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RIDING LONDONS NEW TECH WAVE: PORTLAND, OREGON-BASED OPAL LABS BRINGS DIGITAL BRAINSTORMING TO THE U.K., SECURES EIS STATUS FOR INVESTORS

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London (PRWEB UK) 30 May 2013

London is living through the most optimistic start-up party in a decade and the world’s entrepreneurs are taking note. One of Portland, Ore.’s most promising start-up starlets Opal Labs (“Opal”) has set up shop in London’s growing Tech City to service U.K. customers, such as Arup and BP, and fuel its growth with U.K. investment.

Opal Labs is one of many forward-thinking tech disruptors that consider London crucial to its success – and its U.K. office is the first step to becoming a global business. The company plans to attract U.K.-based investors through the government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).

“London certainly has the wind in its sales at the moment, you can just feel it. It’s pushing the envelope in everything from product design, to service innovation and marketing,” said Opal Labs’ managing director and co-founder Matt Oxley. “There is so much merit being in this city, at a time like this, working with some of the most innovative companies in the world.”

Opal Labs offers social business software enabling teams to easily collaborate around ideas, problem solve and unlock innovation potential across the organisation. The company has been busy helping U.K.-headquartered enterprises such as BP and Arup tap into their company’s next “big idea” using its flagship application Opal Brainstorms. The intuitive social enterprise application is designed to shape the ideas that can have the most impact on an organisation.

“The challenge to us was could we get a mechanism that would allow the whole of Arup – 11,000 employees – to talk to each other, particularly at the beginning of projects,” said Tristram Carfrae, RDI, group board director, fellow and chair at Arup. “So we worked with Opal to create the ideal virtual brainstorming tool.”

Opal Labs developed its Opal Brainstorms application with significant insights from the Arup team– most famous for its ground-breaking work on the Sydney Opera House, Gherkin and the Beijing Olympics “Water Cube.” To develop an application powerful enough for Arup’s team of 11,000 world-class innovators, Opal’s software experts opened up shop in London and worked intimately with users to create a business application that solves a real-world problem – allowing an entire organisation to share and shape their ideas. Arup produced this video to document its journey working with Opal to bring Opal Brainstorms to market.

“We have been extremely privileged to work with some of the most innovative companies in the world including NIKE, INTEL and now, Arup. What we have learnt along the way is that organisational creativity is a critical differentiator,” said Oxley. “Creative ideas can come from anywhere within an organisation and have the power to completely transform a project or entire business – like the idea of a bubble structure on the Beijing Water Cube or using a waffle iron to make Nike’s first running shoe sole. Our job at Opal is to help organisations find and shape these ideas so they can make a real impact out in the world.”

The London team is also proud to be associated with a breakthrough collaboration between NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE called LAUNCH – which is leading the way in systems innovation. Meanwhile, energy giant BP is using Opal Brainstorms to enable communication and collaboration around the globe and is particularly interested in the power of social enterprise tech to improve the way their teams problem-solve between offices.

Back in the U.S., Opal Labs has recently been named to the Portland 100 – an elite list of start-ups expected to reach $ 100 million USD in revenue or $ 100 million USD in enterprise value over the next five years. The Portland Development Commission and successful software entrepreneur, Angel investor and Portland 100 board member, Nitin Khanna, selected Opal as one of the Portland 100 participants.

“We are committed to further expand our business in London, and create the blueprint for how we build a global brand,” said Opal Labs’ president of North America Steve Giannini. “The traction that we have made to date is quite remarkable, and the team in London has been instrumental in contributing to those achievements.”

“We aim to continue the momentum we’ve got in the U.S. here in London and are actively seeking the right investment partners who share our vision to fuel Opal’s rapid growth,” said Oxley.

Especially attractive to U.K.-based investors is Opal’s recent acceptance into the Enterprise Investment Scheme, a government initiative designed to encourage investment in London’s most promising start-ups through tax incentives.

