2013

An 8 day event where trade and export advisers will be leading a Scottish business delegation to China, offering support, guidance and expertise along the way. For more information please click HERE.

A network for female business angels has recently been launched in a move aimed at encouraging more women to become involved in backing growth firms. For more information please click here.

Profactor Pharma Ltd, based at Biocity near Newhouse in Lanarkshire, has secured investment from Kelvin Capital and the Scottish Co-Investment Fund to fund the next phase of its growth.  The company is using advanced biologics production technology to manufacture recombinant human blood factors, including Factor

A JAPANESE investment house are launching a $50 million (£31m) fund to pump cash into Scotland’s life science companies and renewable energy technology developers. To read the full story please click HERE.

The Herald reports on the upturn of growth in Scotland’s economy. To read the article please click HERE.

A Scottish firm which has developed a smart label that warns when food is past its best is to press on with trials in the US and Europe after being backed by a range of investors.] To read the full story click HERE.

The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), designed to help small, early stage companies raise equity finance, has helped over 1,100 companies to raise the money they need to grow or expand, the government has announced. To read the full story please click HERE.

Today Finance Secretary John Swinney announced the publication of Scotland CAN DO – Becoming a World-leading Entrepreneurial and Innovative Nation. The publication can be found on the Scottish Government’s website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/scotlandcando

On 6th December in Berlin, 25 leading academics and researchers in angel investment from Europe’s top institutions will come together for the first time with a view to developing a co-ordinated approach to providing robust data and intelligence on the angel market across Europe.  This

Nelson Gray & Gareth Magee write how attitudes must change if start ups are to have any chance of prospering. To view the article please click HERE.

Article by Nelson Gray Please click HERE to read the full article.

Brainpower and spending power are set to collide in May next year at the Informatics Ventures “Engage Invest Exploit” forum in Edinburgh. For more information please click HERE.