Plaxica announced on 26 September 2011 the closing of a Series B financing in which it raised £5m from its existing investors.
Invesco Perpetual is one of the largest independent investment managers in the UK, currently managing assets on behalf of consumers, institutional clients and investment professionals through a broad product range, which includes ICVCs, investment trusts, ISAs, pension products, offshore funds and other specialist mandates. Invesco Perpetual’s specialist fund management teams are experienced at finding attractive long term investment opportunities through a wide variety of market conditions. Never following anyone else's lead, truly active fund management is at the heart of their approach - building portfolios based on rigorous research, to identify the investment opportunities most likely to provide strong long-term returns.
Imperial Innovations plc is one of the UK's leading technology commercialisation and investment companies. Founded in 1986 and admitted to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange in 2006, Imperial Innovations' access to early stage technology and intellectual property is unparalleled. Imperial Innovations' integrated commercialisation approach encompasses the identification of ideas, the protection of intellectual property, the development and licensing of technology and the formation, incubation and funding, through investment, of technology businesses. Based at Imperial College London, Imperial Innovations' portfolio of equity holdings in more than 80 companies spans its three core areas of Healthcare, Engineering & IT, and Energy & Environment.
NESTA Ventures invests in early stage companies with high growth potential, with the aim of building businesses of lasting value. It has investments in around 50 businesses from across the technology spectrum with specialists in the team focusing on Healthcare, Cleantech and ICT.
Carbon Trust Investments is the venture capital investment subsidiary of the Carbon Trust. Carbon Trust Investments has invested in 12 companies over the last 5 years, with two of these companies - Ceres Power plc and CMR Fuel Cells plc - having listed on AIM. Some of its other portfolio companies include 4energy Ltd, CamSemi Ltd, and Acal Energy Ltd