The Opal Labs London office is located at 44 Emerald Street and can be reached at london(at)workwithopal(dot)com.

About Opal Labs

Opal Labs is leading the movement to fundamentally change the way the world does business. Opal’s social enterprise technology helps organisations unlock their innovation potential by enabling the ability to share, shape and ship ideas. Opal Labs is working with global innovators like Arup, Method and BP to deploy a powerful ecosystem of apps such as its flagship Opal Brainstorms – designed to harness the power of ideas to solve the biggest problems facing businesses, and the world, today. Visit http://www.workwithopal.com.

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DocsInk.com Secures Nearly $1,000,000 in Series A Round to Power Healthcare Communication

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Wilmington NC (PRWEB) January 14, 2014

DocsInk’s innovative platform and mission statement to eliminate the clinical silos plaguing the health care industry helped them secure nearly $ 1,000,000 in series A funding. David Edmonds, Executive for the privately held venture capital group, states, “The market dictated our desire to invest in mobile healthcare technology. After reviewing many and considering few, DocsInk was chosen for their exclusive ability to address the major challenges facing every medical provider, patient, and health care organization today, with their simple facebook-style application.”

DocsInk LLC, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, is one of the few technology companies who spent the time and money to work alongside physicians to develop a solution that benefits both patient and provider. Shadowing a large group of interventional cardiologists located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the DocsInk team initially began by tackling the issues of poor clinical communications and faltering revenue cycles due to the loss of charges for services performed in the hospital or ambulatory surgery units. Since the successful alpha, beta and release of the resulting mobile charge capture solution, DocsInk customers continue to benefit from an improved workflow, average 15% increase in revenue, and 75% reduction in billing cycles. This, however, was just the beginning.

The real DocsInk story centers on their development of a facebook-style, coordinated care platform. Through an approved “Share-Care” process, disparate providers are securely connected regardless of their technology systems, without the need of costly interfaces. Entire community care teams are connected for the purpose of communicating about a shared patient population. At risk patients are re-engaged through the use of DocsInk’s integrated telehealth video component.

This type of broad connectivity quickly improves continuity of care and eliminates unnecessary redundancy of treatment that is largely responsible for the high cost of health care today. DocsInk also serves as the mobile vehicle for clinical alerts including those received from health information exchanges and increasingly popular home health devices. Providers and case managers are instantly notified of pertinent clinical information and abnormal results, literally changing the speed of which health care is delivered.

The DocsInk application also automates admission and discharge notifications, manages referral requests, allows secure text messaging, and provides ICD10-ready mobile charge capture, and a secure patient portal. The combination of this functionality on an integrated platform sets DocsInk apart from other competitive solutions. Just as importantly, their low price point makes it a viable commodity for single practitioners and large health systems alike.

A lead physician from a major ACO was quoted as saying, “DocsInk is the long awaited solution that affordably addresses the issues facing health care today. It is technology that actually works for physicians, instead of just one more concession that we have to make.”







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Kurtosys Secures $8M in Series C Funding

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New York, NY (PRWEB) December 19, 2013

Kurtosys Systems, a leading FinTech software company helping asset managers, has secured $ 8 million in Series C financing from Triangle Peak Partners and existing investor True Ventures. The investment will be used to fund its global customer footprint and increase its world-class R&D and support teams.

“The growth opportunity in the FinTech space is very exciting for us,” said David Pesikoff, president and co-founder at Triangle Peak Partners. “We believe that with its superior digital tools, Kurtosys is uniquely positioned to help asset managers leverage technology to attract and retain investor assets.”

“We invested in Kurtosys because the market opportunity for a vertically focused, SaaS company targeting financial service firms worldwide is huge,” said Phil Black, co-founder of True Ventures. “Co-Founder Mash Patel, and CEO Jeff Hendren, have a bold vision for Kurtosys — it is easy for us to again invest resources into this great company. We look forward to our continued partnership.”

