Catrina Holme

Acuity VCT Plc, a traded fund, formerly known as Electra Kingsway VCT PLC, invests in both unquoted UK small-sized businesses and AIM listed companies. Unquoted firms typically must be intending to float on a market within a two-year period or have a well-developed growth strategy. The fund does not target start-ups. It targets companies operating in the fields of consumer services, media, business services, and specialty manufacturing. Merged with Acuity VCT 2 Plc to form Acuity Growth VCT Plc.

Acuity VCT 2 Plc, a traded fund, formerly known as Electra Kingsway VCT 2 PLC, concentrates on both quoted and unquoted UK smaller companies. Unquoted firms typically must be intending to float on a market within a two year period or have a well developed growth strategy. The fund does not invest in start-ups. It targets companies operating in the fields of consumer services, media, business services, and specialty manufacturing. Merged with Acuity VCT Plc to form Acuity Growth VCT Plc.

Intense Ltd. designs and manufactures optoelectronic semiconductors. The company is a provider of single and multimode monolithic laser array products and laser diodes. It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Glasgow, UK.

Powerlase Ltd. is an innovative, independent, high power laser company, focused on powerful nanosecond Q-switched Diode Pumped Solid State lasers developed for industrial applications primarily for use in the materials processing and microelectronics markets. Powerlase Ltd. works with world leading technology partners to successfully address the needs of next generation lithography in the microelectronics industry via the production of Laser Produced Plasmas (LPP) and Discharge Produced Plasmas (DPP), for the production of Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) light. Customer-focused, with in-depth knowledge of applications providing solutions for materials processing, Powerlase enjoys significant expertise in designing and developing dynamic applications for flat panel displays, solar cell, microelectronics, automotive, machine tool, aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets. Currently enjoying 233% year-on-year growth, Powerlase Ltd. has significantly expanded its manufacturing capacity and global customer service capability in order to maintain the world class service and support its growing number of clients enjoy. Powerlase Ltd. was listed as the fifth fastest growing venture capital backed company in the UK in April 2006.

Molten Ventures (Private Equity) (Molten Ventures) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Molten Ventures Plc founded in 1998 by Simon Christopher Cook and Stuart Malcolm Chapman. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Land Registry provides land registration services. It aims to maintain and develop a stable registration system, guarantee title to registered estates and interests in land, enable confident dealings in property and security of title by providing ready access to up-to-date and guaranteed land information, and match the ever more ambitious performance targets set by the Lord Chancellor. The company is headquartered in Croydon, the United Kingdom.

Foresight 5 VCT Plc is a traded fund which focuses on both quoted and unquoted UK smaller companies. Unquoted firms typically must be intending to float on a market within a two year period or have a well developed growth strategy. The fund does not invest in start-ups. It targets companies operating in the fields of consumer services, media, business services, and specialty manufacturing. The fund is formerly known as Acuity Growth VCT Plc. Acuity Growth VCT was formed following the merger of Acuity VCT Plc and Acuity VCT 2 Plc. The company was founded on August 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Sevenoaks, the United Kingdom.