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| Aug 19, 2023 | Air Japan is latest to deploy Bluebox | Demonstrating the flexibility of its Blueview digital passenger services platform, Shackleton portfolio company, Bluebox has announced that AirJapan, the new airline brand under ANA HOLDINGS INC., will deploy the platform’s onboard retail a... |
| May 18, 2023 | Heero Launch | We are pleased to announce that Heero Technologies, a high-growth green tech software and data company based in Dundee, has secured significant new investment from Scottish Enterprise, TRICAPITAL, and Mint Ventures to further develop its in... |
| Oct 16, 2022 | A Second Exit from the FinLeap Portfolio this year | Yesterday, FinLeap portfolio company PAIR Finance announced a majority investment from Pollen Street Capital. Founding investor finleap will retain a minority position in the company. FinLeap is an investment in Shackleton’s Victoria Fund.
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| Aug 31, 2022 | FinLeap News: Penta and Qonto merge | Today, Finleap portfolio company, Penta announced that it will be acquired by Qonto.
Qonto is the market leader in digital financial management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), sole proprietors and freelancers in France and o... |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Shackleton Celebrates another Profitable Exit | Stewart Little, CEO of IRT, is delighted with the transaction:
“This transaction represents a really important stage in the development of our business. Getting here has not always been plain sailing, but in recent years we’ve been really ... |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Shackleton’s latest weighs in at 800 Pounds | We were really pleased that after a long and challenging process, Gorilla Technology Group Inc. (“Gorilla”) has achieved its public listing. (Nasdaq: “GRRR” for ordinary shares and “GRRRW” for warrants).
Gorilla is a global leader in edge ... |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Cleantech 2.0 Summit | Shackleton is very pleased to have partnered with Winmark to initiate an event to showcase innovation by early stage businesses as a key driver towards Net Zero.
The use of innovative #cleantechnology is a key factor in reducing carbon emi... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | IRT Surveys wins £5.2m decarbonised housing deal in Aberdeen | |
| Jul 28, 2021 | A new unicorn in the FinLeap stable…. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Nandi Proteins appoints David Flower as CEO | The Shackleton team is delighted to announce that we have helped Nandi Proteins to recruit David Flower to the role of Chief Executive Officer. David is an exceptional talent, having previously served as Managing Director, Europe, for Singh... |
| May 22, 2021 | Exterity: Shackleton’s 25th Profitable Exit | We are delighted to announce the sale of Exterity to French company Vitec S.A. Exterity, based in Dalgety Bay, Scotland, is a market-leading provider of IPTV Technology, Digital Signage and Guest Experience solutions.
Shackleton’s third ... |
| Mar 27, 2021 | Shackleton’s 24th Profitable Exit | We are pleased to announce that we have sold our interest in OmPrompt to Eurazeo-backed Elemica International, Inc. OmPrompt is a leading developer of AI-based SaaS systems for processing order entries for consumer goods and healthcare comp... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Celebrating Return Fund #5’s first investment: Mentor Group | We are really pleased to announce that Return Fund #5 has made its first investment: Mentor Group.
Our first transaction for the new Fund is a £2m initial secondary investment with a further primary tranche to follow later this year in Men... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Return Fund #5 | Shackleton Ventures, the specialist direct secondaries venture investor, has launched its fifth fund, the Shackleton Ruffena Return #5 Limited Partnership, “Return Fund #5”, and will continue its proven strategy of investing in secondaries-... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | - | We are delighted to announce that ELEMENT, the digital insurance platform developed by Shackleton investee FinLeap has secured a further €23 million in funding.
ELEMENT is a fully digital white-label insurance product factory, which is ful... |
| FinLeap launches Joonko | Shackleton investee, FinLeap today announced that it has created Joonko a new consumer finance portal. Joonko has other prestige backers including Ping An and Raisin – who besides offering funding are strengthening the new company’s technol... |
| Shackleton Companies win Coveted Queen’s Awards | We are delighted to announce that 2 Shackleton companies have won Queen’s Awards this year: Exterity and Trutac.
