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A new era

Par Equity has now merged with Praetura Ventures and Praetura Investments to become PXN Group. While the core investment team remains the same, over time you'll begin to see changes to our brand and an expansion in what we offer. In the meantime, please visit the relevant pages to learn more.

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Exciting Partnership for iGii: Innovating Menopause Diagnostics

6 November 2024

iGii has entered into a multi-million-pound partnership with Prymexa to create an innovative toolkit for detecting signs of perimenopause.

14 August 2024

Robert Higginson, partner and co-founder at Par Equity, was featured in The Times Enterprise Network’s "What I Learnt" this week.

29 July 2024

Par portfolio company, Aveni, has secured £11M in one of Scotland's largest Series A investments this year.

17 July 2024

Par Equity is thrilled to share that AdInMo has launched the beta release of their InGamePlay SDK 3.0.

20 June 2024

🏆 We are thrilled to announce that Par Equity was awarded the title of Best EIS Manager at last night's 2024 Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) Awards! 🏆

19 June 2024

A fantastic funding announcement for portfolio company iGii - one of the UK’s most innovative nanomaterial developers.

10 June 2024

More fantastic news coming out of the portfolio with Aveni accouncing a strategic partnership with the leading CRM platform for financial advisers, intelliflo.

5 June 2024

We’re thrilled to announce the news that leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charge point software and existing Par Equity portfolio company Fuuse has secured a £8.7m Series A growth capital

5 June 2024

Par Equity is pleased to have contributed to ESG_VC’s latest report in partnership with the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

1 May 2024

We are starting May with some good news from our portfolio company RAB-Microfluidics which has just announced its £750,000 contract with a global energy giant.

17 April 2024

We’re very pleased to announce the completion of a new investment into the fast growth, digital pharmacy provider Phlo, with Par Equity leading a £9m round alongside Thairm Bio and Scottish Enterpr

15 April 2024

Starting off the week with exciting news from one of our portfolio iGii as it announces the appointment of Andrew Lacey as Chief Operating Officer.

25 March 2024

Fantastic news from our portfolio company, Scottish sensor tech scale-up novosound who has secured a patent for its wearable ultrasound system.

6 March 2024

It’s about to get a lot busier at Par Equity (and even more fun!) as we welcome five fantastic people to our investment team across our Scotland and Yorkshire offices.

31 January 2024

Excellent news coming out of Par Equity portfolio company Aveni.ai as it announces its new strategic partnership with CavendishOnline, part of Lloyds Banking Group.

18 January 2024

What a great way to start off the year seeing our portfolio company Neuranics feature in Maddyness - an in-depth Q&A with CEO Noel McKenna exploring the business, its progress towards transform

1 December 2023

Great news coming out of Par Equity portfolio company Aveni yesterday in announcing a new strategic partnership between Aveni and 7IM, the client-centric, technology-driven wealth and investment ma

28 November 2023

It’s been an impressive year for Par Equity portfolio company Verlume in the energy management and storage sector.

Verlume has seen incredible company growth in 2023:

20 November 2023

Par Equity is delighted to have played a part in this incredible funding milestone alongside Legal & General Capital and Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital!

20 November 2023

We’re delighted to share that Project Speedbird, a partnership between Par Equity portfolio company, Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT), British Airways and LanzaJet, has been awarded £9m from the UK

A new era

Exciting Partnership for iGii: Innovating Menopause Diagnostics

What I learnt … about tourist venture capital

Aveni Secures £11M Investment to Drive AI Revolution in Financial Services

AdInMo updates InGamePlay for non-interruptive in-game ads

Par Equity awarded title of Best EIS Manager at 2024 EISA Awards

Scottish tech start-up iGii raises £8.8m in funding as it looks to expand globally

Intelliflo ties up with Aveni to ‘revolutionise’ adviser workflow with AI

Fuuse Closes £8.7m Series A Round to Power Growth in EV Charging

ESG_VC Report: Insight to Impact now live

RAB Microfluidics secures contract with global energy giant

Deliveroo of digital pharmacy Phlo snaps £9M to expand its same-day delivery service in the UK

Integrated Graphene appoints chief operating officer

Novosound secures patent for wireless wearable ultrasound imaging platform

Par Equity expands with trio of investment appointments

Scottish generative AI fintech partners with Lloyds Banking Group’s life insurance arm

Maddyness Q&A with Noel McKenna of Neuranics - The ultimate wearable for biomagnetic sensing

Aveni selected by 7IM in strategic partnership to introduce transformational technologies to support client-centric growth

Verlume delivering on company mission with significant growth in 2023

North East based Advanced Electric Machines secures £23m in funding to build metal-free sustainable EV motors

BA Project Speedbird SAF partnership secures £9m government funding