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Innovative medical firm raises £500k in backing from investors
Big congratulations to portfolio company, VascVersa Ltd, and its CEO Christina O’Neill and Chairman Aidan Courtney on recently se
09 August, 2022
High demand for cofund NI investment in second quarter of 2022
A nice article from our very own Stuart Gaffikin on the continued demand for equity funding from local businesses – we don’t see this chan
11 July, 2022
Sonrai Analytics Announces £2.175m ‘Seed Plus’ Funding Round to Accelerate International Growth
Congratulations to portfolio company, Sonraí Analytics Ltd, for securing its ‘Seed Plus’ round with new lead investor Forward Pa
21 June, 2022
Belfast tech company secures £500k funding for NI sport booking site
Congratulations to pitchbooking.com and their management team of Shea O’Hagan, Fearghal Campbell and Chris McCann on recently securing a £500k i
14 June, 2022
B-Secur launches FDA-cleared HeartKey 2.0
Well done to portfolio company, B-Secur, on launching its FDA approved Heartkey® 2.0 product, which should help to power the next generation of medica
04 May, 2022
New ‘Help to Grow: Digital’ scheme available
Small and medium-sized businesses across the UK can now access free and impartial online support to see how digital technology can boost their busines
01 April, 2022
Significant benefits offered to our Portfolio companies
Outstanding opportunities are offered to our portfolio companies. Due to our partnerships our companies have considerable discounts and added access t
01 April, 2022
Clarendon Fund Managers feature at the Intertrade Ireland Venture Capital Conference
Clarendon featured heavily at the recent Intertrade Ireland Venture Capital Conference. Albeit, the conference was virtual but for 40 minutes Clarendo
01 April, 2022
Ulster Bank and Clarendon Fund Managers partner to launch new investment initiative on International Women’s Day
Delighted to announce that we are the first local venture capital fund to sign up to the ‘Investing in Women Code’. In addition, we are de
09 March, 2022
Northern Ireland woman in ovarian cancer diagnostic firm wins £50,000 at top innovation awards
Congratulations to Dr Shannon Beattie, COO of GenoME Diagnostics Ltd, on being awarded a £50k mentoring and support package from Innovate UK‘s W
08 March, 2022
Northern Ireland start-up Overwatch Research acquired by US giant Benchling
Congratulations to Overwatch Research, and their co-founders Chris Armstrong, Graham Wilsdon & Paul Wilsdon, on being acquired by ‘US giant&
25 February, 2022Shortlist for the Insider Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2022
Congratulations to our very own Chris Trotter, who has been nominated as ‘Emerging Dealmaker of the Year’ at the Insider Media&n
10 February, 2022
SustainIQ perfectly positioned as ESG comes to the fore in 2022
Fantastic piece on SustainIQ by British Business Bank Northern Ireland on its efforts to bring ESG to the fore in 2022 and beyond
08 February, 2022
Claudine Owens: Northern Ireland likely to follow the trend for increased investment in ‘impact’ start-ups
A great article from our very own, Claudine Owens, on impact investing and ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) considerations. W
08 February, 2022
Belfast mining tech firm Tribe wins big in funding round
Big congratulations to new portfolio company, Tribe Tech Group, in securing their Series A funding round. This round was led by a number of private in
18 January, 2022
HBAN business angels invest median of €200,000 each in start-ups
Great to see strong angel investment across the island of Ireland. The recent HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) report indicates that the median inve
11 January, 2022
Angel investing about using your experience for good…
Nice article from our very own Portfolio & Finance Manager, Gareth Herron, explaining how you could get more involved in angel investing thro
07 December, 2021
Datactics invests over £2m with plans to grow exports and create 18 jobs
Pictured (L-R) is Stuart Harvey, CEO of Datactics with George McKinney, Director of Technology and Services, Invest NI
22 November, 2021
Hat-trick of contracts boost Decom after a strong year
Congratulations to our portfolio company Decom Engineering on securing a third successive international contract in 2021, valued at more than £400,000
18 November, 2021
BOARD APPOINTMENT TO HELP DRIVE GROWTH AT NEUROVALENS
Our portfolio company Neurovalens, has appointed an experienced US medical devices expert who will bring expertise to its board as the business prepar
18 November, 2021
Selazar secures £20 million investment to fund global expansion
Chris Trotter from Clarendon Fund Managers and Jack Williams, chief executive of Selazar Congratulations to our portfolio company, Selazar, and i
03 November, 2021
Liopa wins healthcare contract with new AI lip-reading technology
Pictured (L-R) is Dr Vicky Kell, Director of Innovation, Research and Development, Invest NI with Fabian Campbell-West, CTO and co-founder, Liopa. Con
18 October, 2021
Success: Decom wins global contracts
Congratulations to our portfolio company, DECOM Engineering, on securing a “pipeline of multi-million-pound global contracts.” This f
21 September, 2021
Northern Ireland’s early stage companies attracting higher funding
Funding rounds: Brian Cummings, investment director at Clarendon Fund Managers and Alan Foreman, chief executive of portfolio company B-Secur From the
31 August, 2021
Tyrone specialists in dismantling oil and gas facilities to set up in Aberdeen
Great to see our portfolio company, DECOM Engineering, that specialises in decommissioning oil and gas facilities, expanding as it opens up a new offi
16 August, 2021
Zymplify to expand in Portstewart with 26 jobs
Great news as our portfolio company, Zymplify, invests £1.5m into its business with plans to create 26 new jobs with the support of Invest Northern Ir
02 August, 2021
High Flyers : Claudine Owens , Investment Manager
A great write up in the The Irish News on our very own high flying Claudine Owens, Regional HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) co-ordinator! If you ar
28 July, 2021
HBAN Ulster passes 100 members and calls for more people to become business angels
A big congratulations to HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network) in Northern Ireland as the network of business angels passes 100 members. In addition, the
28 July, 2021
Nanotech developers awarded £42 million government support
Congratulations to our portfolio company, Cirdan Ltd, and its local Northern Irish partners on securing a £42.4m grant (which is helping to leverage a
22 July, 2021
B-Secur collaborates with Texas Instruments
Congratulations to our portfolio company, B-Secur, on securing a key strategic partnership and collaboration with Texas Instruments. This collaboratio
22 July, 2021
