
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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04.06.2025 | Glasgow's Tech Renaissance: A New Era of Innovation | Glasgow is buzzing. The city is a vibrant hub of innovation, shedding its industrial past for a future steeped in technology. Once known for shipbuilding and heavy industry, Glasgow has transformed into a breeding ground for tech startups. ... |
03.06.2025 | 18 Glasgow Tech Startups You Need To Know About | It’s been a visceral transformation. Pulling into Central Station now offers a strikingly different cityscape than it did just ten years ago. Years of truncated transition and an identity problem as the city struggled to move on from its in... |
27.05.2025 | Aberdeen-based ZOEX Secures £531K to Scale Wave Energy Tech | Aberdeen-based ZOEX, the UK’s only female-founded wave energy company, has secured £531,000 in new funding to advance its clean energy technology toward commercial deployment. The funding round includes investment from Scottish angel syndic... |
23.10.2024 | Bridging Gaps: The Digital Revolution in Prison Education and Women’s Entrepreneurship | In the landscape of education and entrepreneurship, two initiatives are reshaping lives. One is unlocking the potential of inmates through digital learning. The other is paving pathways for women in business. Both are driven by a vision of ... |
21.10.2024 | Pathways Forward Announces Third Cohort of Pledge Partners | A third cohort of companies have become Pledge partners with Pathways Forward, committing to actionable steps aligned with the principles set out in the Pathways report for supporting women in business. The latest cohort comprising EY, FDM ... |
21.09.2024 | MiAlgae: The Green Revolution in Omega-3 Production | In a world where fish stocks dwindle and environmental concerns rise, MiAlgae emerges as a beacon of hope. This Scottish biotech startup is turning waste into wealth, harnessing the power of microalgae to produce omega-3 fatty acids. With a... |
19.09.2024 | MiAlgae nets $18.5m to scale production of omega-3s from microalgae | MiAlgae—a startup growing microalgae in fermentation tanks to produce omega-3 fatty acids—has raised a £14 million ($18.5 million) series A round to fund a new commercial-scale facility in Scotland. The round was funded by SWEN Blue Ocean, ... |
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... |
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