2012

Cathy Black, head of textiles, Scottish Enterprise, welcomed international fashion house Chanel’s decision to acquire Hawick cashmere manufacturer Barrie Knitwear. To read the full story please click HERE.

Our American colleague Bill Payne, well known to many angel groups here, has recently completed his third annual survey of investment deal valuations among groups within the Angel Capital Association and a summary of his findings is located here: Angel Group Valuation Survey.

New company Waveblade Ltd has raised £550k in a deal with Glasgow based business syndicate Kelvin Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank. To read the full story please click HERE.

Calcivis, which is developing a method for assessing tooth decay, raised £1.2 million through Archangel, Scotland’s largest business angel syndicate. To read the full story please click HERE.

All the speakers slides from the Annual YCF Conference are now available. To view the speakers slides from the conference please visit YCF Scotland.

Stewart McKnight of Ascendant has released his most recent quarterly update of investment trends. Ascendant collects this data to allow it to give up to date information to our clients who are fund raising or looking for interesting acquisition and merger opportunities.  Demonstrably, we know

A WHEELCHAIR designer who uses Formula 1 racing car technology in his products has secured £350,000 of funding from Highland Venture Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank to launch his carbon fibre chair. Andrew Slorance, designer of the Carbon Black wheelchair and founder of Nairn-based

Rob Stokes writes about start-ups that are looking at more innovative forms of finance. To read the full article featured in the Business Herald September Supplement, please click HERE.

Early-stage Scottish companies received £15.5 million of investment in 36 funding deals which involved the LINC Scotland network of business angels in the first half of 2012, up 50% on the £10.3m figure for the opening six months of last year. To read the full

EDINBURGH-based battery technology specialist Dukosi has secured £200,000 of funding from angel investors and Scottish Enterprise to develop a full prototype of its product. To read the full story please click HERE.

The Scottish Government has published its latest update to the appendices to the Action Plan on European Engagement.   Appendix I provides information on Scottish Government activity over the previous six months under the Danish Presidency within our four priority areas of Energy and Climate Change;

Finance Secretary John Swinney visited North-east oil and gas company Red Spider Technology today, 31 July 2012, as he announced that a further four ambitious businesses are benefiting from £5 million of funding from the Scottish Loan Fund with the option to drawdown up to