Southern Angel Investors Club celebrates inaugural awards

Southern Angel Investors Club (‘SAIC’) recognised outstanding investor contribution, investment success and long-standing support at its first annual awards, held during its June meeting at Camberley Heath Golf Club.

Oxford Innovation Opportunity Network (‘OION’) were awarded the Angel Group of the Year award for their long-standing relationship with SAIC.  Universal Signalling was voted Investment of the Year, an investment led by SAIC’s Philip Day who won SAIC Investor of the Year award; created to recognise the member who made the greatest contribution to SAIC’s activity during the year. Richard Cooper and Stephen Head attended the meeting to receive the awards on behalf of OION AND Universal Signalling.

A special Lifetime Achievement award was given to Tony Carter for his outstanding contribution to SAIC and to Angel investing in general over more than 20 years. Tony Carter recently stood down as President of SAIC having led the organisation since its formation in 2020 .

“These awards are an opportunity to recognise the members, partners and investments that have made an outstanding contribution to our community. We are delighted to celebrate their achievements and to put them forward as our nominations for the UKBAA 2026 awards – we wish all SAIC’s nominees the very best of luck .”
Michael Penny, Chairman SAIC