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Suir Valley Ventures raises €5m from London listing

Posted: 19-01-2018

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Suir Valley is led by businessman Barry Downes, who sold Feedhenry, the mobile software developer that he founded, to US multinational Redhat for more than €60 million, in 2014 Suir Valley is led by businessman Barry Downes, who sold Feedhenry, the mobile software developer that he founded, to US multinational Redhat for more than €60 million, in 2014

Suir Valley Ventures raises €5m from London listing 

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The listing of Sure Ventures PLC on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange today (LSE:SURE) guarantees €5 million investment into Suir Valley Ventures, to invest in Irish companies. Suir Valley Ventures is headed by Barry Downes, the chair and former CEO of Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology.”

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Irish tech VC fund to get cash boost as partner lists in London

Investment company linked to Waterford-based Suir Valley to offer shares on LSE

An investment company linked to Irish venture capital fund Suir Valley Ventures will raise about €3.75 million by offering its shares on the London Stock Exchange on Friday.
Sure Ventures plc plans to offer 3.3 million shares on London’s specialist funds market on Friday to raise £3.3 million sterling (€3.75 million) to invest in software companies at an early stage in their development.
The company intends to invest the proceeds in Enterprise Ireland-backed Suir Valley Ventures, which has already earmarked several businesses into which it wants to place cash.
Suir Valley is investing in the businesses through an Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV), an entity overseen by the Central Bank.
The fund is backing businesses that specialise in financial services technology, virtual and augmented reality and the internet of things, which allows everyday objects to send and receive data by fitting them with computing devices.
Suir Valley is led by businessman Barry Downes, who sold Feedhenry, the mobile software developer that he founded, to US multinational Redhat for more than €60 million, in 2014.
Sure Ventures director, Gareth Burchell, said that raising £3.3 million was a measure of investors’ demand for new technology and an endorsement of the company’s board and management.
“The team has a proven record of value creation by investing in early stage technology companies,” he added.
According to its website, Waterford- and Dublin-based Suir Valley Ventures has invested in War Ducks, an Irish virtual reality games developer, alongside Enterprise Ireland, Provision, which sells cameras to trucking companies for driver and fleet management, and Wia, a software developer.
Published in the Irish Times on 19th January 2018 – see article HERE 
Other Press Items Published today – 19th January 2018.
Irish Independent: Waterford tech fund gets €6m boost
City AM : New venture capital fund Sure Ventures is listing in London for £3.3m, to focus on fintech and virtual reality
Silicon Republic: Suir Valley Ventures to raise €5.6m from London listing
The virtual reality market, which includes gadgets such as the Oculus Rift, is set to grow (Source: Getty) The virtual reality market, which includes gadgets such as the Oculus Rift, is set to grow (Source: Getty)]]>