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for UK business. With only 216 winners in 2020, the awards a... |
| Marriage with Figo | Shackleton portfolio company FinLeap today announced the merger of Figo and Finreach solutions.
Both companies are well-known fintech pioneers. Finreach is already a FinLeap company. Figo was formed in 2012 and has to date received some €1... |
| Bluebox takes Flight | We are very pleased to report the successful deployment of Bluebox’s wireless in-flight entertainment software into Airbus’ OSP. Bluebox, a Shackleton portfolio company, confirmed the installation of its system on Titan Airways‘ first new A... |
| Unleashing Innovation | All organisations seek innovation from within. The technology team now finds itself at the forefront of change and in introducing technological innovation that enhances organisational ambition. But how? A culture of encouraging innovation i... |
| Lewmar Glass Comes of Age – Cannes Yachting Festival 2018 | With the launch of new vessels featuring Lewmar Glass from major industry players including Sunseeker, Princess Yachts, Prestige & X-Yachts amongst others; Lewmar’s glass division is now firmly established as one of the foremost marine ... |
| PanIntelligence Funded for further Growth | We are delighted to announce that Shackleton investee, PanInsight (trading as Panintelligence) has secured fresh investment from YFM Equity Partners and Cohmar Capital. The £4.5 million transaction will allow the company to pursue its next ... |
| Bluebox And Virgin Atlantic Launch First Fleet-Wide Accessible Ife Platform | |
| FinLeap Forms de:Hub for Fintech | |
| Exterity bags BVCA Award | We were extremely pleased to learn today that Exterity has won the BVCA Scottish management team of the year award.
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Management Team Awards, produced in association with Grant Thornton UK LLP, ... |
| CIO Connect Experts Share Advice | Leading CIO Connect subject area experts have recently published a number of white papers to help clients navigate some of the most common concerns raised as businesses focus on lock-down and its aftermath.
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| FinLeap launches Infinitec – CFO as a service for SMEs | FinLeap today announced that it has launched its newest venture serving the “B2B2SME market”.
Infinitec provides SaaS solutions for banks, insurances and corporations who are targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Its software... |
| FinLeap acquires Penta to strengthen its Ecosystem | |
| Introducing Airlinq | SAN RAMON, Calif.– Globetouch has rebranded to Airlinq.
The leading connected car and IoT platform provider for automakers and mobile network operators, has announced a new name and a new branding. The initiative is part of its large-scale... |
| Exterity voted in the top 101 companies
Exterity voted in the top 101 companies that matter most in online video | |
| Investment Hat Trick | We are delighted to share this recent news from FinLeap’s CEO Ramin Niroumand. |
| Tissuemed Seals Exit, with 41% IRR over 14 years | We are delighted to announce today the sale of Tissuemed to Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX). Tissuemed, the Leeds-based medtech specialist, develops and manufactures self-adhesive films that help surgeons to close and seal sutured and stapled ... |
| 21 today! DEM is Shackleton’s 21st profitable exit | We are pleased to announce the sale of Shackleton portfolio company DEM Solutions to Altair Engineering Inc., (Nasdaq:ALTR). This is our 21st profitable exit.
DEM Solutions’ lead product, EDEM, is the market-leader in Discrete Element Meth... |
| Tissuemed shortlisted for High Growth Exporter Award | Tissuemed has made it into year’s shortlist for the PD Ports Northern Powerhouse Export Awards 2018. Tissuemed has been nominated in two categories, including the High Growth Exporter Award, in recognition of its great export success.
Over... |
| Bluebox Aviation aims high | Bluebox Aviation Systems, the leading provider of cross-platform wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE), has bolstered its management team to pursue an ambitious business plan as the aviation sector emerges from the global pandemic. Blueb... |
| OmPrompt Releases Teach&Learn, Their Cognitive Automation Solution | |
| FinLeap Raises €39 million | |
| Elinvar secures backing from Goldman Sachs | FinLeap investee Elinvar announced today that it has secured Goldman Sachs as the lead investor for its latest funding. This is yet another example of the quality of FinLeap’s portfolio companies and ecosystem.
