Equity Gap

Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has announced key board member and advisory appointments, as it looks to expand its relationships with next-stage funders and enhance exit capability. Tracey Ginn, US and UK corporate partner at MBM Commercial; Rachel Jones, entrepreneur an

Trojan Energy, the clean energy company, has secured a late seed round investment of £2.2 million to roll out its unique, flat-and-flush on-street EV (electric vehicle) charging hubs and develop further commercial applications of its technology. The round was led by Scottish angel investors Eq

Edinburgh-based smart home security start-up Boundary Technologies has secured an investment of £3.7 million including £1.5m from Skyscanner’s co-founder Gareth Williams. The £1.5m investment from Skyscanner’s Gareth Williams represents his biggest angel investment to d

Sharktower, the Edinburgh-based AI-driven project delivery platform, has raised significant investment in a £400,000 seed round led by Equity Gap and backed by Scottish Enterprise.

Scottish start-up QuickBlock has received more than £250,000 in seed funding that will create four skilled jobs and accelerate growth of the company’s unique rapid-assembly building blocks made from 100% recycled plastic into new markets. The investment from Equity Gap and Scottish Enter

Glasgow-founded FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), the developers of the world’s lightest power to weight e-Bike motor, has secured £1.85 million from a heavily over-subscribed funding round. The new funding round was led by investment syndicate Kelvin Capital and supported by Equity Gap, Fore

Investment syndicate Equity Gap has completed 22 investments in the first half of 2020, with total member funds invested since inception topping £20 million. This month, Equity Gap also celebrates 10 years as one of Scotland’s most successful angel investment groups with record investmen

Aberdeen-based green-tech start-up Trojan Energy has secured a £4.1 million round of seed funding to support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle (EV) charging points.

Vert Technologies, the Edinburgh-based leading-edge compressor manufacturer, has secured £729,000 in new funding from a clutch of existing investors, including Par Equity, Equity Gap, Aero Den and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise. Award-winning innov

Edinburgh-based investment firm Equity Gap invested £3.9 million last year in what the firm's directors hailed as a "strong performance".

Edinburgh-based biotech start-up MiAlgae has secured an investment of £1 million from Hillhouse Capital, Equity Gap, Scottish Investment Bank and Old College Capital. Hillhouse Group is the newest organisation to join the group of investors.

The Inverness based medical technology firm MIME Technologies has raised £255,000 from investment and a grant from Scottish Enterprise Investment Bank. The company is a spin-out from the University of Aberdeen which aims to support aircraft cabin crew by providing a product which can track a p

Equity Gap and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, have invested £1.22 million in Edinburgh-based home security tech specialist Boundary to create new jobs and prepare its smart home security alarm for launch. Boundary is the invention of Robin Knox and Pau