With a presence spanning four continents and some of the world’s largest asset managers as clients, Kurtosys has built a team of industry experts to transform the way that financial information is shared and consumed.

“We’re honored to have the continued support of True Ventures and new partners Triangle Peak,” said Jeff Hendren, who was recently named CEO after joining as President in 2012. “I’m very proud of the progress we’ve made over the last two years, and I’m confident these partnerships will help us continue innovating and supporting the needs of our growing customer base.”

About Kurtosys

Kurtosys helps brands connect with their customers using the power of online and mobile communications. With robust infrastructure and outsourcing services, Kurtosys simplifies workflows and reduces costs with secure portals and document automation tools dedicated to making financial data beautiful. Kurtosys offers a broad range of digital marketing and reporting tools including Client Reporting, Secure Portals, Fund Fact Sheets, and Fund Tools. Headquartered in London, Kurtosys has offices in New York, Cape Town, and Gurgaon (India). Find out more about Kurtosys, visit http://www.kurtosys.com and subscribe to the Kurtosys blog.

About Triangle Peak Partners

Triangle Peak Partners II, LP is focused on venture capital and private equity investments in private and public companies in the technology, energy and alternative energy sectors. It is managed by Triangle Peak Partners, LP which has over $ 500 million in assets under management, approximately $ 350 million of which is in venture capital and private equity. TPP has offices in Carmel, Palo Alto and Houston. For more information, visit http://www.trianglepeakpartners.com.

About True Ventures

Founded in 2006, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in technology startups. With three funds and approximately $ 600 million in capital under management, True provides funding to the most talented entrepreneurs in today’s fastest growing markets. The firm maintains a strong founder community and offers innovative educational opportunities to its portfolio, helping entrepreneurs achieve higher levels of success and impact. To learn more about True Ventures, visit http://www.trueventures.com.







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Bluenose Analytics Secures $10M to Help Businesses Reduce Customer Churn & Drive Revenue

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 11, 2013

Bluenose Analytics today announced it has secured $ 10 million in venture funding from The Social+Capital Partnership and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). The funding includes a two million dollar seed investment led by The Social+Capital Partnership and an eight million dollar Series A led by NVP.

With a successful beta launch earlier this year, Bluenose will leverage the investment to continue expanding the capabilities of its platform, including deepening its predictive analytics. Bluenose is also deepening its executive team with thought leaders to drive content focused on customer retention best practices.

“For companies with recurring revenue models, customer churn is the number one threat to success and sustainability,” said Jeffrey M. Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies, Inc. and founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace. “Businesses need a powerful analytics platform to make the most of the growing amount of data they can collect about their customer base and turn it into additional revenue-generating outcomes.”

Built from the ground up by software-as-a-service experts, the Bluenose Analytics platform helps companies identify customer issues early, including the drivers of churn. By combining business intelligence and automated customer engagement, Bluenose pinpoints at-risk customers and opportunities to up-sell at every stage in the lifecycle.

“We invested in Bluenose early on – when it was Don, Todd, and a value proposition that resonated with us,” said Mamoon Hamid, general partner at The Social+Capital Partnership. “One of the biggest challenges that businesses face is identifying at-risk customers who are likely to churn versus happy customers who are likely to buy more. Bluenose is addressing this opportunity by providing actionable insights to businesses so they can further delight their customers with the right products and features.”

“With an impressive team and deep analytics expertise, Bluenose is the company to help businesses finally realize the power of big data for improving and retaining customer relationships,” said Matthew Howard, managing partner, NVP. “This investment reinforces our continued focus on cloud-based technologies that drive better business practices and more opportunities for growth.”

“Bluenose is in a very unique position, thanks to the support of two of the most successful and forward-thinking SaaS investors in the industry,” said Don MacLennan, founder and CEO of Bluenose Analytics. “NVP and Social+Capital have a record of working with innovators who have changed an industry landscape – which is exactly what Bluenose intends to do for customer analytics.”

