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Paul Atkinson

Investor Paul Atkinson on the importance of people

Office colleagues having casual discussion during meeting in conference room

Nothing ventured: Scotland's scale-ups face funding fragility Jeremy Grant

Remote working can ber beneficial for startups and scale-ups (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Where does the Scottish tech ecosystem go from here?

Localised investments play a major role for startups (Picture: John Devlin)

Don’t clip the wings of fledgling angel investors - Andrew Noble

Paul Munn was one of the founders of Par Equity in 2008. Picture: Ditte Solgaard Dunn, First Light Photography

Seeking 'some return to normality' - Par Equity's Paul Munn eyes the year ahead

Graeme Williams, head of corporate finance M&A for Scotland at KPMG UK, says investors are adopting a more cautious approach.

Investor caution as venture capital funding takes a hit despite Q3 'outlier'

Jeremy Grant is a freelance writer and editor, and was a journalist at the Financial Times and Reuters for 25 years

Big lenders signal new funding environment for Scottish businesses - Jeremy Gran...

£100m growth fund launch is 'breakthrough moment' for Scotland's tech sector

From left: Neuranics CSO Kia Nazarpour, CTO Hadi Heidari, and CEO Noel McKenna. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Funding boosts for Glasgow-based healtech start-up and Edinburgh fintech firm

The chief executive brought the consultancy to life after leaving school at 15, and says he has spent his entire adult life working on the firm. Picture: contributed.

Interview: Euan Andrews, CEO and founder of digital consultancy xDesign

The team at Skylark Lasers, which says it is leading the UK’s efforts to commercialise business-led inventions in the quantum technology market. Picture: contributed.

Ratho's Skylark Lasers beams up seven-figure funding boost from Innovate UK

Gigged.AI co-founders Rich Wilson and Craig Short with staff members at the company's Glasgow hub. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Glasgow HR tech outfit taps into gig economy explosion with £1.6m funding

Equity Gap (EG) board members are L – R Stuart Paterson, SEP, board adviser; Alex Lusty COO, Equity Gap; Tracey Ginn, MBM, EG non-executive director (NED); Jock Millican EG director; Rachel Jones, Snapdragon, EG NED; Fraser Lusty EG director; Brian Williamson, EG NED

Edinburgh investment syndicate Equity Gap hails record year and £200m milestone

Paul Munn, managing partner at Par Equity: 'I’m incredibly proud of the team’s achievements and the level of investment and support we’re bringing to the table.'

Edinburgh VC firm Par Equity ramps up 2022 investment to £38 million

Pufferfish's display systems deliver 'highly interactive engagement and multi-sensory experiences' for a range of uses and settings, including corporate communications, museums, science centres, planetariums, art exhibitions and other visitor attractions, as well as scientific and educational institutions.

Edinburgh firm behind multi-sensory display systems to inject ‘wow’ factor

Dave Hughes (Novosound) and Lishan Aklog (PAVmed).

Glasgow's Novosound signs key agreement with Nasdaq-listed medical tech outfit

Euan Tripp, partner at Anderson Strathern: 'Despite the uncertainty and disruption during 2022, it has been a very positive year for investment deal activity.'

Anderson Strathern 'cautiously optimistic' for 2023 after record investment year

Claire Cramm, Iain Anderson, Benjamin O'Brien, Paul Atkinson and Tom Croy. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh tech jobs boost as New Zealand firm opens 'centre of excellence'

RAB-Microfluidics director of commercialisation Jamie Grant and CEO Dr Rotimi Alabi, pictured in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen firm behind 'game changing' oil tech nets £2.2m to scale up

Marco Caffio, co-founder and CSO at Integrated Graphene. Picture: Mike Wilkinson

Stirling firm behind 'revolutionary' foam to scale up and treble headcount

From left: Nicola Wee, chief marketing officer; Jamie Hunter, chief operating officer; Joseph Twigg, CEO; and Andy Johnston, chief revenue officer. Picture: contributed.

'Regtech' firm Aveni scaling AI-backed platform with seven-figure funding boost

Key personnel at Edinburgh-based Machines With Vision, into which Par Equity in February led a £2.5m investment. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Scots VC firm Par Equity sees investment hit accelerator with busy Q1

Shona Martin (sensor engineer), Tim Lukins (co-founder and CTO), Anthony Ashbrook (co-founder and CEO) and Wei Deng (senior software engineer) of Machines With Vision. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh digital mapping specialist in hiring mode after £2.6m investment

Mark Sterritt, UK network director, Scotland at the British Business Bank.

Equity investment in Scotland's small businesses soars in 2021 - new report

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It’s boom time for Scottish tech start-ups - Nick Freer

In 2021, deals led by angel syndicate members of Linc Scotland secured in total £146 million of funding for young companies with high growth potential, almost double the amount raised in 2020. Picture: Jon Savage

Scotland’s business angel syndicates see investment smash pre-pandemic high

From left: SamsonVT co-founders Ed Brunyee and Sam Burgess. Picture: contributed.

Investment firm Par Equity leads largest-ever seed round, in Mancunian start-up

Paul Munn and Andrew Noble of Edinburgh-based Par Equity.

Edinburgh investor Par Equity doubles tech funding to £25m in 'stellar' year

From left: Equity Gap's founder Jock Millican with fellow director Fraser Lusty. Picture: Chris Watt.

