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 29 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

Touch Bionics unveils the new i-LIMB Pulse

05 May 2010
Touch Bionics today announced the launch of the i-LIMB Pulse, an all-new version of the revolutionary i-LIMB Hand, the wordl's first commercially available bionic hand. The i-LIMB Pulse is a significant advance for the i-LIMB product line, with a host of enhancements, including pulsing grip strength, software-enabled grip patterns and robust aluminium features for improved strength.

Touch Bionics wins prestigious Queen's Award for innovation

21 Apr 2010
Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, today announced it is a winner of the prestigious Queen's Awards for Enterprise with an award in the Innovation category for 2010. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious awards for business performance.

Bloxx Delivers Web Filtering Excellence at Wellingborough School

21 Apr 2010
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Bloxx helps Yorkshire Building Society keep staff safe online

15 Apr 2010
Bloxx the innovator in Web content filtering, announced on 15th April that Yorkshire Building Society is using Bloxx Web filtering to monitor and report on the Web browsing activity of over 2,000 staff, delivering superior protection from imappropriate or productivity impacting content and minimising network security risks.

New "Penicillin" for the 21st Century

01 Apr 2010
Today MGB Biopharma Limited, a late preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company, has commenced operations in Glasgow, UK to develop and commercialise a new class of antibacterial product: DNA Minor Groove Binders.