Investors
Red-M's investors are Amadeus Capital
Partners, Apax Partners, Close Venture Management, Octopus Asset Management, Pi Capital and The Parkmead Group.
Amadeus Capital Partners
Amadeus invests venture capital in new technologies from offices
in London and Cambridge, UK. Since its inception in 1997, Amadeus
has backed 52 companies in the UK and continental Europe, covering
computer hardware and software, mobile and fixed communications
technologies and medical technologies.
Investments include Cambridge Silicon Radio, producing single
chip Bluetooth radios for short range connections and floated
on the London Stock Exchange in 2004, Optos, a manufacturer of
laser retinal scanners and number one in 2003's Tech Track
100, Cambridge Broadband, developing technologies for wireless
broadband networks in countries with poor infrastructure and number
one in 2004's Tech Track 100, Valista, an electronic payments
company, Solexa, developing ultra high speed gene sequencing machines,
and AePONA, a developer of standards-based software gateways for
the telecoms industry. Successful realizations from the Amadeus
portfolio include Entropic, bought by Microsoft, and Element-14,
bought by Broadcom Corporation.
For further information visit www.amadeuscapital.com
Apax Partners
Apax Partners is one of the world's leading private equity investment
groups, operating across the United States, Europe and Israel.
Apax Partners has raised or advised approximately $20 billion
around the world. With more than 30 years of direct investing
experience, Apax Partners' Funds provide long-term equity
financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. It pursues
a balanced equity portfolio strategy, investing in late venture,
growth capital and buyouts.
Apax Partners' Funds invest in companies across its six
chosen global sectors of telecommunications, IT, retail and consumer,
media, healthcare and financial/business services. Some of Apax
Partners Funds' investments in the IT & Telecoms sector include:
Dialog Semiconductor, Fractus, Frontier Silicon, Inmarsat, Intelsat,
Kabel Deutschland, Sonim Technologies and Wisair.
For further information visit www.apax.com
Close Venture Management
Close Venture Management ("CVM") is one of the longest running and most successful venture capital outlets in the U.K. Formed in 1996 as a wholly independent division of Close Brothers Group plc, CVM currently manages a portfolio of six Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), which have raised a total of £260 million to date.
Close's success in the marketplace has been universally recognised and in 2005 alone CVM was named Best VCT Provider by Professional Adviser and VCT Manager of the Year at the Growth Company Investor Awards. CVM has again been named Best VCT Provider in the Professional Adviser Awards 2006.
The core investment strategy of all of the six funds is to offer investors lower investment risk, whilst providing higher dividend yield and sustained capital growth. CVM's funding capability ranges from £1 million to £10 million. Larger investments tend to be strongly asset-backed while at the smaller end of the funding scale Close looks at second or third round technology propositions. Finally, in the middle ground (investments of between £1 and £5 million) Close is focused on mainstream growth capital and smaller MBOs.
For further information visit www.closeventures.co.uk
Octopus Asset Management
Octopus Asset Management is a leading fund manager and private equity investor into fast growing SME companies. Octopus specialises in providing £2million to £5million of equity finance for management buy-outs, buy-ins and development capital for UK companies in transactions with an enterprise value of typically up to £20 million. Octopus, established in 2000, is one of the fastest growing fund management companies in the UK and is one of the largest VCT fund managers in the UK. Last tax year alone, Octopus raised over £60 million from around 6,000 investors in its range of VCT funds.
These funds include the Eclipse VCT, which was voted (by other venture capital firms) "New Venture Capital Fund of the Year 2004" and the Phoenix VCT which was shortlisted as "VCT of the Year 2004" and "VCT of the Year 2005" in the Investor AllStars Awards.
Octopus also provides an EIS portfolio service called Eureka, as well as an inheritance tax solution called The Octopus ITS.
For further information visit www.octopusam.com
Pi Capital
Pi Capital is an independent private equity house investing in growing UK unquoted businesses. It specialises in smaller buyouts and expansion capital for businesses seeking £1.5 million to £5 million across a range of sectors. What makes Pi Capital different is that it represents a network of the UK's most successful entrepreneurs and business builders, whose diverse and unique contacts and skills can add real value to the companies Pi Capital supports, both during due diligence and post investment.
Private investor Capital Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
For further information visit www.picapital.co.uk
The Parkmead Group
Founded in 1992, The Parkmead Group is a London-based merchant bank which conducts principal finance and investment transactions, and offers corporate finance and other consulting services.The Company operates in the energy, technology, leisure, manufacturing and aerospace sectors.
The Parkmead Group is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (symbol: PMG), and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
For further information visit www.parkmeadgroup.com
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