With this investment, Mamoon Hamid and Matthew Howard have joined the Bluenose Analytics board of directors.

About The Social+Capital Partnership

The Social+Capital Partnership (“Social Capital”) is a partnership of philanthropists, technologists and capitalists utilizing venture capital as a force to create value and change on a global scale. The Partnership is based in Palo Alto, California and is on the web at s23p.com.

About Norwest Venture Partners

Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is a multi-stage venture capital and growth equity investment firm that has partnered with entrepreneurs to build great businesses for more than 50 years. The firm manages over $ 3.7 billion in capital and has funded more than 500 companies since inception. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., NVP has subsidiaries in Mumbai and Bengaluru, India and Herzelia, Israel. NVP makes early to late-stage venture and growth equity investments across a wide range of sectors including: technology, information services, business services, financial services, consumer products/services and healthcare. For more information, please visit http://www.nvp.com. Follow NVP on Twitter @NorwestVP

About Bluenose Analytics

Bluenose provides a customer success platform for software-as-a-service businesses to increase revenue, using predictive analytics to engage at-risk customers and identify drivers of churn. For more information, visit http://www.bluenose.com.







Sensewhere secures additional investment

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Edinburgh (PRWEB UK) 18 April 2013

Sensewhere has successfully secured additional funding from its investors to continue expansion and support new customers. The investment will help sensewhere capitalize on its leading position in the market following a significant increase in demand for its indoor location technology and solutions.

According to Rob Palfreyman, sensewhere CEO: “The company is heading in the right direction at a great speed and we are delighted to use this investment to expand and accelerate our efforts going forward. Recent activity in the market and growing realisation of the role indoor location technology now has, gives an exciting insight into what lies ahead.”

Following the launch of sensewhere’s adwhere and geowhere solutions at the end of 2012, sensewhere is now making available a new and more integrated version of its core sensewhere technology and an Evaluation Kit (EVK) in the form of an Android application. This latest fully integrated version of sensewhere positioning software uses sensors to complement the crowd sourcing of electromagnetic signals to provide a more accurate and efficient way to pin point a location indoors. The new EVK also integrates different indoor positioning technologies including support for both online and offline modes enabling accurate positioning without a network connection. It also includes GIS map smoothing and it will even work in areas that offer an existing fingerprint database. The new EVK was demonstrated during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and is available now for trials globally.

About sensewhere:

sensewhere Ltd. is a world leader in hyper-local and indoor positioning solutions. sensewhere’s technology enables precise location information in areas where there is no or inaccurate satellite GPS data such as indoors or in dense urban areas. A key aspect of the technology is that it is based on sensewhere proprietary software and does not require installation of beacons or manual fingerprint to deliver fast accurate indoor location information.

Contact:

sensewhere Ltd.

Anna Majek

Communications Executive

Mobile: +44 7899 948 714

UK Office: +44 131 629 5452

E-mail: a.majek(at)sensewhere(dot)com







Appia Secures $4.5 Million in Debt Funding Led by North Atlantic Capital

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Durham, NC and San Francisco (PRWEB) November 14, 2013

Appia, the leading mobile user acquisition network, today announced it had secured an additional $ 4.5 million in debt funding led by Portland, Maine-based North Atlantic Capital. The investment will accelerate Appia’s continued advancement in building the largest app install ad network, assist with company expansion and drive product innovation.

“We’re excited to continue Appia’s strong partnership with North Atlantic,” said Jud Bowman, CEO of Appia, of the re-investment following North Atlantic’s April, 2013 infusion. “This investment further strengthens Appia’s leadership in mobile app marketing, and we look forward to accelerating our growth.”

Appia, ranked #22 on the Wall Street Journal’s Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies List in 2012, outpaced its 2012 total revenue in the first half of 2013 and is still gaining speed. Appia has sponsored more than 63 million app installs to date and continues to build value for publishers, advertisers and developers by connecting the right apps to the most valuable users every time.

