The uptick in inheritance tax receipts for the six months to October 31st, 2022 shows individuals are not seeking appropriate advice, according to Andrew Aldridge, Partner & Head of Marketing at Deepbridge Capital.

Andrew Aldridge, Partner & Head of Marketing at Deepbridge Capital commented:

Zilico Ltd, which is part of the Deepbridge Life Sciences EIS fund, will take centre stage at the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of WHO (World Health Organisation). It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States.

Elasmogen, which is part of the Deepbridge Life Sciences EIS fund, recently secured £8 million in their latest funding round. This investment should enable the Aberdeen-based business to continue developing its pipeline of next-generation drugs through pre-clinical trials.

One of Deepbridge Capital's Technology Growth EIS Companies, Hurricane Modular Commerce Limited, has recently agreed a strategic partnership with AEB (International) to provide the complete cross-border e-commerce solution.

SmallSpark Space Systems, an award-winning rocket propulsion innovation company which is part of the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS fund, has been awarded funding by Research England via their SPRINT programme.

Aegiq, a University of Sheffield spin-out developing networking technology that's secure in the quantum computing age, has closed a Seed funding round totalling almost £4 million ($4.9M USD) for its quantum photonics platform.  

School Wellbeing Accelerator, an investee company within the Deepbridge Life Sciences EIS portfolio, has won the ‘Best Wellbeing Solution’ at the Education Resources Awards (ERA) 2022. An award to highlight pupil & staff wellbeing and safeguarding in the primary and secondary sector. 

Compono, an investee company within the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS portfolio, has appointed Trent Innes, former Managing Director of Xero Australia and Asia, as its new CEO, effective from May 2nd 2022.