total £33 million raised by the 85 companies at the University of Bristol-led incubator. This is testament to its long-term focus for inclusivity within the tech sector which includes its programmes,...
Tech South West has partnered with Deepbridge to run a series of events aimed at Angel Investors and Professional Services Firms - the life blood of the S/EIS investment ecosystem - to help raise awareness of the opportunities early-stage investing can present, and to highlight the different routes to accessing the sector.
Ben Cooper, Funding and Business Support Lead at Tech South...
The Investment Activator Programme (IAP) has released their annual report on equity investment in the South West, providing the latest insights into which companies and sectors raised the most in 2022 and the ones to keep an eye on in 2023.
A key takeaway of the report is that, despite the over £920 million raised by businesses in the South West, last years’ total investment figure was...
Bath-based climate tech innovator Kelpi has secured more than £3 million fundraising to advance its pioneering technology creating biomaterial coatings from seaweed.
The funding round, announced today, will bring sustainable packaging for the food & drink and cosmetics sectors a step closer to supermarket shelves. Kelpi’s unique coatings will enable recyclable and home- or...
The University of Plymouth is leading a £1.2million project to upgrade the offshore infrastructure of Smart Sound Plymouth.
The initiative, supported by funding from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, will further enhance the unique proving ground for businesses to test, trial, prototype and commercialise new products and services.
Bristol-based tech-focussed investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of printing and packaging specialists Edale to global leader, Canon Production printing. The deal highlights the continuing attractiveness of cross-border transactions and is the latest in a string of international deals advised on by ICON.
Hampshire-based Edale engineers and manufactures world...
The Government has ringfenced £1m from the ninth round of the £10m Energy Entrepreneurs Fund for projects based in Cornwall, "to reflect the important part played by Cornwall in the 2021 G7 and [...] to create a positive legacy."
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has been developed to support sustainable innovation in the areas of energy efficiency, power generation, heat generation,...
The University of Bristol has been revealed as the UK’s top university for providing returns on its spinout companies.
The South West university tops the national list for returns on its spinouts, at an average of £3.85 generated for every £1 invested, according to The University Spinout Report 2021 . That’s compared to an average of £2.30 generated by spinouts from the top ten UK...
