# Alba Equity

> Alba Equity is a VC fund in Aberdeen backing Medical, Education and E-Learning. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://albaequity.com/

Alba Equity is an investment syndicate which makes investments into businesses with high growth potential.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$5.3M |
| Series A | $2.8M–$9.2M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $2.5M–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 15% |
| Education | 2 | 15% |
| E-Learning | 2 | 15% |
| Oil and Gas | 2 | 15% |
| Energy | 1 | 8% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 31% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 31% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Itza | Itza offers digital learning media and technology business focused on teens. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| ITZA | ITZA is a digital platform that offers incentives, personalized data, and motivational, sustainability-focused content to support self-directed learning. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Carcinotech | Carcinotech is focused on treating cancers and is based at the Roslin Innovation Centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh. | $5.3M | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Trojan Energy | Trojan Energy support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle charging points, which aims to solve the issue for vehicle owners who do not have access to off-street parking. | $32.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| PneumoWave | PneumoWave is developing real-time monitoring solutions to allow patients with respiratory conditions and their doctors to track their respiratory rates and performance out of hospital, at home and at work. Combining proprietary sensor technology and an innovative AI driven digital therapeutic software platform, PneumoWave's technologyenables doctors to rationalise medication use, identify early signs of deterioration, reduce or shorten hospital admissions and reduce face to face appointments. | $9.2M | Series A | Jan 12, 2023 |  |
| Leap Automation | Leap Automation provides food producers with end-of-line automation and machine vision systems. It reduces the dependency on manual labour for repetitive tasks. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Carcinotech | Carcinotech is focused on treating cancers and is based at the Roslin Innovation Centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh. | $2M | Seed | Apr 25, 2022 |  |
| Sentinel Subsea | Sentinel Subsea specializes in providing advanced passive integrity monitoring solutions for subsea infrastructure and equipment. Sentinal Subsea developed WellSentinel, a method of monitoring and managing the integrity of subsea wells, wellheads, and Xmas trees. |  | Seed | Oct 18, 2021 |  |
| Trojan Energy | Trojan Energy support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle charging points, which aims to solve the issue for vehicle owners who do not have access to off-street parking. | $2.8M | Series A | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Trojan Energy | Trojan Energy support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle charging points, which aims to solve the issue for vehicle owners who do not have access to off-street parking. | $3M | Seed | Aug 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Equity Gap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equity-gap) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [SIS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sis-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Eos](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eos-advisory) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Intuitive Investments Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intuitive-investments-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Alba Equity invest in?

Alba Equity invests primarily in Medical, Education and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alba Equity's check size?

Alba Equity typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$5.3M at Seed, $2.8M–$9.2M at Series A and $2.5M–$33M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alba Equity participates in.

### When did Alba Equity last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alba Equity closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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