Investment by LINC (the Scottish Angel Capital Association) members increased from £7.84m (41 deals) to £15.27m (58 deals) in the first six months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
In addition to the £15.27m invested in the period by LINC members, their deals attracted an additional £14.60m from private co-investors, and £11m from Public co-investment funds. So a total of £40.87m into those 58 deals.
All LINC members are Business Angels – so not Venture Funds of crowed investors.
Many of these deals were of course in the pipeline before COVID issues hit, and the majority of the investments went into existing portfolio companies (typical of a mature angel market). It may be anticipated that the second half of the year will be more challenging for companies seeking funding, especially ‘new’ companies seeking their first external Angel funding.
(data source – LINC Scotland).
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