# Investing Women

> Investing Women is a VC fund in Edinburgh backing Biotechnology, Apps and Music. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/investing-women
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/investing_women
- Website: http://www.investingwomen.co.uk/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/InvestingWomen

Investing Women is a growing community of women angel investors; women entrepreneurs seeking growth and those who want to help both. It’s more than a syndicate; and it’s about more than the money.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Terrible* | We're a product management company, with a platform and mobile app where artists can make, manage, distribute and sell physical products to their fans online and at shows. We help artists make money in the last remaining physical revenue stream in music without a digital competitor. | $248.3K | Angel | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Cytochroma | Cytochroma manufacture genetically diverse stem cell-derived models to predict the safety and effect of drugs in a global population. Cytochroma’s automated cell manufacture, physiologically relevant models and rapid screening platform makes preclinical testing faster, safer and smarter. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| ScotBio | ScotBio is an exciting biotech company based in Scotland that produces natural, clean label ingredients for the food, beverage, nutrition, textiles, cosmetic and pharmaceuticals sectors. The company grows algae indoors, in closed hygienic vessels. We produce natural blue pigments, alternative protein, and carotenoids. | $3M | Seed | Nov 26, 2018 |  |
| Chromacity | Chromacity Lasers is a spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, one of the UK’s leading technical universities with a focus on photonics. Their founding team has over 40 years’ experience in ultrafast lasers and fiber lasers. They have developed wavelength tunable femtosecond lasers from the ultraviolet (400 nm) to the mid-infrared (> 6 µm) forindustrial and scientific applications in fluorescence microscopy, gas spectroscopy, laser material processing and semiconductor engineering.Robust, patent-pending femtosecond fiber-laser technology underpins every product, delivering reliable, turn-key performance. But they don’t stop there: their embedded web server provides a uniquely simple control interface, allowing wireless operation from any laptop, tablet or smartphone.Their focus is on manufacturing femtosecond lasers for life-sciences applications. In parallel with these core products, they work with systems manufacturers to provide custom OEM femtosecond and picosecond lasers optimized for specific applications in engineering and materials processing. They can provide combinations of pulse repetition rate, energy and wavelength not available from any other manufacturers. | $637K | Seed | Nov 01, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Academe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-academe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kelvin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelvin-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alba Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alba-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cambridge Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eos](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eos-7f20) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Investing Women invest in?

Investing Women invests primarily in Biotechnology, Apps and Music startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Investing Women last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Investing Women closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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