Elinvar is a digital platfor... |
| Dexam Slices through Competition | The Forest and Forge knives are made in the heart of Sheffield, England, from a factory that has been producing fine cutlery for over a century.
With skills that have been passed down from generation to generation, Dexam knives are made to... |
| ELEMENT Secures €23 million | We are delighted to announce that ELEMENT, the digital insurance platform developed by Shackleton investee FinLeap has secured a further €23 million in funding.
ELEMENT is a fully digital white-label insurance product factory, which is ful... |
| solarisBank raises $70 million from Visa, BBVA, and others | |
| A week of awards and events for Panintelligence | Although we’re rarely treated to a quiet week in the office, this period in mid-November might just be one of our busiest in recent memory. |
| FinLeap raises over €40 million in ground-breaking funding | Shackleton investee FinLeap, which is now Europe’s largest fintech company builder, today announced that it has raised EUR 41.5 million in an investment round, led by Ping An‘s Global Voyager Fund.
Ping An, a leading Chinese financial serv... |
| Lewmar celebrates biggest METSTRADE product launch | With more product launches at METSTRADE, Shackleton investee Lewmar is registering double digit growth and outperforming base market levels thanks to a combination of investment in key technologies and innovative new development work with a... |
| Shackleton team backs cleantech Adgero | The Shackleton team is very pleased to have backed Adgero, the cleantech business that uses ultra-capacitors to recover kinetic energy from commercial vehicles.
Adgero’s immediate deployments are as a retro-fit solution for rigid trucks an... |
| Lewmar becomes Shackleton’s 20th Profitable Exit | We are pleased to announce the successful sale of Lewmar Marine to LCI (NYSE: LCII) subsidiary, Lippert Components, Inc.
Founded in 1948, Lewmar has become one of the world’s premier suppliers of leisure marine equipment for yachts, sailbo... |
| Endurance | The BBC reports today, February 11th, that a team of Antarctic scientists has started its search for Sir Earnest Shackleton’s lost ship the Endurance:
The team broke through thick pack-ice on Sunday to reach the vessel’s last known posit... |
| Exterity wins Streaming Media Award |
Exterity has been recognised as Best Enterprise Video Solution for its end-to-end IP Video Solution by Streaming Media in its tenth European Media Readers’ Choice Awards.
Exterity clients can easily distribute live terrestrial and satell... |
| Gartner Names Globetouch to their 2017 Magic Quadrant for M2M Services, Worldwide | |
| Cummings and Goings | We are very pleased to announce that we have successfully exited our investment in Cummings & Morrish (Investments) Limited.
We originally acquired a 40% interest in Cummings & Morrish at a time when the company owned a number of c... |
| Bluebox Wow Set to Fly with Saudi Royal Fleet | Dunfermline, UK – 04 April 2017 – Bluebox Aviation Systems Ltd. has been selected by Saudi Royal Fleet, part of Saudia Airlines, the national carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, to provide Bluebox Wow portable wireless IFE for seven aircraft w... |
| PanIntelligence – Tech Innovation of the Year | Shackleton investee, PanInsight (trading as PanIntelligence) was absolutely delighted and flattered to be crowned Tech Innovation of the Year at the Leeds Digital Festival Awards on the 30th April 2019.
