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HMRC collected a record £22.2bn in CGT in 2025/26. Here's how EIS deferral relief and SEIS reinvestment relief can help investors put that gain to work instead of handing it to the taxman.

Q2 2026 saw UK private companies raise £2.51bn across 2,421 fundraises below £50m — the strongest second quarter since 2022. Graham Schwikkard analyses what the data means for EIS investors and allocators.

Fuel Ventures' Oli Hammond thinks 99% of AI investors will lose money. Here's the edge angels still have over VCs — and how diversification changes the odds.

SyndicateRoom's Monte Carlo analysis of 5,393 UK startups shows how EIS tax relief changes the optimal portfolio size — and why access to quality deal flow matters more than company count.

SyndicateRoom's analysis of Companies House SH01 filings reveals all-female founding teams win ~6–7% of UK equity deals but only 2.5–3.7% of the pounds — a two-to-three-times gap between getting funded and getting funded well.

From April 2027, unused pension funds will be subject to inheritance tax. Here's what the change means for your estate plan, and why the planning window is shorter than it looks.

HMRC's 2024–25 release shows EIS companies raised £1,575m — all but flat on the year before — while SEIS hit a record £276m. Graham Schwikkard reads the data and explains what it means for investors deciding where to deploy this tax year.

When the National Audit Office examined homes that had external wall insulation fitted under the ECO4 and Great British Insulation schemes, it found 98% had major defects requiring remediation, problems that can cause damp and mould rather than lower bills. We have been paying for upgrades, at scale, with no reliable way to verify they worked. That is exactly the problem that my latest Angel Insights guest can solve. Lucy Lyons is co-founder and CEO of Kestrix, the company sometimes described as the "Google Maps of heat loss." Their first product uses thermal and visual imaging drones flown over buildings to map exactly where heat is escaping, and they have already covered around 12,000 homes. Read on to find out more and listen to the podcast.

Watch the Carbon13 SEIS Fund X launch webinar: how we build climate tech companies from the ground up, where the 2026 opportunity sits, and exactly how the fund works.