“We recognized Appia’s solution as distinctive, bringing the tremendous value of app discovery to publishers and advertisers in what’s become a crowded mobile app landscape,” said David Coit, Managing Partner at North Atlantic. “Appia has a clear vision and the team to execute it. They deliver app marketers and developers with significantly longer lifetime value users, added revenue generation and a vital partnership as the robust app market continues to expand.”

Recently Apple announced the App Store had surpassed one million apps. Android’s Google Play store passed that mark in July. With more than two million choices, app discovery has become as important to developers and marketers as an app’s performance itself. Appia provides these unique and innovative mobile performance solutions for developers, publishers and advertisers.

About North Atlantic:

North Atlantic Capital is an expansion stage venture capital firm based in Portland, Maine, investing primarily in B2B technology service companies. North Atlantic provides both equity and subordinated debt investment structures to high growth companies with unique technologies that address large market opportunities. Established in 1986, North Atlantic is currently investing its fourth fund, capitalized at $ 100 million and raised in 2006. Other current investments in the fourth fund include Autotask, ConnectEDU, OnForce, Synacor, Tangoe, Triggit and Zmags.

About Appia:

Appia is the leading mobile user acquisition network, delivering mobile app downloads to over 1 billion users across more than 200 countries. Ranked #22 on the Wall Street Journal’s 2012 Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies, Appia provides non-incentivized performance mobile ad solutions for developers, publishers and advertisers. With offices in San Francisco, New York City, and Durham, as well as global sales locations in the UK and Mexico, Appia has quickly become the largest, non-incentivized app install network. For more information, please visit http://www.appia.com.







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Anadigm® Secures $15M In Third Funding Round Led by Atlas Venture. Investment to Fund Business Growth and Further Programmable Analog IC Developments

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(PRWEB) October 4, 2003

CAMPBELL, CA (PRWEB)October 2, 2003 — Anadigm®, the programmable analog company, today announced the closing of a new round of financing worth $ 15 million.

This C round of funding, led by Atlas Venture with ongoing investment from 3i, Quester and NIF Ventures, points to Anadigm®’s success in winning market acceptance for its field programmable analog array (FPAA) integrated circuits, which offer an analog equivalent to the digital field programmable gate array (FPGA).

Anadigm® was founded in January 2000 as a spin-off from Motorola. More than 140 customers are designing Anadigm® FPAA technology into their products to provide complex filtering, signal conditioning, and closed loop control functions in consumer audio, industrial, and communications systems.

The company’s product offering combines programmable silicon with easy-to-use software tools that drastically reduce the time needed to design, verify, and bring to market embedded systems with analog interfaces. Anadigm®’s FPAAs are moreover the industry’s first such chips that can adapt on the fly to perform multiple functions, adjust to different environmental and electrical conditions, or compensate for equipment aging.

“Anadigm® offers one of the few analog technologies that is both innovative and disruptive,” said Gerry Montanus, Senior Principal at Atlas Venture. “The recent launch of the company’s Anadigmvortex product line has brought the company industry-wide attention, and demonstrates the market’s readiness for a technology that will reduce the cost of analog circuit design, manufacturing, and innovation. Real-world interfaces are essential to a very wide range of electronic systems, and we are delighted to be part of Anadigm®’s ambitious project of revolutionizing the way they are conceptualized and implemented.”

The funding will be used to continue to expand Anadigm®’s business in all geographical markets and support ongoing product development activities. The investment will also support additional enhancements to the software used to program the company’s Anadigmvortex FPAAs, which remove the complexity from analog design and reduce the time for analog implementations from months to minutes.

“We are excited to be moving forward with the support of these leading venture capital firms. 3i and Quester have been very supportive of the business and were instrumental in bringing in Atlas Venture,” said Bill McLean, Anadigm® President and CEO. “Our FPAA solutions continue to gain traction in the marketplace and customer engagements are validating our technology’s value-add. The investment will allow us to implement the next stage of our product strategy and to further penetrate our target markets.”