The company was also shortlisted as ... |
| Clark breaks European insurtech financing record with US$29M Series B round | |
| Hibergene’s game changing COVID test | Hibergene’s newly CE-marked COVID-19 test delivers positive results in approximately 30 minutes and is now available for sale in Ireland and internationally. CE-approval followed the completion of a clinical evaluation study at the Mater Pr... |
| Shackleton Ventures from Ireland to America. A profitable journey. | “Shackleton Ventures from Ireland to America. A Profitable Journey” Shackleton Ventures Limited (“Shackleton”) announces today the profitable sale of its interest in Mobileum following the acquisition of Mobileum by Audax Private Equity (“A... |
| Shackleton Victoria Invests in German Fintech | |
| Scottish Event Campus to become temporary hospital | The Shackleton team has been working with its portfolio companies as they face the consequences of COVID-19. While most companies are concentrating on measures to protect staff and deal with lockdown, one of our companies may have a more di... |
| CreditCall bought by NMI | Shackleton Ventures, the specialist direct secondaries venture investor, has successfully exited its investment in Creditcall, a payments solutions company, headquartered in Bristol, UK.
CreditCall, which gives its clients market-leading p... |
| Most UK homes ‘fail on energy efficiency targets’ – so it’s lucky we have IRT… | The BBC reported today that nearly two thirds of UK homes fail to meet long-term energy efficiency targets.
More than 12 million homes fall below the C grade on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) graded from A-G. It means householders ... |
| Trutac: Shackleton’s 23rd Profitable Exit | We are pleased today to announce the sale of Trutac to Microlise. The transaction sees the Coventry-based experts in fleet compliance and management software becoming a part of the Microlise group, which itself offers a broad range of fleet... |
| BlueBox Flying High | Shackleton investee Bluebox has walked away with another prize – this time at the Inflight Middle East event in Dubai.
The In Flight Entertainment (IFE) vendor was cited for demonstrating an ongoing and sustained commitment to delivering b... |
| More particles…faster with EDEM 2018 | |
| £150 million Expansion Plan for SEC Global Event Campus | Hot on the heels of the hugely successful development of The SSE Hydro, Shackleton investee, The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has applied for planning permission in principle for a major expansion of its facilities with a vision to create a ... |
| Shackleton Team Invests in Hibergene | |
| Maintaining a Fresh Approach | Experience is a double edged sword – you know what to do in a given situation because you have seen something similar before, but it can also lead you to simply repeat previous actions without thinking, with the risk of you becoming or bein... |
| Diversity in IT Leadership | For too long, there has been a paucity of women in senior IT positions. Diversity is key to innovation, is proven to lead to better team performance and increases the talent pool from which to choose. So why is it that this hasn’t changed m... |
| NHS Louisa Jordan now Operational | We are pleased to report that NHS Louisa Jordan, built at the Scottish Event Campus is now operational.
The hospital, which it is hoped will never be used, comprises
This new temporary coronavirus hospital will be available and operationa... |
| SEC Scoops Top Prize | Shackleton investee, The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has been crowned the Best UK Conference Centre at the Meetings & Incentive Travel Awards 2019.
The venue beat off stiff competition from finalists including ExCeL London, the ICC Bir... |
| Bluebox aIFE wins a prestigious 2018 Crystal Cabin Award | The 2018 Crystal Cabin Awards winners were announced last night in Hamburg and included Bluebox aIFE as the winner in the IFEC category. Often called the ‘Oscars’ of the aircraft interiors industry, is incredible recognition for both the in... |
| Panintelligence’s Zandra Moore wins CEO of the Year | Panintelligence CEO, Zandra, was crowned CEO of the Year in The English Women’s Awards (North) 2018, during the inaugural ceremony on Monday 19th March. The English Women’s Awards (North) 2018 – hosted by Creative Oceanic – aim to celebrate... |
| FinReach strengthens its position |
● The German Software as a Service-Provider for financial institutions expands its reach to Austria and Spain; further European countries will follow in 2018
● The digital account switch service of FinReach is now offered by over 500 ban... |
| ONZO named in the 2018 Global Cleantech 100 | ONZO has been named in the Global top 100 Start-Up companies likely to make a significant market impact in the next 5-10 years, at the prestigious Global Cleantech awards for 2018.
Those named represent the most innovative and promising pr... |
