Company
Albion Capital Group
LON:AATG
Albion Capital is an independent investment firm providing investors with access to entrepreneurs who build enduring businesses. With more than 26 years of venture capital investing under its belt, Albion has the experience to navigate difficult markets. Albion's investments are spread across a portfolio of ~60 companies providing exposure to target sectors diversified across businesses from early stage to scaleup. The firm targets a regular and predictable income yield of around 5% with the prospect of longer-term capital growth.
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Albion Capital deploys funds into growth companies in its core expertise fields of technology, software and medtech
Investment manager's VCTs have delivered an average total return of 6.8% per year over the past five years
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Albion Capital VCTs successfully raise £80mln
Albion portfolio company Quantexa achieves unicorn status following latest funding round
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Albion Enterprise VCT invests in two new tech firms
During the period, the group also raise funds of £826,000 following the issue of 644,529 new ordinary shares
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Albion Technology & General VCT sees its net asset value rise in the first quarter
The company’s unaudited NAV as at 31 March was £131.89mln or 82.05p per share (excluding treasury shares), an increase of 1.40p per share or 1.74% since 31 December 2021
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Two more Albion VCTs increase top-ups amid strong demand
Albion Enterprise VCT and Albion Technology & General VCT announced that they will exercise their over-allotment facilities
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Albion Venture Capital Trust confirms fourth-quarter increase in net asset value
The board intends to continue with share buybacks, which will be at around a 5% discount to the net asset value, so far as market conditions and liquidity permit.
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Albion Capital VCTs make successful exit from care homes investment
The VCT manager first invested in 2014 and contributed various tranches over the years
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Albion Capital Group sees record demand in VCT top-up fundraisings
The new funds increase the investment manager's VCT funds under management to roughly £500mln
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Albion Venture Capital Trust mulling special dividend after sale of care homes
The trust's net asset value has increased primarily as a result of the sale of three care homes for the elderly
Albion Capital leads funding round into data management startup Solidatus
“Solidatus has built the best-in-class product to bear down on the industry’s pain points and we are delighted to lead the company’s first institutional capital raise,” said AlbionVC's Jay Wilson
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Albion Capital tops up investment in gig customer service specialist Limitless
Limitless has completed a US$10mln funding round from investors including Albion, Unilever Ventures and new US tech partner Genesys
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Albion VCT reports strong demand for top-up offer
There has been increased interest in VCTs of late from wealthy private investors, according to a recent reports
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Albion Capital launches £45mln fundraising for five VTCs
Against the backdrop of the Covid pandemic, the VCT portfolio companies "have held up well and benefit from considerable advantages that will enable them to prosper in the ‘new normal’," said managing partner Will Fraser-Allen
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Albion Capital backs UK startup automating clinical trial processes
The company is already delivering its technology to the University of Oxford’s RAPTOR study evaluating the use of different COVID-19 rapid diagnostic tools in different community settings
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Albion Capital plans to raise £45mln from VCT top-up offers
There will be an allowance for a potential over-allotment facility for a further £3mln for each of the trusts
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Venture capital trusts are delivering resilient growth in the current environment
“The added bonus for investors is portfolio diversification in alternative assets whilst actively supporting growing innovative UK businesses,” says Albion Capital managing partner Will Fraser-Allen
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Albion VCTs invest in UK machine learning startup Seldon
London-based Seldon plans to use the funds to accelerate R&D and take its new enterprise solution to market
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Albion VCTs profiting from deeper focus on health and technology
The venture capital trusts recently exited from one investment that had been held for 10 years for a tenfold return