About Archangels
Archangels is a venture capital firm founded in 1992. It is primarily based out of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. As of Apr 2025, Archangels is an active investor, having invested in 46 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it led the $8.03M Series A round of CSignum along with British Business Bank. This round also saw participation from Raptor Group and other investors.
Overall, Archangels portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 15 acquisitions including key companies like GBG, Blackford Analysis and . A lot of funds co-invest with Archangels, with names like sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Archangels has team of 12 people including 4 partners.
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Archangels' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Archangels has invested in 46 companies over the last 33 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 2 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in CSignum and most recent follow-on round was in Cytomos.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2022 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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Archangels' Investments by Stage
Archangels has made 26 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.73M, 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.8M, 2 investments in Unattributed stage and 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $945K.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 26 |
Series A | 6 |
Unattributed | 2 |
Angel | 1 |
Archangels' Investments by Sector
Archangels has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 33 Tech companies, 32 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Tech hardware companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 15 |
Life Sciences | 11 |
Enterprise Applications | 9 |
HealthTech | 7 |
Energy Tech | 4 |
Others | 36 |
Archangels' Investments by Geography
Archangels has made most investments in United Kingdom (34), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 34 |
United States | 1 |
Archangels' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Archangels:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 22, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | $8.03M | Par Equity [+5] | |
Apr 09, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | $8M | [+3] | |
Nov 19, 2024 | United Kingdom | Series A | $6.32M | Old College Capital [+2] | |
Aug 19, 2024 | United Kingdom | Series B | $3.95M | [+1] | |
Nov 20, 2023 | United Kingdom | Seed | $2.53M |
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Here are Archangels' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 27, 2010 | 1995 | Unattributed | Undisclosed |
Acquired companies in Archangels' Portfolio
Here are Archangels' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 18, 2023 | Sep 25, 2012 | Seed | $1.27M | |
Jan 27, 2022 | Apr 22, 2016 | Series A | $1.73M | |
Sep 14, 2020 | 2005 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Jul 17, 2020 | Apr 22, 2025 | Series A | $8.03M | |
Dec 18, 2019 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Archangels
Archangels has a team of 12 membersÌýincluding 4 PartnersÌýlocated in United Kingdom. Archangels' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Archangels:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Edinburgh | - | ||
Partner | Edinburgh | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Advisor | Edinburgh | - | - | |
Associate | Edinburgh | - | ||
Associate | Edinburgh | - | - |
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Over the past 33 years, 62 investors have co-invested in Archangels's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Archangels:Ìý, Par Equity and 7 others have invested in rounds before Archangels. There are 2 companies where Scottish Enterprise has invested before Archangels and 1 company where Par Equity has invested before Archangels.
- Top Co-investors of Archangels:Ìý24 investors entered a company along with Archangels. These include investors like (17 companies).
- Invested after Archangels:ÌýA total of 29 investors have invested in Archangels's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include (5 companies), (4 companies) and (3 companies).
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