Technology Venture Partners, LLP

Technology Venture Partners, LLP is a venture capital firm firm specializing in early stage and start-up investments. The firm seeks to invest in at all stages of development from early stage to companies seeking to expand organically or by acquisition as well as management buyouts and management buy-ins. It does not invest in property, financial services, agriculture, and some state aided sectors including businesses dealing in land, commodities, futures, shares, securities or other financial instruments; dealing in goods (other than in normal wholesale or retail trades); banking, insurance, money lending, debt factoring, hire-purchase financing and other financial activities; leasing or letting assets on hire, except in the case of certain ship chartering activities; providing legal or accountancy services; property development; farming, forestry or market gardening; and operating or managing hotels or nursing or residential care homes. The firm invests across a wide range of sectors with a focus on software, hardware, information technology, support services, healthcare, telecommunications, niche food manufacturing, and electronics sectors. It typically invests in the United Kingdom including South Western region of England including Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, and Dorset. The firm can invest up to £330,000 ($535,379) in an initial investment and a further £330,000 ($535,379) after six months. It along with other investors can follow on its investments to provide a total of £2.1 million ($3.41 million) to any one company. The firm invests in small and medium size enterprises with either an annual turnover not exceeding €50 million ($70.87 million) or a balance sheet not exceeding €27 million ($38.27 million). It prefers to take a minority stake and appoint Non-Executive Directors in its portfolio companies. The firm typically exits its investments within three to seven years through a stock market flotation or trade sale. Technology Venture Partners, LLP is based in United Kingdom.