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About Atlas Venture

Atlas Venture is the leading international early-stage venture capital firm, investing in communications, information technology and life sciences companies. Atlas Venture has investing offices in Boston, London, Munich and Paris, and its investments are evenly divided between the United States and Europe. Founded in 1980, Atlas Venture has organized six international funds, and currently manages more than $ 2.1 billion in committed capital. The Atlas Venture investment team is comprised of seasoned operating executives and career venture capitalists that have been deeply involved in the formation and development of more than 300 companies worldwide. Visit Atlas Venture on the Web at http://www.atlasventure.com.

About 3i

3i brings capital, knowledge and connections to the creation and development of businesses around the world. It invests in a wide range of opportunities from start-ups to buy-outs and buy-ins, focusing on businesses with high growth potential and strong management. 3i invests in businesses across three continents through local investment teams in Europe, Asia Pacific and the USA. To date, 3i has invested over £15 billion (including co-investment funds). In the 12 months to 31st March 2003 an average of £3.7 million (including co-investment funds) was invested each working day. 3i’s current portfolio is valued at almost £4 billion. http://www.3i.com

About Quester

Quester is one of the UK’s leading independent venture capital groups specialising in the provision of finance and management support for growth companies at all stages of their life. Quester’s focus is on early stage investments in information and communication technology, healthcare and life science companies. With its first rate track record, Quester has earned a reputation as one of the best UK based sources of venture capital. The Quester investment team manages approximately £300 million on behalf of major institutional investors, leading UK universities, and five quoted venture capital trusts. http://www.quester.co.uk.

About NIF

NIF Ventures Co Ltd manages approximately $ 1.5 billion in venture capital funds, and has invested in over 1,400 companies since its establishment in 1982. With offices in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States, NIF offers worldwide representation. Its primary investment focus is in the information and communications technology industries. http://www.nif.co.jp

About Anadigm®

Anadigm® brings platform-based design to the analog world with pre-qualified software and hardware components that allow complex analog circuits to be implemented in an analog equivalent to the FPGA. Designed to implement signal conditioning, filtering, data acquisition, closed-loop control, and other analog functions in a wide range of embedded systems, Anadigm® FPAAs are first programmable analog ICs that can adapt on the fly to perform multiple functions, adjust to different environmental conditions, or compensate for equipment aging. Founded in January 2000 as a venture-backed technology spin-off from Motorola, Anadigm® maintains U.S. headquarters in Campbell, Calif., and European headquarters in Crewe, U.K. For further information, visit Anadigm® on the Web at http://www.anadigm.com.

Anadigm® and AnadigmDesigner® are registered trademarks of Anadigm®. All other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.



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Anadigm® Secures $15M In Third Funding Round Led by Atlas Venture Investment to Fund Business Growth and Further Programmable Analog IC Developments

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(PRWEB) October 4, 2003

CAMPBELL, CA (PRWEB) October 2, 2003 — Anadigm®, the programmable analog company, today announced the closing of a new round of financing worth $ 15 million.

This C round of funding, led by Atlas Venture with ongoing investment from 3i, Quester and NIF Ventures, points to Anadigm®’s success in winning market acceptance for its field programmable analog array (FPAA) integrated circuits, which offer an analog equivalent to the digital field programmable gate array (FPGA).

Anadigm® was founded in January 2000 as a spin-off from Motorola. More than 140 customers are designing Anadigm® FPAA technology into their products to provide complex filtering, signal conditioning, and closed loop control functions in consumer audio, industrial, and communications systems.

The company’s product offering combines programmable silicon with easy-to-use software tools that drastically reduce the time needed to design, verify, and bring to market embedded systems with analog interfaces. Anadigm®’s FPAAs are moreover the industry’s first such chips that can adapt on the fly to perform multiple functions, adjust to different environmental and electrical conditions, or compensate for equipment aging.

