Established in 2010 to help match private investors with young entrepreneurial companies looking for early-stage business funding, Equity Gap is an Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate with 150 active members. Equity Gap's current membership includes many captains of industry, business leaders, academics and entrepreneurs from Scotland and beyond, a number of whom are ex-pats or former residents, all eager to support early stage companies in Scotland. Those young entrepreneurial businesses are often pre-revenue, but with a validated product or service that has undergone a pre-investment commercialisation process. Ideally the investment should be eligible for SEIS/EIS advance assurance and preferably the business should be based in Scotland or willing to relocate. Equity Gap typically invests a minimum of £100,000 and maximum of £500,000 at initial or seed investment stage, with additional match funding from Scottish Enterprise. However, it regularly coinvests alongside other business angel syndicates, SE, VCs and the Scottish National Investment Bank to make more sizeable investments into scale-up opportunities across a wide range of sectors in Scotland. Winners of the UKBAA's 'Most Active Investor in the Regions' award in 2019, Equity Gap members have invested in over 40 companies, leveraging more than £125m in total investment into our growing portfolio.
Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2010
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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01.08.2024 | Shot Scope: Revolutionizing Golf with $8.5 Million Boost | In the world of golf, precision is key. Every swing, every putt, every yard matters. Enter Shot Scope, a Scottish tech firm that has just secured $8.5 million in Series B funding. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s... |
31.07.2024 | Scots Golf Tech Firm, Shot Scope, Raises $8.5M in Funding | Golf technology firm, Shot Scope, has raised $8.5m (£6.6m) in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures which invested $4m (£3.1m). The funding round also included investment from key participants; Scottish Enterprise, Growthdeck, T... |
31.07.2024 | Edinburgh-based Shot Scope raises €7.8 million Series B to make golfers improve their game | Golf technology firm Shot Scope has raised €7.8 million in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures which invested €3.69 million. The funding round also included investment from key participants; Scottish Enterprise, Growthdeck, Th... |
26.09.2023 | Scottish Startup Trickle Secures £1m Investment | Scottish workplace productivity startup Trickle has secured a £1m investment led by Equity Gap, with NoBa Capital, a London-based VC firm that invests in tech-enabled businesses shaping the Future of Work, and Scottish Enterprise also parti... |
12.01.2023 | PneumoWave wraps up £7.5 million series A for lung monitoring device | Glasgow, Scotland-based remote monitoring device startup PneumoWave closed £7.5 million in a series A round and is now looking to transfer into larger operational premises to prepare for its proposed 2024 regulatory submission. The round in... |
08.12.2021 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | November 2021 | Recruitment and Appointments The Data Lab The Data Lab announced last month that Gillian Docherty OBE will step down as CEO, a position she has held for the last six years. Gillian will remain in position at The Data Lab until late-January ... |
18.08.2021 | Trojan Energy Spearheads Roadside Charging Revolution with £2.2m Funding | Clean energy firm Trojan Energy has secured £2.2 million in funding to support the roll-out of its on-street electric vehicle charging hubs. The investment round, led by Equity Gap, includes pledges from Scottish Enterprise, SIS Ventures an... |
26.05.2021 | Edinburgh-based smart home security firm Boundary raises £3.7 million in seed round | Edinburgh’s smart home security startup Boundary has secured £3.7 million in a seed funding round. £1.5 million of this raise arrives via Skyscanner co-founder Gareth Williams. The remaining £2.2 million is provided by existing Boundary sha... |
18.11.2020 | Wave Power Tech Firm Raises £850k to Transform Subsea Oil and Gas | Green energy startup Mocean Energy has secured major new investment to accelerate the development of its wave energy tech. The Edinburgh-based startup has raised £612,000 of seed funding, as well as £250,000 from Innovate UK – to advance th... |
19.02.2019 | Glasgow Tech Firm Spoonfed Secures £575,000 for US Expansion | Glasgow-based tech firm Spoonfed has secured £575,000 development funding from a private investment group, Equity Gap. The software company, which already has an office in Richmond Virginia, plans to use the cash to add another office to it... |
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