£5.0M
The investment round was led by Foresight Group alongside existing backer Edge Investments.
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Newsflare—London, UKForesight Group + 1 other
Foresight Group
Venture CapitalForesight Group is a leading listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager founded in 1984. The firm manages numerous assets and operates multiple regional investment funds across several countries.
Portfolio
12
companies
AUM
£7200M
under management
Portfolio companies
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Newsflare
Newsflare operates a global licensing platform and marketplace for user-generated video content.
Previsico
Previsico provides real time, street level surface water flood forecasting technology.
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NorthWest EHealth
NorthWest EHealth provides software and services for the management of clinical trials.
Fresh Relevance
Personalisation platform optimising customers eCommerce experience.
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Money Alive
Regulatory technology business providing interactive video engagement platforms for financial advisers.
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IMMJ Systems
Digital document management provider for the healthcare sector.
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Audioscenic
Audioscenic develops adaptive 3D audio technology for loudspeaker systems.
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KryptoKloud
KryptoKloud provides specialist cyber security and threat monitoring solutions across diverse industries.
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Inovo Robotics
Inovo Robotics develops flexible and accessible robotic automation tools for businesses.
Ajenta
Ajenta provides specialist video conferencing and collaboration software for the education and public sectors.
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Footfalls and Heartbeats
Footfalls and Heartbeats manufactures patented smart sensor fabrics for various industries.
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Synaptec
Synaptec builds optical sensor technology for monitoring electric power grids.
Team
Jordan Lavender
Investment Manager
Jordan brings investment experience from Foresight Group, alongside directorship roles across multiple companies.
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Ben Thompson
Group Marketing Director
Ben brings marketing and communications experience from roles at Marketing Drive, Foresight Group, and several financial institutions.
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Andrew Bloxam
Senior Investment Manager
Andrew is a partner in private equity and venture capital at Foresight Group. He also holds non-executive director and board observer roles across several companies.
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Amy Smith
Communications Executive
Amy brings sustainable finance experience from roles at London Stock Exchange Group. She previously worked in communications at Foresight Group.
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Chris Wiles
Senior Investment Manager
Chris brings investment and board experience across deep tech companies. He currently serves as a director at Foresight Group, Machine Discovery, Opsydia, and Zero Point Motion.
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Nick Mettyear
Investment Manager
Nick serves as a director at Foresight Group, alongside holding non-executive directorships across several companies.
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Graeme Mckinstry
Investment Manager
Graeme brings private equity experience from Foresight Group, alongside earlier investment management roles at Par Equity and corporate finance work at Deloitte UK.
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Louise Chesworth
Louise brings extensive investor relations and project management experience from roles at Threadmark, Foresight Group, and Hermes GPE. Her background also includes investment writing and research analysis.
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Lindsay Duebendorfer
Investment Manager
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Patricia De Bidegain
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Will Easton
Recent investments
£1.8M
The round was led by Foresight Group and will support product development, team expansion and sales growth.
"Previsico’s mission is to be the leading provider of cutting-edge flood prediction technology, worldwide."
£3.0M
Foresight Group has backed NorthWest EHealth with £3m in growth capital.
"The pandemic has strengthened the need for increased data integration to enable rapid trial design, recruitment and remote follow-up. Whilst our software meets many of these needs already, this investment means we can significantly accelerate our development and deployment programmes."
£2
Foresight Group has led a follow on investment into personalisation platform Fresh Relevance alongside members of the management team.
"We are pleased Foresight has continued to support us on our path to becoming the leader in eCommerce personalisation."
£749K
Foresight Group led the £749k investment alongside private backers to support product development and team expansion.
£3.5M
Foresight Group backed the London healthcare IT firm with growth capital to scale its MediViewer product.
"We are excited by this investment from Foresight, the opportunity it will provide to grow our offerings and capabilities, enabling us to deploy our products with more healthcare providers. Foresight has an excellent track record in supporting software businesses and is committed to seeing UK growth companies thrive and become leaders in their markets."
£1.6M
The funding round was led by Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering alongside existing backer IP Group.
"Audioscenic is changing the way we experience audio and we are delighted that Foresight Williams is now supporting us on this mission and that IP Group is continuing its excellent support. We have developed world leading 3D audio technology that we have already started applying to consumer applications; this funding will help us build the team further and drive the adoption of our technology faster. We are excited to leverage FWTs expertise and assistance to help us deliver our vision of personal audio reproduction systems into the Automotive and Simulator markets."
£500K
The funding from Foresight Group will facilitate the opening of a new security operations centre in Lincoln and create new roles.
"After the successful launch of our business in 2016, we required acceleration to the next level and felt that Foresight, with its unique market position, would provide us with that. Foresight has delivered on that expectation and we are excited that our cyber business will be able to go from strength to strength in the years to come."
£1.5M
Foresight Group provided £1.5m in Series A funding to support the development of flexible robotic automation tools.
£1.0M
Foresight Group leads a £1m investment into Edinburgh video collaboration provider Ajenta to fund team growth and market expansion.
£1.5M
The Nottingham smart textiles firm has raised £1.5m to support its expansion plans.
"Our ethos and drive is to change the world, especially in the field of healthcare."
£2.9M
The investment round was led by Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering to support international growth and manufacturing scale-up.
"Synaptec offers a truly disruptive technology that addresses a global problem. The experienced management team has already achieved a considerable amount of success over the past three years of development and we are delighted to have the opportunity to support the business as it scales."
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Synaptec—Glasgow, UKForesight Group + 5 others
£249K
Foresight Group provided the capital through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund to support product prototyping and intellectual property development.
"This innovative game-changing textile manufacturing technology developed by Footfalls & Heartbeats is precisely the type of opportunity MEIF was created for, where funding from other sources is hard to come by. We look forward to seeing the Company develop and grow as we share the journey with this enthusiastic team."