Autonomy plc – We were an early stage investor in what is now one of the UK’s largest software companies.
Imago QA Ltd – We were investors in this software testing company. It grew from a start up with four people to a company with over 200 employees and was subsequently bought by Barclays Private Equity.
Whereonearth Ltd – We were investors in, and Mark was a director of, this software company that was sold to Yahoo Inc for in excess of £30m.
JCP Trustbase Ltd – We were early stage investors in this security software company that was sold to Sun Microsystems Inc for in excess of $30m.
Eckoh Technologies plc – We were an early stage investor in this successful voice recognition systems company.
Past Transactions
We have advised, raised capital for and invested in a number of high growth smaller companies in the UK.
These include:
50 Lessons, a fast-growing business education and media group. As investors and advisors, we have helped 50 Lessons grow from a startup in 2005 to its most recent funding round, which valued the company at in excess of £10 million.
BrandPlay, an operator in the digital media sector, providing interactive advertising solutions to shopping and leisure centres and other PoS environments.
Durlacher plc, (now Panmure Gordon plc) – a technology broker and investment bank. Mark was an investor in, and a director of, the company when its market capitalisation grew from less than £10m to over £2 billion in four years.
Kvault Software – We were early stage investors in this email archive and retrieval software company that was sold to Veritas for over $225m.
