Sunday share tips: Imperial Innovations, Lloyds
11th Oct 2015 14:46
(ShareCast News) - Imperial Innovations has invested £198m in dozens of companies since its foundation, in 1986. Despite some rare successes, such as with biotech outfit Circassia, overall the company has shown little ambition, preferring to invest in small and immature outfits. That is unlike its U
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Miners drag index down, Synthomer spikes higher
11th Aug 2015 14:15
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 index was by late on Tuesday afternoon giving up some of the gains made late the day before, as commodities-focused stocks were hit by China's devaluation and corporate news received mixed reviews. By 1540 BST the index was down 0.47% at 17,677.29 points, with Vedanta
Read moreImperial Innovations increases investments into Oxford uni spin-off
4th Aug 2015 14:52
(ShareCast News) - AIM-listed Imperial Innovations Group has invested another £0.65m into Oxford University spin-off company Oxford Biotrans. Oxford Biotrans used its enzyme technology to pioneer the commercialisation of biocatalytic processes for the production of high value specialty chemicals.
Read moreImperial Innovations invests £3m in Concirrus
27th Jul 2015 11:05
(ShareCast News) - Technology transfer group Imperial Innovations has invested £3m in cloud-based platform Concirrus, bringing its stake to 28.6%. Following the investment, the group will have two board members, Kelsey Lynn Skinner and Chris Gomersall, alongside the founders, the company said in a s
Read moreImperial Innovations and Mercia Technologies invest in aluminium business
2nd Jul 2015 09:49
AIM listed firms Imperial Innovations and Mercia Technologies have together provided £4m to aluminium business Impression Technologies. The duo invested £2.5m and £1.5m respectively in the firm which makes aluminium components for the transport sector. The investment brings Imperial Innovation's s
Read moreImperial Innovations invests £3m in Abingdon, brings stake to over 30%
30th Jun 2015 16:26
British technology transfer and commercialisation company Imperial Innovations Group said it has invested £3m in portfolio company Abingdon Health. On Tuesday, the London-listed group said that, along with existing investors, it had invested £2.5m in Abingdon and now holds a 33.7% stake in the busin
Read moreImperial Innovations' portfolio company appoints new executive chairman
29th May 2015 15:31
Technology investment group Imperial Innovations Group has appointed Paolo Paoletti as executive chairman of its portfolio company Kesios Therapeutics. London-based Kesios, which develops novel therapeutics for cancer treatments, was created to develop and commercialise certain research from the Dep
Read moreImperial Innovations swings to interim loss despite revenue rising 75%
27th Mar 2015 14:37
Technology commercialisation and investment company Imperial Innovations Group swung to a first-half loss on the back of increased investments. The AIM group said its pre-tax loss for the first six months of the year was £7m compared with a £24.4m profit in the corresponding period a year earlier, a
Read moreImperial Innovations portfolio company gets US drug approval
18th Mar 2015 08:51
Technology transfer and investment group Imperial Innovations said its portfolio company Cell Medica received an orphan drug designation by the US Food and Drug Administration. The designation for Cell's cancer immunotherapy product CMD-003 means the group now qualifies for seven years of market exc
Read moreThursday tips round-up: Weir Group, Imperial Innovations
16th Oct 2014 21:20
Having failed in its bid to purchase Finnish group Metso Weir Group purchased Trio, a far smaller outfit, marking its first bolt-on acquisition since the start of last year. Trio specialises in comminution, the process by which large rocks are crushed so as to allow miners to get more easily to the
Read moreWoodford reveals top 10 holdings dominated by pharma and tobacco
8th Jul 2014 13:21
Highly influential fund manager Neil Woodford has revealed the top 10 stocks in his new £1.6bn Woodford Equity Income fund, including new favourites Imperial Innovations and Rolls-Royce. The university technology spin-out group and the aircraft engine-maker did not feature in the manager's previous
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
7th Jul 2014 09:26
Balfour Beatty: Berenberg lowers target price from 290p to 280p and retains a buy recommendation. UBS lowers target price from 230p to 225p and keeps a neutral rating. Barclays: Citi lowers target price from 305p to 300p and keeps its sell recommendation. Clinigen: Investec cuts target price from
Read moreImperial Innovations placing shares to fund investment opportunities
23rd Jun 2014 08:10
A total of £150m is the sum being targeted by AIM-listed Imperial Innovations, which on Monday launched the placing of 37.5m shares at 400p each. At the same time, the UK's Imperial College is trading in 2.56m shares at the same price, reducing its stake from 30.2% to 20%, taking the overall placin
Read moreImperial Innovations completes £3m investment in Featurespace
10th Jun 2014 11:40
Imperial Innovations, the AIM-listed firm which focuses on commercialising UK academic research, has completed a £3m investment round in behavioural analytics business, Featurespace. The group has invested £1.7m into the round with the balance coming from Nesta and members of the Cambridge Angels g
Read moreImperial Innovations shares jump as portfolio company receives funding
4th Jun 2014 14:14
Imperial Innovations, the AIM-listed firm which focuses on commercialising UK academic research, pleased the market on Wednesday with the news that its portfolio company Autifony Therapeutics has been awarded a grant from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). TSB has given £2.2m of funding to Autifo
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