THE DEAL WEEK: Food & Drink fight for investors’ love while energy firms remain in vogue
Scotland’s food and drink sector cannot understand why it is being ignored by investors. It is now valued at a record £24bn to the Scottish economy, yet deal-makers and funders...
EASTER DEALS REVIEW: A Week of Moonshots and softer office landings in Edinburgh
A Happy Easter to everyone. The Business hopes you will be able to enjoy the break. In the week when the Labour Government said it wants to press on with...
BATTERY SWITCH ON: Fidra takes lion’s share of Scotland’s £757m of investment funding
Edinburgh-based Fidra Energy — the battery energy storage system platform which secured a mighty £445m funding round — was the most significant equity investment in Scotland in the first three...
Scots tech veteran Tom Sime on look-out for cellular acquisitions
Veteran chief executive Tom Sime — at the helm of his technology company for 35 years — shows little sign of slowing down, as he looks for acquisitions to bolt...
Biotech spin-out secures £1.58m as bio kits sell in US
BIOCAPTIVA, a University of Edinburgh spin-out, has raised £1.58m in funding as it launches its first product in the United States.The spin-out, based in the Roslin Innovation Centre at Easter...
McKenzie steps in as chair of Angel Capital Scotland
Niki McKenzie, the joint managing director of Edinburgh-based Archangels, has taken up the role of chair of Angel Capital Scotland (ACS), which represents the majority of angel investment groups in...
Commercial property touches £2bn for deals in ‘resilient’ 2025
Investment in Scottish commercial property proved highly resilient in 2025, closing in on the £2bn mark despite 12 months of uncertainty, according to research.The independent commercial property consultancy, Knight Frank’s...
SPECIAL REPORT: 2026 opens after late surge in Scotland’s dealmaking. Oil and gas leads the way
It has been an extraordinary year for Scottish dealmaking, with a flurry of transactions in the final weeks of 2025 proving negative reports of the nation’s dealmaking demise were greatly...
Archangels move into 2026 on high with £41m co-invested in Scottish scale-ups
Archangels, the Edinburgh angel investors based in Edinburgh’s Rutland Square, have leveraged over £41m of investment in Scottish tech and life science scale-ups during 2025. This is a 50 per cent...
Exits for women still under-powered despite record investment
Investment in ‘women-powered’ businesses in Scotland has reached a record high – but they still exit for significantly less than their male peers.Latest figures show investment in women-powered businesses –...