• Comparameglio.it

  Led · Equity · Apr 2013

  Comparafinanza.it aggregates and compares insurance and financial products from market-leading companies including Direct Line, AXA Direct, Admiral, Allianz Direct and ACE. The platform serves the Italian market and is based in London, UK and Rome, Italy. Leadership includes CEO Robin Daina, CFO Guglielmo Carsana and Marketing Manager Raffaele Galano. It is regulated by ISVAP/IVASS in Italy and by the Financial Services Authority in the UK. The company raised £4.6m (approximately €5.3m) and intends to use the capital to continue to expand operations; it is also hiring. The business focuses on expanding its operations in the Italian market.

• mLED

  Led · Equity · Jun 2012

  mLED develops an ultra-high brightness micro-emitter array (microLED) targeting the nascent embedded pico projector market. The company’s microLED technology is aimed at portable devices such as barcode scanners and smartphones. mLED was launched in June 2010 as a spin-out from the Institute of Photonics of the University of Strathclyde and is based in Glasgow, UK. The company plans to use newly raised capital to increase personnel, enhance its intellectual property and market its proprietary technology to initial customers. The article reports a recent equity funding round, indicating early-stage commercial and financing activity. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

• Conjunct

  Led · Equity · Dec 2011

  Conjunct Limited, led by CEO Ken Allstaff, designs and supplies Optical Sub Assemblies (OSAs) for a range of datacomms applications. The company has developed Fibre‑Lyte, a small integrated transceiver package applicable to both datacoms and telecoms markets. Fibre‑Lyte is presented as a highly innovative transceiver module with the potential to support data rates up to 300Gbps. Conjunct plans to use recent funding to support production engineering activities for Fibre‑Lyte manufacture and to complete development of a new Fibre‑Lyte variant. The company raised £340k in its third round of funding to advance those manufacturing and development efforts. Near-term priorities are product development and scaling production capability for the Fibre‑Lyte line.

• AppShare

  Led · Equity · Dec 2011

  AppShare develops web collaboration technology that lets geographically distributed groups share electronic information and software applications. The company has built a technical architecture targeted at medium and large-scale enterprises. Its software was piloted by a UK-listed company and is planned for roll-out across that firm's network. AppShare was spun out from the University of Strathclyde in 2008 and is led by CEO Stephen Behan. The company is based in Glasgow, UK. In its fourth funding round it raised £500k.

• Design LED Products

  Participated · Equity · Aug 2011

  Design LED Products, formed in 2004 and based in Livingston, UK, develops and patents technology to embed light-emitting diodes (LEDs) within printed light-guide devices. Its core product enables clients to produce thin, flexible, high-efficiency light panels and displays suitable for consumer electronic devices through to large-area LED lighting and LCD TV backlighting. The company is led by CEO Stuart Bain. It intends to use the newly raised funds to accelerate plans to enter the high-growth lighting and LCD TV backlighting markets. The article reports a second tranche close of £639k as part of an ongoing funding round. Prior investor participation and the staged closes indicate continued external investor support as the company pursues market entry.

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