London Technology Fund Competition 2008
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Company Guides Venture Partners (CGVP) is the manager of the London Technology Fund (LTF). LTF is London’s specialist investor in new technology companies, focused on the funding gap for new, high growth technology companies. It bridges the funding gap by leading and building a syndicate of investors or by completing the gap in an existing syndicate. It can invest in a series of tranches over a number of years alongside other investors, contributing from £50,000 up to a maximum of £1.5m in a single company from its own resources – resulting in a total investment from LTF and co-investors ranging from £100,000 up to £10m. To date LTF has completed 12 investments in six companies, acting as a key investor to help secure over £14m of equity funding for London-based high technology companies. These investments range from a seed-stage mobile technology company raising a total of £355,000, where LTF co-invested alongside business angels, to a company developing a vaccine for mutating viruses raising £4m, where LTF was the only venture capital fund alongside three specialist overseas life science investors. LTF is funded by the London Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund. CGVP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. |
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The Oracle Emerging Business Partner Programme Oracle believes that established businesses have a role to play in nurturing start-ups and entrepreneurs. Our Emerging Business Partner Programme was set up to give practical support to innovative businesses taking new and exciting ideas to market. To find out more: The programme is designed to help emerging UK companies who are seeking to take advantage of technology to grow their business. Such enterprises have innovative solutions for critical challenges around information-sharing and real-time decision-making, but are looking to collaborate with Oracle to build robust, scalable IT platforms and gain access to potential markets. Oracle has established a dedicated team to provide a simple, practical process to engage with these companies collaborating with them to understand how its products, services and the Oracle Partner Network can meet their individual requirements. Flexible pricing and support models can be tailored to fit the unique business needs of fast growing companies. Additional general business support is available to help accelerate the speed to market of partners. |
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As one of the world’s leading professional services organisations, PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders through its network of member firms. With a workforce of over 146,000 people across 150 countries our network shares their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. “Vision to Reality” is a dedicated programme for high quality, growth companies. Our teams comprise highly skilled people who are passionate about growing entrepreneurial businesses and are dynamic at meeting the needs of companies at every stage of development. In a fast moving world with volatile and fluctuating markets, technology businesses are increasingly under pressure to flex strategies and adapt to changing market conditions. Whether you are seeking tax advice on corporate, shareholder and employee issues, needing guidance on accounting or raising funds, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ team of experts are there with you at every step of the journey. To find out more about the “Vision to Reality” programme visit: www.pwc.com/uk/visiontoreality. |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is one of the world's largest financial services groups. We are the number one commercial bank in the UK, with over one third of UK corporates now choosing to bank with us. As one of the leading providers of banking services to the SME market, approximately 30 per cent of medium and large UK businesses and over 200 of the FTSE top 250 names choose to bank with us. To find out more: |