Davis, California
AgraQuest is a world leading bio-technology company which develops and manufactures natural pest management products for agricultural and horticultural markets. There is a global trend, currently led by the European Union, to ban an increasing range of chemicals which may be used by food producers for crop protection.
Building on to its established fungicide business, the company is working to expand its product range and develop new applications in areas such as bio-fumigants and seed treatment. In bringing these products to market, AgraQuest partners with a number of the world’s leading agricultural companies.
In 2007, Loudwater led a $20m mezzanine round, alongside existing investors including inter alia TPG (Texas Pacific Group) Ventures, Swiss Re and Emerald Technologies. In 2009, AgraQuest announced a major supply and distribution agreement with BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, covering the distribution of the Serenade product in a number of important territories.
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Cambridge, UK
Antenova is a developer and supplier of antenna components for mobile handsets, portable devices and laptop computers. Antenova has developed a range of patented IP which enables it to develop antenna and radio modules which allow multiple signals (e.g. 3G, GPRS, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi) to be combined in very small components whilst maintaining high performance. Manufacture is carried out by contract manufacturers in Asia.
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London, UK
City Financial is a long established London based fund management firm that was acquired in January 2006 by an experienced team who had managed Invesco UK. Since this time the company has grown its managed funds through both acquisitive and organic means. The company is responsible for a portfolio of highly regarded funds, which includes gilt, global bond, and multi-manager absolute return funds.
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Hayward, California
Glimmerglass is the market leader in the design and supply of large scale MEMs (Micro-Electro-Mechanical) optical switches for fibre optic networks and systems. Each switch allows up to 200 light beams to be switched on a ‘many-to-many’ basis. This technology, combined with Glimmerglass’ Path Manager software, enables network operators to remotely to create, monitor and protect connections and take active or ‘intelligent’ control of the fibre optic layer.
Glimmerglass is an established supplier to a number of large telecom carriers who install these systems at key nodes within their fibre optic networks. The company has also opened up new lines of business in intelligence, cyber security and data centre operators, for whom this technology is a key enabler.
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London, UK
Somethin’ Else is cross-platform media production company and the largest independent radio producer in the UK with programmes such as Jazz on 3, Gardeners’ Question Time and the ‘606’ Programme. The company also produces visual and interactive entertainment (including web media, games and mobile content) and manages performers such as Jeremy Kyle and JK & Joel through its talent management agency.
The company has won many awards including Bafta and Sony Radio Academy.
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London, UK
Engine is a substantial marketing and communications group based in the UK. The company is headed up by WCRS co-founder Peter Scott, who established Engine following the management buyout of WCRS from Havas in April 2004.
The group is comprised of twelve partner companies in the UK and a further two companies in the US that have been acquired by Engine’s US subsidiary. Engine provides services spanning across advertising agency, PR, brand consultancy, direct marketing and digital consultancy and serves a host of blue chip clients including Santander, BMW, BSkyB and GlaxoSmithKline.
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Massachusetts, USA
Top Layer is a leading developer of network security solutions positioned at the top-end of the Intrusion Prevention Solution market. Its appliance-based products protect critical IT systems of large enterprises and service providers in real-time from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats including undesired access, malicious content, and rate-based (e.g. flooding) attacks. The company has won many industry awards for its IPS products and has a large client base.
In March 2011, Top Layer was acquired by Corero Plc, an AIM quoted company. Loudwater Trust retains a 9.2% shareholding in Corero and Edward Forwood is a director of this company.
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