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Envestors Investment Presentation Evening

Envestors
21 March 2012

Time: 6pm to 9pm (presentations from 6:30pm)

Place: Nabarro

Lacon House, 84 Theobald's Road, London WC1X 8RW

Map: http://www.nabarro.com/downloads/London-office-directions.pdf

 

Rising Stars Investment Presentation Evening

Envestors
7 March 2012

Time: 6pm to 9pm (presentations from 6:30pm)

Place: Nabarro

Lacon House, 84 Theobald's Road, London WC1X 8RW

Map: http://www.nabarro.com/downloads/London-office-directions.pdf

 

xénos business angel, Aubrey Greene snaps up Photogenic in acquisition deal

xénos
16 February 2012

The future looks bright for Photogenic Ltd after new owner and xénos investor, Aubrey Greene acquired the company in an undisclosed deal from founder, Tony Lake.  xénos Regional Manager, Richard Bonfield brokered the deal which sees Greene take over as Managing Director at the Llanidloes-based company.

Octopus sells stake in CSL DualCom

Octopus Ventures
14 February 2012

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has backed the £32 million management buy-out of CSL DualCom (CSL), the UK's largest provider of dual-signalling products and services for intruder alarms, from Octopus.

CSL pioneered dual-signalling technology, whereby signals are transmitted over both a traditional fixed telephone line and a wireless network, in the late 1990s. This is now regarded as the standard format for alarm signalling and is specified by all leading insurance companies.

Angels Return to the Theatre

Beer & Partners
14 February 2012

Angels are making a welcome return to their origins. UK business angel network Beer & Partners are delighted to report that a ten-strong syndicate of their registered investors have recently delivered a £400,000 investment to a West End theatre production company.

Artesian Solutions Raises £2 Million in Financing

Octopus Ventures
14 February 2012

Artesian Solutions ("Artesian"), a leading provider of cloud-based Social CRM and brand surveillance software, today announced that Octopus has invested £2Million to support Artesian's explosive growth as market demand for social CRM solutions continues to climb. Luke Hakes of Octopus will be joining the Artesian Board.

Mills & Reeve advise on £1.2 million of investments from North West Fund for Biomedical

MILLS & REEVE LLP
14 February 2012

National law firm Mills & Reeve has helped successfully close the latest three investments for fund manager SPARK Impact Limited from the North West Fund for Biomedical, totalling in excess of £1.2 million. The funding rounds have together raised more than £2.5 million.

Certivox has acquired Shamus Software Limited

Octopus Ventures
14 February 2012

Well known Cryptographer Dr. Michael Scott to Lead CertiVox Laboratories

Information security company, Certivox, has acquired Shamus Software Limited - creator of the renowned MIRACL cryptographic library.
MIRACL is used to build highly secure ‘number-theoretic cryptography' and its users include Microsoft, Siemens and Samsung.
Shamus Software CEO Dr. Michael Scott appointed as Certivox's chief cryptographer and the director of Certivox Laboratories.

Go Beyond Launches Virtual Business Angel Network

Go Beyond Ltd
13 February 2012

On 1 February 2012, Go Beyond launched its first Virtual Business Angel Network with an Awareness Seminar and Investment Meeting.  14 investors from the US, Poland, UK, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, France and Russia logged in to the meeting for presentation pitches from 2 selected entrepreneurs, based in the UK and New Zealand, respectively.

Are you an early stage SME entrepreneur? Looking for funding or seeking strategies for growth?

FSE Group
9 February 2012

Specially tailored with the entrepreneurial market in mind and based on the curriculum of the award winning† Ready for Equity ! Academy, these seminars are aimed at addressing these major issues.

Using a combination of slides, case studies and personal experiences, four half day seminars are being delivered by the FSE Group (www.financesoutheast.com), under the umbrella title “Going for Growth”.