“Anadigm® offers one of the few analog technologies that is both innovative and disruptive,” said Gerry Montanus, Senior Principal at Atlas Venture. “The recent launch of the company’s Anadigmvortex product line has brought the company industry-wide attention, and demonstrates the market’s readiness for a technology that will reduce the cost of analog circuit design, manufacturing, and innovation. Real-world interfaces are essential to a very wide range of electronic systems, and we are delighted to be part of Anadigm®’s ambitious project of revolutionizing the way they are conceptualized and implemented.”

The funding will be used to continue to expand Anadigm®’s business in all geographical markets and support ongoing product development activities. The investment will also support additional enhancements to the software used to program the company’s Anadigmvortex FPAAs, which remove the complexity from analog design and reduce the time for analog implementations from months to minutes.

“We are excited to be moving forward with the support of these leading venture capital firms. 3i and Quester have been very supportive of the business and were instrumental in bringing in Atlas Venture,” said Bill McLean, Anadigm® President and CEO. “Our FPAA solutions continue to gain traction in the marketplace and customer engagements are validating our technology’s value-add. The investment will allow us to implement the next stage of our product strategy and to further penetrate our target markets.”

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About Atlas Venture

Atlas Venture is the leading international early-stage venture capital firm, investing in communications, information technology and life sciences companies. Atlas Venture has investing offices in Boston, London, Munich and Paris, and its investments are evenly divided between the United States and Europe. Founded in 1980, Atlas Venture has organized six international funds, and currently manages more than $ 2.1 billion in committed capital. The Atlas Venture investment team is comprised of seasoned operating executives and career venture capitalists that have been deeply involved in the formation and development of more than 300 companies worldwide. Visit Atlas Venture on the Web at http://www.atlasventure.com.

About 3i

3i brings capital, knowledge and connections to the creation and development of businesses around the world. It invests in a wide range of opportunities from start-ups to buy-outs and buy-ins, focusing on businesses with high growth potential and strong management. 3i invests in businesses across three continents through local investment teams in Europe, Asia Pacific and the USA. To date, 3i has invested over £15 billion (including co-investment funds). In the 12 months to 31st March 2003 an average of £3.7 million (including co-investment funds) was invested each working day. 3i’s current portfolio is valued at almost £4 billion. http://www.3i.com

About Quester

Quester is one of the UK’s leading independent venture capital groups specialising in the provision of finance and management support for growth companies at all stages of their life. Quester’s focus is on early stage investments in information and communication technology, healthcare and life science companies. With its first rate track record, Quester has earned a reputation as one of the best UK based sources of venture capital. The Quester investment team manages approximately £300 million on behalf of major institutional investors, leading UK universities, and five quoted venture capital trusts. http://www.quester.co.uk.

About NIF

NIF Ventures Co Ltd manages approximately $ 1.5 billion in venture capital funds, and has invested in over 1,400 companies since its establishment in 1982. With offices in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States, NIF offers worldwide representation. Its primary investment focus is in the information and communications technology industries. http://www.nif.co.jp

About Anadigm®

Anadigm® brings platform-based design to the analog world with pre-qualified software and hardware components that allow complex analog circuits to be implemented in an analog equivalent to the FPGA. Designed to implement signal conditioning, filtering, data acquisition, closed-loop control, and other analog functions in a wide range of embedded systems, Anadigm® FPAAs are first programmable analog ICs that can adapt on the fly to perform multiple functions, adjust to different environmental conditions, or compensate for equipment aging. Founded in January 2000 as a venture-backed technology spin-off from Motorola, Anadigm® maintains U.S. headquarters in Campbell, Calif., and European headquarters in Crewe, U.K. For further information, visit Anadigm® on the Web at http://www.anadigm.com.

Anadigm® and AnadigmDesigner® are registered trademarks of Anadigm®. All other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Vamosa Secures

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Glasgow, Scotland (PRWEB) August 15, 2009

Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”) as joint manager of the Capital for Enterprise Fund (“CfE Fund”) has today announced its