Angel syndicate Equity Gap sings praises of £25m investment milestone

Par Equity and Aviva Investors have acquired 6,300 hectares of moorland in the Glen Dye area of west Aberdeenshire, with aims to restore 1,800 hecatares of peatland and plant 3,000 hectares of new trees - including native woodland and commercial conifer species

Peatlands to be restored and trees planted under new plan for Aberdeenshire moor

Par Equity notes that Current Health’s technology is now used around the world by some of the largest healthcare groups. Picture: contributed.

Scots life sciences has great prognosis, says major investor Par Equity

'The next 12 months will be a fast-paced and exciting time for the company,' Professor Best says of MiAlgae. Picture: Chris Watt.

The Big Interview: life sciences pioneer and MiAlgae director Professor Simon Be...

From left: Dr Tiffany Wood, co-founder and CEO of Dyneval with CTO Dr Vincent Martinez, who invented the firm’s core technology. Picture: Sandy Young/scottishphotographer.com.

Roslin-based agritech start-up Dyneval secures seven-figure investment

Paul Munn and Andrew Noble of Edinburgh's Par Equity.

Edinburgh investment firm Par Equity hails £100 million tech growth milestone

The technology developed by Artus enables heating and cooling systems to be installed with less infrastructure than traditional designs.

Scottish investor backs green innovation aimed at £2.8 billion market

Datactics chief executive Stuart Harvey: 'It’s clear that in 2021 businesses are stating that data quality has never been more important.'

Edinburgh's Par Equity leads £2m investment in data management specialist

Paul Atkinson is founding partner of VC firm Par Equity and Strategic Advisory Board Chairman of Converge, the academic company creation programme.

We need to think bigger when it comes to funding Scotland’s tech start-ups - Pau...

The SBRC says Mr Atkinson joins as it 'seeks to further highlight and support Scottish businesses through tumultuous times'. Picture: contributed.

SBRC appoints renowned entrepreneur Paul Atkinson as chair

Managing partner Paul Munn said: 'Par Equity is absolutely focused on finding and supporting the best new technology companies in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England.'

Edinburgh investment firm Par Equity hails record year

Bangladesh garment workers, struggling due to the high street shutdown in the UK, were supported by Edinburgh-based Lost Stock. Picture: Shutterstock

How Scottish tech firms have innovated during Covid

Members of the Siccar management team: chief technology officer Stuart Fraser, chairperson Carolyn Jameson and chief executive Peter Ferry.

Scots tech outfit Siccar secures £1.3m funding led by Par Equity

Graphene is said to be 100 times stronger than steel, very light, extremely flexible and a highly efficient conductor of electricity.

Stirling tech firm raises £3.1m to develop 'breakthrough' manufacturing process
A Stirling tech firm is to scale up production of its “breakthrough” 3D graphene foam after sealing a seven-figure investment.

Fedor Karpushko is the founder and chief technical officer at Edinburgh-based UnikLasers.

Six-figure funding for Edinburgh firm at cutting edge of quantum technology

The firm's NeuroMotor Pen captures and analyses limb and hand movements. Picture: The Bigger Picture Agency.

Edinburgh healthtech firm Manus Neurodynamica nets six-figure funding

UniKLasers engineers work on the Solo 640 – the only single frequency DPSS red laser with 1000 mW output power on the market.

Edinburgh laser innovator to expand after major funding deal

The business' product range will be further extended towards the end of the year. Picture: contributed.

Edinburgh-based manufacturer Vert Technologies welcomes £750,000 boost

Paula Skinner is a partner at Harper Macleod, the law firm with offices across Scotland including in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Corporate Scotland still open for deal-making as law firm hails £50m of activity

The announcement came as Par Equity said it had completed an investment into EC-OG, an Aberdeen-based company that has launched Halo, a power hub that provides autonomous energy management for subsea applications.

Scottish entrepreneurs to gain slice of £75m of scale-up funding

The firm develops and manufactures integrated glass-based photonics components. Picture: contributed.

Livingston-based Optoscribe closes 'seven-figure' investment round

The largest VC deal was for Edinburgh tech firm Purelifi, which raised 13.6m. Picture: Contributed

Scotland sees strongest year for venture capital deals since 2013

The largest VC deal was for Edinburgh tech firm Purelifi, which raised 13.6m. Picture: Contributed

Scotland sees strongest year for venture capital deals since 2013

Technology developed by the firm promises to transform the way advanced batteries are designed, deployed and operated in applications such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Picture: Jon Savage

Edinburgh-based battery tech company to double city workforce to 50

Lesley Brydon, Paul Atkinson and Angela Hughes. Picture: Contributed

On The Move: A round-up of the latest appointments in the Scottish business worl...

Entrepreneur and serial angel investor Paul Atkinson is a partner at Par. Picture: contributed.

Par Equity eyeing opportunities after enjoying record Q4

Dukosi boss Nat Edington welcomed the 'exciting development for the company'. Picture: contributed.

US private equity house buys Edinburgh firm Dukosi

Par Equity partner Andrew Noble competed in the British Alpine Ski team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Picture: Fabrice Coffrini

Olympic skier Andrew Noble slides into Par Equity partner role

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