Revolymer

Revolymer: Interim Results Interim Results for the 6 month period to 30 June 2012 Continued progression with strategic goals Revolymer plc (AIM: REVO) (“Revolymer”), the British polymer company, designs, develops and formulates novel polymers to improve the performance of existing consumer products within the high value fast moving consumer goods (“FMCG”) markets. Following its initial

Xeros

Deputy Prime Minister Clegg visits Xeros Xeros, the company responsible for the development of the “virtually waterless” laundry system, has set its sights on sales in both the UK and North American commercial laundry industries. Xeros’ technology uses a fraction of the water, energy and detergent required for conventional cleaning methods, and provides significant cost-saving

CCMOSS

Parkwalk closes Cambridge CMOSS investment for the University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund I and the UK Tech Fund III Cambridge CMOS Sensors is the provider of innovative MEMS high temperature microhotplate technology for gas sensing, flow sensing and lab-on-a-chip applications. The Cambridge CMOS Sensors technology uses standard CMOS processes that enable high volume, low cost

Arkivum

Parkwalk closes Arkivum investment for the UK Tech Fund III Arkivum has developed a safe and simple process to manage data security and safety. The company has developed ‘best practice’ for the long term preservation of digital data. The process has the highest integrity to ensure information remains in bit-perfect condition all the time.

Tracsis

Commences Scandinavian trial Tracsis plc has started trialling a new system in Scandinavia as it looks to develop new markets. The system, which monitors railway engineering assets, is based on data logging technology, which is produced by the Tracsis subsidiary MPEC Technology and is already used in the UK. This technology can be used within

Revolymer

Launch of degradable nicotine gum Revolymer, the British polymer company developing products for a number of high value fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) markets which has recently listed on AIM (“REVO”), is pleased to announce that is has closed distribution deals with Associated Retail Pharmacies (” ARP”) and Family Health Care Pharmacies (“FHCP”), both subsidiaries

OxfordPV

Dr Henry Snaith wins Paterson Medal Dr Henry J Snaith, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford. For his important contributions to the field of excitonic solar cells. Henry Snaith is a leading figure in excitonic solar cell research and in organic and hybrid optoelectronics. His activities range from nanomaterials synthesis through to device fabrication and optimisation,

Revolymer

Successful IPO: We are very pleased to announce the first IPO from our UK Tech Fund I. After a hugely successful roadshow Revolymer plc has today announced a conditional placing of new ordinary shares with institutional investors to raise gross proceeds of £25 million and that the admission of its entire issued share capital to

Arvia

Takes decontamination solution to Japan North West technology company Arvia has been asked to take its water treatment technology to Japan as part of the cleanup of nuclear waste. Asia market access specialist Intralink will support Arvia with a bilingual team, and assistance in establishing a local office. Arvia’s multi-award winning method of water treatment

Tracsis

Further positive trading update Tracsis, a developer, supplier and aggregator of resource optimisation, data capture and reporting technologies to the transport industries, confirms that based on unaudited management accounts to the end of period 9 (for the year ended 31 July 2012), the directors consider it likely that the Company will exceed current market expectations

Fund Managers Comments

EC approves EIS investment limit to £5m The amount of money investors can put into high-risk yet high-growth companies while still claiming generous tax reliefs has more than doubled after the European Commission formally approved government plans outlined in the Budget. Raising the investment limit from £2m to £5m for the enterprise investment scheme and

University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund Launch

University of Cambridge launches new investment scheme for start-ups Cambridge is launching a new investment scheme that will help support new companies connected to the University. The new fund, a Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund, will enable individuals to invest in new companies, while benefitting from generous tax incentives.

Xeros

Debuts in ‘Home of the Future’ Xeros debuted its revolutionary, environmentally friendly cleaning process on Channel 4 in a new series that shows how an ordinary Sheffield family can use cutting edge technologies and gadgets to tackle challenges such as energy and water use, as they seek to adapt to low carbon living. The series

Arvia

Parkwalk closes Arvia investment for the UK Tech Fund II Arvia represents a dramatic change from the traditional methods for treating organic liquid waste. This ‘game changing’ technology removes and destroys organic contaminants and oils using a method that is free of process chemicals, is energy efficient, and produces little solid or liquid waste for

Lime Micro

FPGA-based design kit for multiple wireless protocols Lime Microsystems has developed what it calls a universal wireless communications toolkit which it claims allows developers to create wireless protocols of different complexities. The toolkit comprises Lime’s configurable transceiver board linked to an Altera FPGA design kit via a high speed mezzanine connection (HSMC) interface board. “We