23 May 2013
Catapult makes further investment into Kick Sport
Kick Sport Ltd, one of the UK’s leading online martial arts retailers, has received a £250k cash injection to help develop and launch a subsidiary business called Umkiki, which will create partnerships with martial arts clubs and associations. The latest funding...
21 May 2013
Probe Scientific signs a non-exclusive licence with Menarini Diagnostics
Portfolio company Probe Scientific Ltd, an emerging UK medical device developer based at the Warwick University Science Park, has announced an important step forward in the commercialization of its novel blood sampling microdialysis technology, MicroEye®. MicroEye®...
29 April 2013
Oxford BioTherapeutics and Boehringer Ingelheim enter collaboration to discover novel antibody targets in cancer
Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT) and Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) today announce a new alliance focused on the discovery of novel cancer antibody targets that OBT will identify with the help of its OGAP® discovery platform. Under the collaboration OBT will validate certain targets...
22 April 2013
Lumora to partner with FIND to develop new, high-throughput Malaria molecular diagnostic test for use in the developing world
Lumora, a provider of state-of-the-art molecular diagnostic products for the clinical and industrial market, has partnered with The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) to develop a rapid, high-throughput malaria diagnostic assay for screening patients in the...
19 April 2013
Sight and Sound Technology win BVCA Award
Portfolio company Sight and Sound Technology has won the award for Venture Capital Backed Management Team of the Year at the recent Midlands BVCA Management Team Awards. Sight and Sound Technology is the UK’s leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually...
18 April 2013
Biofilm Shortlisted for BVCA Awards
Catapult investee company Biofilm has been short listed for two categories in the BVCA Management Team Awards for the Scotland & Northern Ireland region. The company, led by CEO Trevor Morgan, is a finalist for both the Venture Capital Backed and International Impact Awards...
8 April 2013
Lumora raises £700,000 to accelerate commercial development
Portfolio company Lumora, a provider of state-of-the-art molecular diagnostic products for the clinical and industrial market, has completed a follow on fund raising as it looks to progress its molecular diagnostics applications in the US and Europe. Lumora has raised...
2 April 2013
Catapult announces further investment in nanoTherics
Catapult has participated in a £400,000 further investment round in Staffordshire based nanoTherics alongside Mercia Fund Management and other existing shareholders. nanoTherics develops and sells magnetic nanoparticle-based instrumentation and associated products for the...
18 March 2013
Portfolio Company Silver Lining Solutions Partners with NICE to Enhance Employee Performance and Training
Combining NICE WFO technology with Silver Lining’s coaching expertise helps customers create, manage, and continuously improve scalable training programs … Ra’anana, Israel and Solihull, United Kingdom, March 7, 2013 – NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) and Silver...
11 March 2013
Catapult Exits Whelan Refining
Catapult Venture Managers Limited (“Catapult”) today announced that it has sold its stake in Whelan Refining Ltd (‘Whelan’) to the company’s management team. Catapult invested in Whelan in 2006 alongside Bridges Ventures to enable the refurbishment...