ISSUE 06

In this issue:

 • SWVF Named One Of UK's Most Active Investors in Q1 2007
• Geonix Secures Funding For A Safer Future
• £250,000 Venture Capital Funding For Object Matrix
• New Appointment Strengthens Team
• YFM Group News: YFM Group Wins Award & YFM Group Backs £5m Acquisition of Cater Plus

Services SWVF Named One Of UK’s Top Investors

The YFM Group managed South West Ventures Fund has been named as one of the UK’s most active Venture Capital companies in the first quarter of 2007. The report was produced by growth company advisor, Ascendant, in its quarterly review of VC investment trends for the technology and media sectors. The fund completed 4 transactions in the first quarter, consisting of 2 new investments and 2 further investments into portfolio companies. read more »
 
 


read more »		   Geonix Secures Funding For A Safer Future

Bath-based Geonix Tracking, which specialises in providing high performance equipment to track, monitor and protect people and property anywhere in the world, has secured £250,000 venture capital funding from the YFM Group managed £25M South West Ventures Fund.

Geonix Tracking develops and sells satellite and GSM telecoms hardware products for the tracking and security of people and assets working in remote and insecure locations, mainly in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The funding from SWVF will assist in scaling up manufacturing and marketing efforts.
 
 

£250,000 Venture Capital Funding For Object Matrix

Gloucestershire-based Object Matrix, which specialises in data storage software, is set to expand into the US market after securing £250,000 from the YFM Group.

Object Matrix’s product MatrixStore is a software solution that combines with non-proprietary hardware – from manufacturers such as Apple, HP and IBM – to provide a powerful data storage archive that can search, protect and retrieve data quickly and efficiently. Object Matrix has also established a close working relationship with Apple Computers Inc. Object Matrix is currently the only disk based storage software of its type that takes advantage of the power and price benefits offered by the Apple Xserve platform. Apple is recognised as an industry leader in data storage for rich-media markets such as broadcasting, film editing, design and print.

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read more »		   New Appointment Strengthens Team

The YFM Group has appointed Nick Simmonds as Investment Manager. Nick, a biology graduate with an MSc in Technology and Innovation Management, has spent most of his career in venture capital and management consultancy, specialising in pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.

His appointment brings the number of investment managers in Bristol to four and reflects both the scale of the fund’s existing portfolio and the opportunities for further investment. In the past 19 months South West Ventures Fund has invested over £3.5 million in 13 companies in the South West.
 
 

STOP PRESS

YFM Group Wins Award
YFM Group is the winner of the Growth Company Investor Fund Manager of the Year Award 2007. The award recognises the NAV performance of the YFM Group managed British Smaller Companies VCT over the last 5 years. The recent top-up offer of British Smaller Companies VCT raised £9.5m.

YFM Group Backs £5m Acquisition of Cater Plus Services
YFM Group has backed the £5m acquisition of the Watford based Cater Plus Services. The business supplies catering, procurement, housekeeping, training and consultancy services to a wide range of care homes, shelters and schools.

For further information please contact the YFM Group team Peter Davies, Julian Dennard, Nick Simmonds or Alison Briggs. If you are having trouble viewing this email click here

 
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