Par Equity
VC Fund
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Par Equity is a VC fund in Edinburgh focused on Software and Manufacturing. Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
- Total investments:
- 299
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
- Fund size:
- $122M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Par Equity invests in
Stages Par Equity invests in
Countries Par Equity invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $416k–$4.3M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $103k–$3.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 25 (8%)
- Manufacturing 12 (4%)
- Information Technology 12 (4%)
- Health Care 10 (3%)
- Computer 9 (3%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 56 (19%)
- Seed 25 (8%)
- Funding Round 24 (8%)
- Series A 21 (7%)
- Angel 2 (1%)
Country
- United Kingdom 72 (24%)
- United States 6 (2%)
- Brazil 1 (0%)
- New Zealand 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Castell
Partner & Co-founder
|
Partner & Co-founder | Total investments: 41 | Find email | |
Nicola McLeod
Compliance Manager
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Compliance Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Paul Atkinson
Chairman and Partner
|
Chairman and Partner | Total investments: 54 | Find email | |
Pauline Cassie
Investor Relations Director
|
Investor Relations Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Aidan MacMillan
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylark Lasers specialise in the development and production of ultra-stable, spectrally pure CW single frequency DPSS lasers. Our NIR and UV lasers enable the advancement of life science, deep tech manufacturing, and quantum research. We work collaboratively with our customers and research partners to understand their needs and tailor our lasers totheir application – helping reveal the unseen, detect the imperceptible, and measure the unknown.From optomechanical design to software development, our team pushes the capabilities of laser technology to engineer ultra-stable, spectrally pure DPSS lasers. Established in 2013 with a focus on the R&D of uncommon and hard-to-reach wavelengths, we now deliver commercial systems trusted by leading researchers and OEMs worldwide.Each laser system is precision engineered under Class 5 cleanroom conditions at our headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Gigged.AI is an innovative digital talent sourcing and onboarding platform. | $1.4M / Seed / Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| CSignum specializes in wireless communications solutions, digitization of subsea assets, and actionable insights for ocean industries. | $8M / Series A / Apr 22, 2025 | ||
| Neuranics is a company that creates magnetic sensors that are integrated with semiconductor technology for use in health, fitness, and metaverse applications. Neuranics' proprietary technology detects tiny magnetic impulses from organs of the body using scalable spintronics sensors powered by semiconductors. According to the business, thetechnology could solve the current inadequacies of health monitoring equipment and human-machine interfaces. | $8M / Seed / Apr 09, 2025 | ||
| Partful allows to present the products and parts in spectacular 3D, allowing the consumers to identify the proper parts and order them in one exploded view. | $6.4M / Series A / Dec 10, 2024 | ||
| Watercycle Technologies specialized in the development of high-yield, low-cost mineral extraction, and water treatment systems. Its core technology, capable of treating highly concentrated water, is an end-to-end solution encompassing mineral extraction, concentration, and crystallization. | $5.6M / Series A / Nov 25, 2024 | ||
| Little Journey offers assistance to kids and their families who are getting medical treatments or taking part in scientific trials. The company was founded in 2018. | $7.6M / Series A / Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Novosound is the first spin-out company to emerge from the University of the West of Scotland. Novosound specializes in the design and manufacturing of innovative NDT products using groundbreaking, thin-film manufacturing techniques which addresses the limitations of traditional ultrasound. Novosound design and end-to-end manufacturing capabilitiesenables the development of highly customizable and scalable ultrasound solutions | $2.6M / Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| Aveni is an award-winning technology company that specializes in Natural Language Processing for Financial Services and other highly regulated industries. Its team of world-leading scientists and engineers has developed a proprietary NLP pipeline that extracts context from customer conversations. This powers a range of transformative productfeatures, including automated compliance monitoring, the identification of vulnerable customers and performance management of call centre agents and advisers. | $14.1M / Series A / Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Integrated Graphene develops innovative manufacturing process that enables the company to produce high performing, pure, 3D graphene (3DG) foam directly onto any surface, at room temperature and in seconds. | $11.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 18, 2024 | ||
| See all 299 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Par Equity invest in?
Par Equity invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Information Technology startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 299 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 Par Equity's check size?
Par Equity typically joins rounds of $416k–$4.3M at Seed and $103k–$3.3M 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 Par Equity participates in.
How do I contact Par Equity?
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Who are the partners at Par Equity?
The team at Par Equity includes Andrew Castell (Partner & Co-founder), Nicola McLeod (Compliance Manager) and Paul Atkinson (Chairman and Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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