Description Scottish Equity Partners can help you out when your business needs require deeper pockets. The venture capital firm provides financing for startup, early-stage, and established businesses in the UK and Ireland that are involved in information technology, health care, and energy technologies. Usually acting as the lead investor, Scottish Equity Partners typically invests £1 million to £10 million per transaction and up to £30 million per company. It has about 40 firms in its portfolio, which includes holdings in vaccines developer BioVex, hospital accounting software designer Craneware Software, biopharmaceutical company Cyclacel, semiconductor designer Radioscape, and medical equipment manufacturer Rhytec.