2025: Archangels leveraged £41M of investment in Scottish scaleups
Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, Archangels, has leveraged £41.1 million of investment in Scottish scaleups during 2025, in some of Scotland’s best early-stage tech and life science companies.
The total, which represents a 50% increase on 2024 (£27.3 million), includes around £12.8 million invested directly by Archangels’ members, alongside £28.4 million of co-investment secured from partner investors.
The syndicate has also enjoyed another successful exit, via the recent acquisition of Edinburgh-based wearable technology company Reactec by Ideagen. In the last four years alone, Archangels has returned £40 million to its members through successful exits.
The year has seen Archangels support several high-growth Scottish technology and life science companies through significant funding rounds, with deals including:
- CSignum, a leading underwater communications tech company, completed a £6 million Series A funding round to accelerate production of a device which can communicate wirelessly from water to air via patented electromagnetic field signalling – the first of its kind to be successfully developed worldwide
- Deep-tech semiconductor company Neuranics raised £6.1 million in seed funding to accelerate global growth and the commercial adoption of its magnetic sensing technology
- Dental image technology company Calcivis raised £3 million to support its successful US growth strategy
These investments demonstrate Archangels’ continued commitment to backing Scotland’s most promising early-stage technology and life science companies, providing both capital and expertise to help them scale successfully.
Co-investors on deals during 2025 have included Investment Fund for Scotland (managed by Maven Capital), Scottish National Investment Bank, Old College Capital, Scottish Enterprise, Par Equity, Mercia, and various Scottish angel syndicates.
The activity comes amid broader resilience in Scotland’s angel investment market despite challenging macro-economic conditions. Recent data from Angel Capital Scotland shows that while the number of angel investments fell slightly to 91 from 94 in 2023-24, the total value of private capital committed increased from £100.6 million to £106.4 million, reflecting an increasing average deal size.
David Ovens, Joint Managing Director at Archangels, said: “The level of activity we have seen from our members and partners in 2025 reflects the strength of Scotland’s scaleup ecosystem and the quality of Archangels’ portfolio. The growth ambition demonstrated by Scotland’s scaleups continues to impress, and the near £30 million of co-investment we’ve been able to leverage alongside our investments demonstrates the appeal of these companies among the wider investor community. Our exit this year from Reactec is a great example of how patient angel capital can deliver strong returns for our investors over longer investment cycles.
“The early-stage deal market in 2026 looks set to remain challenging, but we’re confident that we’ll continue to see a healthy pipeline of innovative scaleups hungry for funding to fuel their ambitions. Archangels will be ready [to] invest in the very best of those young tech and life science companies.”
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