Archangels - Making The Future

Welcome

Archangel Informal Investment is Scotland's leading Business Angel Syndicate. Originally formed in 1992 and based in Edinburgh, the syndicate now comprises around 100 investor members and is investing c. £10m per year in early stage Scottish companies, including leverage from partners the largest being the Scottish Enterprise Co-Investment Fund.

LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT?

We invest equity only, with no preferential terms, and provide significant business experience and networking opportunities to our portfolio companies.  We seek to invest in companies with high growth potential and global application and are prepared to become involved at all stages from proof of concept through growth capital in a wide variety of business sectors.  To find out more about our investment criteria and our decision making process please visit the Investment section.

WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER

We are always keen to attract new investor members and welcome the opportunity to meet with potential members to discuss our approach to investment.  We are an unregulated activity in terms of the FSA and therefore rely on certification of members as either High Net Worth Individuals or Sophisticated Investors as defined by the FSMA 2000.  Unless otherwise stated, all investment opportunities are carried out under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) rules and therefore attract tax benefits.  Please visit our Investors section to find out more about membership.

Our office is based in Central Edinburgh and provides resources for reviewing all investment opportunities and monitoring the performance of portfolio companies.  We are the largest partner of the Scottish Co-Investment Fund  which provides matching equity funding of up to 50% (£1m max) on any qualifying investment if required.

VIEW OUR CURRENT PORTFOLIO

There are currently around 26 companies in our portfolio covering a wide spectrum of business activities.  Visit ourPortfolio section to find out more about the companies in which we are currently invested and follow the links to the websites of those companies for further information.

Latest News

SCOTTISH SMES ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION TO ASSIST IN ESTABLISHMENT OFSTRATIFIED MEDICINE SCOTLAND INNOVATION CENTRE

23 Apr 2013
Today Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond announced the creation of a £20M Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC), an initiative to grow Scotland’s reputation as a world leader in the conduct of “smart” clinical trials.

In the simplest terms, stratified medicine is about delivering “the right therapy, for the right patient, in the right dose, at the right time”. It is a medical model using clinical information and molecular profiling technologies to tailor therapeutic strategies and to determine the predisposition to disease at the population level. It enables the delivery of timely and stratified care pathways, monitoring, treatment and prevention.

Touch Bionics unveils next generation prosthetic hand with powered thumb rotation

12 Apr 2013
Touch Bionics, a provider of world-leading prosthetic technologies, today announced a significant advance to the company's groundbreaking i-limbTM technology. The i-limb ultra revolution, featuring a powered rotating thumb, 24 grip options and extra sensitive electrodes, is the first upper limb prosthesis that can be controlled via a mobile application.

£500,000 invested in revolutionary Scottish IT software, ZoneFox

08 Apr 2013
A Scottish IT firm has received over half a million pounds of fresh investment from the angel community and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, which will enable the accelerated development of its innovative data security software product, ZoneFox, the flagship product of Edinburgh-based Inquisitive Systems.

£3.25m invested in LUX Assure, a corrosion management company for the oil and gas industry

18 Feb 2013
Technology business LUX Assure has received £3.25m to transform the company from a technology development business to a service provider for the oil and gas industry. The investment comes from ConocoPhillips; Statoil Technology Invest AS; Archangel Informal Investment (Archangels); and the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), a division of Scottish Enterprise.

Business angels given special recognition

15 Feb 2013
Archangel Informal Investment has been given special recognition after investing millions of pounds in Scottish companies and providing much-needed cash injections for some of the country’s most exciting life science projects