2016

DRUG development company Biopta is being bought by Japanese firm Reprocell in a deal worth around £5.5 million. The Scottish business, founded in 2002 by Dr David Bunton and Professor Chris Hillier as a spin-out from Glasgow Caledonian University, is a specialist in using human […]

Red61, the Edinburgh-based ticketing software specialist, has secured £572,000 in funding from venture capital firm Par Equity. The business, which runs ticketing operations for major events including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, recently announced record revenue of £1 million and is now targeting new clients across the UK

Aircraft Medical, the Edinburgh-based healthcare device maker, has been acquired by Irish medical technology company Medtronic for $110 million (£72m) in cash. The Scots company, founded in 2001 by chief executive Matt McGrath, produces video laryngoscopes, ­devices fitted with cameras that help medics to put

WEB filtering and email security provider Bloxx has been snapped up by a corporation in the United States in a deal which is believed to be worth several million pounds. The software developed by Bloxx, which employs 55 across its headquarters in Livingston, West Lothian

The European Commission today launched its Capital Markets Union Action Plan with a view to achieving a better connected environment for SMEs to access finance across Europe.  This wide ranging initiative recognises the role of the business angel marketplace and will undoubtedly impact upon it. 

INVESTMENTS by Scotland’s business angels could be generating as much as £100 million annually for the country’s economy, a new study has suggested. A major review of the country’s longest-established angel syndicate, Archangels, has found that every £1 put into its portfolio of companies results

Scotland has a sophisticated angel network, and an active, collaborative approach that will ensure our digital and tech businesses become world class. To read the full article by Gareth Magee of Scott Moncrieff please click HERE.

Based in St. Andrews, the EOS Technology Investment Syndicate (“EOS”) is an entrepreneurial led group of private angel investors who meet on a regular basis to review exciting new investment opportunities. EOS is specifically focused on providing ‘seed funding’ to start-up, or early stage, science

Scottish Enterprise enhances and streamlines its four funds into two. To read the full story please visit:- http://www.scottish-enterprise.presscentre.com/Press-releases/-75M-in-equity-funding-available-for-Scottish-companies-over-the-next-three-years-79a.aspx

CXR Biosciences has been sold by its shareholders – including Archangel Investment and Scottish Investment Bank. To read the full story please visit:- http://www.scottish-enterprise.presscentre.com/Press-releases/Dundee-based-CXR-Biosciences-Joins-Concept-Life-Sciences-Group-798.aspx

Glasgow-based orthopaedic biotechnology start-up has secured over £600,000 in equity investment from three of its previous backers. To read the full story please visit:- http://www.bqlive.co.uk/2015/08/19/taragenyx-secures-major-equity-investment/

EXTERITY, the video communications specialist, has signalled plans to double its 54-strong Scottish workforce in the next five years as it moved to bigger headquarters in Dalgety Bay. To read the story in full please visit:- http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/exterity-moves-hq-to-fulfil-expansion-plans.130445751