{"id":32047,"date":"2026-07-16T07:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=32047"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:18:10","slug":"pipeline-of-innovation-lifts-confidence-says-archangels-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=32047","title":{"rendered":"Pipeline of innovation lifts confidence, says Archangels \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/David-Ovens-new.png\" alt=\"David Ovens\" class=\"wp-image-124568 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/David-Ovens-new.png\" alt=\"David Ovens\" class=\"wp-image-124568 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/David-Ovens-new.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/David-Ovens-new-600x422.png 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/David-Ovens-new-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/David-Ovens-new-768x540.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>David Ovens: active period<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Investment syndicate, Archangels, is continuing to see a  pipeline of innovative companies that provide confidence for the second half of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">David Ovens, joint managing director of the Edinburgh-based syndicate, said  cotland\u2019s early-stage investment market continues to demonstrate resilience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In what was a challenging year globally, 2025 was a record year for Scotland, with a total of \u00a31.15 billion raised. It has leveraged \u00a317.9 million of investment in Scottish scale-ups in the first half of 2026, backing some of Scotland\u2019s most promising early-stage technology and life science companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The total investment for the first half of 2026 includes \u00a37.2m invested directly by Archangels\u2019 members, alongside \u00a310.7m of co-investment secured from partner investors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Noting the success of Edinburgh university spin-outs Biocapiva and Bioliberty, Mr Ovens\u00a0said: \u201cThe first half of 2026 has been another active period for Archangels, with the syndicate backing some genuinely exceptional companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBiocaptiva and Bioliberty are each addressing significant global challenges, and the quality of co-investment we\u2019ve been able to attract alongside our members reflects just how compelling these opportunities are to the wider investor community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cScotland\u2019s early-stage ecosystem continues to punch well above its weight, and while the macroeconomic backdrop remains uncertain, the pipeline of innovative companies coming through gives us real confidence, going into the second half of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArchangels has been backing Scotland\u2019s best founders for over 30 years, and the ambition and quality we\u2019re seeing today is as strong as it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.6) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Pipeline #innovation #lifts #confidence #Archangels #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ovens: active period Inv&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[6454,266,1954,265,6455,570,2572,4329],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}