Tuesday tips round-up: Imperial Innovations, Entertainment One
3rd Jun 2014 07:19
Imperial Innovations' decision to raise up to £150m may be a golden opportunity for investors. The shares are tightly held but existing investors in the group have decided that the placing will be non-pre-emptive. That means new shareholders will be allowed in, including retail ones should there be
Read moreImperial Innovations to raise up to £150m
2nd Jun 2014 16:09
Imperial Innovations Group has proposed raising up to £150m through the placement of shares to fund its existing portfolio and source investment opportunities in new technologies. The UK technology transfer and commercialisation company will place ordinary shares at no less than 400p each. Chair
Read moreImperial Innovations' Nexeon completes manufacturing facility
24th Apr 2014 13:58
Imperial Innovations, the AIM-listed technology group, said that its portfolio company Nexeon has completed the construction and commissioning of its manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Oxfordshire. Nexeon is Imperial's second-largest portfolio company and develops silicon anode techno
Read moreImperial Innovations' Circassia to list on LSE main market
6th Feb 2014 13:55
Clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company Circassia has announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market. The company is focused on the development and commercialisation of a range of immunotherapy products for the treatment of allergies, such as those to cats, g
Read moreThursday tips round-up: Imperial Innovations, Vertu Motors
17th Oct 2013 07:07
Imperial Innovations has the right to take interesting discoveries from Imperial College London and package them up into companies that eventually can be floated or sold. The majority of its 92 investments are in pharmaceuticals; one of the most promising, Circassia, is well into clinical trials for
Read moreImperial Innovations portfolio value rises as companies near IPO
16th Oct 2013 11:25
Imperial Innovations accompanied news of a full year rise in its portfolio value with the announcement of a Nasdaq flotation for portfolio company Oxford Immunotec. The university spin-out group said had "a number" of companies in its portfolio also ready for initial public offering (IPO) or trade
Read moreInnovations CEO steps down
17th Jul 2013 10:39
Technology commercialisation and investment group Imperial Innovations confirmed that Chief Executive Susan Searle has stepped down after 11 years in the role. Chief investment officer Russ Cummings, who has been a director since the group's flotation in 2006, has taken over as CEO with immediate
Read moreKelsey Lynn appointed Director of Technology Ventures at Imperial Innovations Group
29th Apr 2013 12:15
AIM-listed technology commercialisation and investment group Imperial Innovations Group has reported that that Kelsey Lynn has joined as Director of Technology Ventures with immediate effect. Lynn spent the last twelve years in California, working in new technology development and venture capital
Read moreImperial Innovations reports strong progress in top three portfolio companies
22nd Mar 2013 08:44
Imperial Innovations, a technology commercialisation and investment group, on Friday reported 'really good' progress in its top three portfolio companies in its half year results. The firm said that in the six months ended January 31st its top three portfolio companies, namely Circassia, Nexeon an
Read moreImperial Innovations reports that Nexeon signed partnership with WACKER
22nd Feb 2013 11:40
AIM-listed technology commercialisation and investment group Imperial Innovations has announced that portfolio company Nexeon, a battery materials and licensing company, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with German chemical company WACKER Chemie AG (WACKER). The group reported that WAC
Read moreImperial Innovations invests 1.5m pounds in tech firm Semetric
23rd Jan 2013 08:21
Technology commercialisation and investment group Imperial Innovations has invested 1.5m pounds in technology firm Semetric, the company behind global music analytics specialist, Musicmetric. The group said that the investment was part of a £3m funding round which also included its existing investo
Read moreImperial Innovations rises to university challenge
5th Oct 2012 13:18
A change in the fair value of investments held by Imperial Innovations, the hot-house for technology and healthcare ideas from Britain's universities, saw full year profits surge. Revenues eased, however, reflecting the continuing difficult economic environment. Total revenues in the year to the en
Read moreFirstGroup Chairman ups his stake
24th May 2012 15:45
Martin Gilbert, Chairman of FTSE 250 transport firm FirstGroup, has ignored broker recommendations to purchase 50,000 shares on the same day the company unveiled its plans to move its UK bus shake-up into the fast lane. Gilbert bought the shares on Wednesday at 217.50p each for a total of £108,750
Read moreProfits fall at Imperial Innovations
23rd Apr 2012 10:39
Imperial Innovations, which invests in the commercialisation of technology, kept piling cash into new ventures despite profits falling in the first half. The firm said profits during the six months to the end of January were £0.9m, down from £1.3m the year before. During this time it invested £10.
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8th Mar 2012 08:23
FFastFill, a 'Software-as-a-Service' provider, announced that INTL FCStone (formerly Ambrian Commodities), the metals futures trading arm of Ambrian Capital, has signed for both its Trading Pro, SEALS and Eclipse applications for execution, matching and settlement. The contract win takes the number
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