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Every year TechRound highlights female business owners who are innovative and creating the future of tech in the UK and Europe. In 2025 Eve has been recognised for her ground breaking work in diagnostics for animals and development with MI:RNA and the team who have changed and made significant improvements in this sector. Equity Gap… Continue reading Eve Hanks, CEO of MI:RNA, named in TechRound’s Top 50 Women in Tech 2025

Lentitek, the Edinburgh-based biotech company who are revolutionising viral vector technology for next generation CAR-T cell and gene therapies, recently secured a further investment of £700k from Equity Gap and other existing investors including Gabriel Investment Syndicate, Apollo Informal Investments and Scottish Enterprise. Thanks to Insider.co.uk, Scottish Financial Review, Daily Business, The Scotsman, Deadline News,… Continue reading Lentitek secures £700k investment from Equity Gap and existing investors

Trojan have just made charging your EV even more simpler. The new Trojan Energy app gives you more control of your on-street charging allowing you to find available charge points, track your charging sessions, view your charging history and access real-time support when you need it. The app is available in the App Store and… Continue reading Trojan launches new app, offering customers added functionality

Equity Gap are delighted to celebrate with portfolio company, MiAlgae, their milestone achievements 2024 and their progress in sustainable innovation including being named an Earthshot Finalist in the ‘Revive Our Oceans’ category, launching commercial production of Omega-3-rich products and establishing key partnerships like Eden Mill for upcycling whisky by-products – their impact continues to grow.… Continue reading MiAlgae celebrates standout milestones in 2024 whilst gearing up for 2025

We hosted our Annual Showcase 2024 at the Edinburgh Futures Institute last week, bringing together innovative companies from our portfolio, angel investors, and industry leaders for an evening of inspiration and collaboration. The evening was an opportunity to celebrate the hard work, growth, and success of our investee companies while providing a platform to share… Continue reading Equity Gap’s Annual Showcase 2024

EBar’s Beerwall solution goes head to head with some of the biggest names in the global sports and live entertainment industry at the forthcoming The Stadium Business Design and Development Summit 2024 in Manchester on 2-4 December in the Concourse Activation Award category. Read more…

Equity Gap’s portfolio company, LendingCrowd, have announced they have been ranked at #25 in Deloitte Technology’s 2024 Fast 50 with rankings being based on percentage revenue growth over the previous 3 years; during this period LendingCrowd grew 1.253%. Click here to read the full story…

To meet the demands of rapid growth in international markets Shotscope, the golf technology experts, recently opened their new Edinburgh Headquarters. This followed a successful round of Series B funding worth $8.5m. Read more…..

Brewgooder Founder, Alan Mahon, was delighted to announce that their Fairtrade Fonio Session IPA scooped a Gold at The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards on 8 November. Alan commented “it’s not ‘why’ you do it…but to receive this sort of industry recognition for bringing impactful and aspirational products to the market does allow you… Continue reading Brewgooder’s Fonio Session IPA wins “Gold” at the Grocer New Product & Packaging Awards