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Octopus Investments launches Titan VCT 5

Octopus Ventures
18 March 2011

Octopus has announced the launch of the Octopus Titan VCT 5 plc as the latest addition to its market-leading VCT range. The fund has launched following the success of Octopus Titan VCTs 1 to 4 which have proved very popular with investors over the last four years. Titan 5 aims to raise £30 million to add to the £70 million already in the series.

Groundbreaking electronic trading platform receives £1.6 million investment from Octopus

Octopus Ventures
18 March 2011

Octopus has announced an investment of £1.6 million into Vega-Chi Limited, the first electronic trading platform dedicated to European convertible and high-yield bonds.

Commerce content management platform 10CMS receives £1.6 million from Octopus

Octopus Ventures
18 March 2011

Octopus Investments has announced an investment of £1.6 million into Curlet Limited, trading as 10CMS, a leading commerce content management platform for global brands and retailers. The 10CMS platform enables retailers to deliver consistent, differentiated retail experiences across digital platforms, via the most advanced mobile devices and web browsers.

Diverse Energy recieves money from octopus

Octopus Ventures
15 December 2010

Octopus Investments has announced an investment of £2 million into Diverse Energy, a company that builds low-cost, low-carbon power generators for 'off-grid' applications for telecommunications. Diverse Energy builds an emission-free, low-cost power solution for mobile phone communication towers in rural areas of developing countries.

Zoopla Raises another £3.5 Million

Octopus Ventures
15 December 2010

Zoopla.co.uk, the leading UK property search and information website, today announced that it has raised a further £3.25 million of new funding to accelerate its already impressive growth.

Octopus Ventures News

Octopus Ventures
11 November 2010

Octopus Ventures invests £1.83 million in Bowman Power

 

04 August 2010

Octopus Ventures has announced an investment of £1.83 million into Bowman Power, a leader in the development of clean power generation technology, designed to substantially increase the performance of standard diesel and gas fuelled engines. The deal with Bowman Power represents the 14th investment Octopus has concluded this year.

Octopus Ventures invests £1.83 million in Bowman Power

Octopus Ventures
21 September 2010

Octopus Ventures invests £1.83 million in Bowman Power

04 August 2010

Octopus Ventures has announced an investment of £1.83 million into Bowman Power, a leader in the development of clean power generation technology, designed to substantially increase the performance of standard diesel and gas fuelled engines. The deal with Bowman Power represents the 14th investment Octopus has concluded this year.

Octopus partners Elonics

Octopus Ventures
21 September 2010

Octopus partners Elonics

06 September 2010

Elonics Ltd., the CMOS RF tuner company, announced the closing of a £6.1m ($9.5m) of Series B investment round led by Scottish Equity Partners (‘SEP') and supported by Octopus Ventures, alongside a number of existing investors today. 

Octopus Capital for Enterprise Fund makes new £1m investment into VYRE Limited

Octopus Ventures
21 September 2010

Octopus Capital for Enterprise Fund makes new £1m investment into VYRE Limited

09 July 2010

Octopus Ventures has announced an investment of £1 million from its £30 million Octopus Capital for Enterprise Fund (OCfE) into VYRE Ltd, a digital content and information management specialist.  The investment represents the 12th deal Octopus has completed from its OCfE fund.

Octopus Ventures invests £1.9m in Semafone Ltd

Octopus Ventures
21 September 2010

Octopus Ventures invests £1.9m in Semafone Ltd

24 June 2010

Octopus Ventures (Octopus), a division of Octopus Investments, has announced an investment of £1.9 million into Semafone Ltd (the Company). Investment in Semafone represents the twelfth deal concluded by Octopus Ventures this year.

Based in London, Semafone Ltd was founded in 2009 by a consortium of call centre professionals, who were instrumental in the development of ‘Semafone'; a fraud prevention software for use in call centres.