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Octopus Ventures

We back exceptional entrepreneurial teams running businesses in any sector which can create, transform or dominate an industry, with a bias towards opportunities in the telecoms, media, technology, consumer lifestyle and wellbeing and environmental spaces. 

We offer investment of £250k to £5m, from seed through to growth capital, into exciting VCT & EIS qualifying businesses that can change the way we live our lives and grow quickly as a result. Of the £2bn Octopus has under management, we already take care of almost £300m, were voted VCT Manager of the Year at the British Private Equity Awards 2010, and have around £100m to invest over the next three years.
We’re active, hands on investors who are passionate about business and, with our Octopus Venture Partners who co-invest alongside our Funds, make sure the companies we invest in get the best possible person to help add value to the business and help them go on to great success.

The teams we work with want to benefit from this unique combination of financial power of our VCTs and the wealth of experience and expertise in the team and the Venture Partners. 

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.octopusventures.com

IP Group PLC

IP Group is an intellectual property (IP) commercialisation company that specialises in commercialising university technology. Founded in 2001, IP Group listed on AIM in October 2003 and moved to the Official List in June 2006. It has made two acquisitions to date - Techtran, a company set up to commercialise university intellectual property under a long term contract with the University of Leeds, in 2005 and Top Technology Ventures, an investment adviser to early stage technology venture capital funds, in 2004.

IP Group has formed long-term partnerships with ten universities - the University of Oxford, King's College London, CNAP/University of York, the University of Leeds, the University of Bristol, the University of Surrey, the University of Southampton, Queen Mary (University of London), the University of Bath and the University of Glasgow.

IP Group’s portfolio is diverse with exposure to five main sectors - Energy & Renewables, Medical Equipment & Supplies, Pharma & Biotech, IT & Communications and Chemicals & Materials.

For more information, please visit our website at www.ipgroupplc.com.

University of Surrey

The University of Surrey has one of the top electronic engineering departments in the UK, with research of international standard which has resulted in a number of significant commercial inventions and spin out companies. As well as its impressive track record of academic research the University is proud of its strong financial position, with revenue generated by the Surrey Research Park and from Surrey’s other commercial activities giving the third highest endowment income of any UK university. The University is a significant player in the economic success of Guildford and the region, contributing some £1 billion per annum to the regional economy.

For more information, please visit our website at www.surrey.ac.uk

New Wave Ventures

New Wave Ventures LLP is a privately owned fund investing in companies with significant growth potential. Our target initial investment is £500k to £2 million. We invest our own money without the need for external investors or borrowings. We do not believe in using leverage to boost our returns. We are not driven by the need to service interest charges or to dispose of our investments by an artificial deadline. Our investment decisions are made by the principals, not by a committee. A common theme among the companies we back is the appetite and ability to dominate markets with global scale.

We look for the most able management teams with the proven ability to deliver projects on time, to budget, and to overcome problems. We will invest in any sector.

For more information, please visit our website at www.nwventures.co.uk

Parkwalk Advisors

Parkwalk Advisors invests in, and raises capital for, innovative UK technology companies. We manage a series of technology funds, which predominantly invest in companies spun out of UK Universities and other research-intensive institutions. The Parkwalk UK Technology EIS Funds offers individuals unique access to high calibre investments in British innovation. We manage investments for HNWs, UHNWs, Family Offices and Wealth Managers, attracted by the quality of the companies, their provenance, and the substantial tax incentives associated with making these investments EIS compliant.

We invest in UK innovation and technology across the spectrum, from seed through to AIM listed securities, and have fully invested our first two Funds with the third Fund investing from April 2012.

Parkwalk’s portfolio can be viewed here.

For more details, please visit our website at www.parkwalkadvisors.com