Both Par Equity and the companies we invest in regularly appear in the press. We will let you know what they say here, as well as interesting press comment about the EIS and venture capital industry.

Par Equity named as finalist at 2017 Growth Investor Awards
31 July 2017

Par Equity has been shortlisted for Most Impactful Investment at the 2017 Growth Investor Awards, which celebrate the role of the UK’s investment provider community in championing tax-advantaged investments, spotting growth potential and backing outstanding UK small and medium-size enterprises... Read more

BVCA announces winners of Scotland Management Team Awards 2017
15 June 2017

The winners of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Management Team Awards 2017 for Scotland have now been announced. These awards are our annual celebration of UK companies supported by private equity and venture capital funds, produced in association with Grant... Read more

Optoscribe closes investment round of £1.8 million
13 June 2017

Optoscribe, a global supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of £1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans.

Nick Psaila, chief executive at Optoscribe, said: “We have delivered significant growth and... Read more

Fashion shopping app Mallzee reaches 1m downloads
1 June 2017

Fashion shopping app Mallzee has reached a development milestone recording its millionth download.

For full story read attached link: http://www.insider.co.uk/news/fashion-shopping-app-mallzee-reaches-10532720 Read more

Let’s nurture the incredible potential of our workforce by letting them up-skill
25 May 2017

Oleg Dmitriev, CEO of Vert Rotors, has had an article published in The Scotsman:

"We have come a long way since the first, second and third waves of industrial revolution, when progress and success in manufacturing was based on replacing people with ever more sophisticated machines...... Read more

Paul Atkinson acquires Change Recruitment - as part of £100m vision
16 May 2017

Venture capitalist and serial investor, Paul Atkinson, has today (Monday 15th May 2017) announced the acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, of Change Recruitment by his own recruitment business, The Head Group.

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So which start‑up is going to be the next Skyscanner?
7 May 2017

"Investors are heading for Edinburgh to find Scotland’s next unicorns" reports The Times

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/so-which-startup-is-going-to-be-the-n... Read more

Made in Scotland Awards - Portfolio Company, Vert Rotors wins Inventor of the Year
20 April 2017

http://www.insider.co.uk/news/made-scotland-awards-sees-m-10259444 Read more

Edinburgh ranked as the best city in the UK to start a new business, according to report
12 April 2017

http://www.independent.co.uk/Business/indyventure/edinburgh-best-city-uk-startup-business-bristol-london-expert-market-a7680901.html Read more

Scottish investment fund opens in the US
5 April 2017

"$125m transatlantic health tech investment fund launches," The Scottish Government reports Read more

Vert Rotors replaces oil with water for the first time in a portable compressor
30 March 2017

Portfolio company Vert Rotors has received some excellent news coverage on their VERT.80 compressor:

Engineering Specifier - "Water injected portable compressor produces 42% more oil free air"

Zenoot "Vert Rotors continues innovation drive"

SBNN "Vert Rotors replaces... Read more

Paul Munn: Residential property funds can pick up buy-to-let baton
23 March 2017

"The recent changes to the way buy-to-let investments are taxed could turn out to be property funds' - and their investors' - gain, argues Paul Munn" Read more

DeltaDNA hits 100 million monthly active users for real-time marketing and analytics
10 March 2017

Venture Beat reports.

http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/12/deltadna-hits-100-million-monthly-active-users-for-real-time-marketing-and-analytics/ Read more

Scottish battery technology firm Dukosi wins £2m funding deal
2 March 2017

"Edinburgh firm which aims to improve design and management of batteries in electric vehicles, industrial and grid storage systems has secured a deal to accelerate progress and take on new staff," The Daily Record reports. Read more

Edinburgh FinTech start-up scoops top banking award
27 February 2017

The Daily Record reports "Personal Finance tracker Money Dashboard was named best personal finance app at the British Bank Awards" Read more

£3.6m increase in student spending gives ICS Learn its best-ever year
14 February 2017

The Daily Record reports on the success of ICS Learn . Read more

Mobile payments platform QikServe closes £2.7m investment
25 January 2017

"Edinburgh-based company will use funding to expand into international markets and grow its workforce," Startups reports:

http://startups.co.uk/qikserve-closes-2-7m-investment/ Read more

Research reveals growing interest in EIS
3 November 2016

30% of British people would consider investing in EIS in the next year.

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Portfolio Company Agency Core secures further investment to fast track growth
2 November 2016

Agency Core, the SAAS company transforming software for creatives has, together with Par Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, successfully completed a further round of investment this week to help Agency Core take its platform to a wider user base... Read more

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