IP Group Plc (IPO.L) LSE

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IP Group Plc

Address

2nd Floor

London, N1C 4AG

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Phone

44 20 7444 0050

Sector

Financial Services

Industry

Asset Management

Employees

69

First IPO Date

October 15, 2003

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Gregory Simon SmithChief Executive Officer & Executive Director772,0001978
David Graham BaynesChief Financial & Operating Officer and Executive Director535,0001964
Mark Alexander ReillyManaging Partner01979
Anthony YorkGroup People Director0N/A
Eoin MurphyGroup Head of IT & Operations0N/A
Stuart ThompsonTalent Partner & Head of IP Exec0N/A
Angela LeachGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary and Board Member01976
Harriet DohertyDirector of Sales and Marketing0N/A
Helen RedmondSenior Compliance & Risk Manager0N/A
Liz Vaughan-AdamsDirector of Communications0N/A

Description

IP Group Plc is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage, start-up, incubation, growth capital, and mature financing. The firm also provides seed capital financing to spin out companies from the universities. It seeks to invest in the life sciences, physical sciences, energy & renewables, medical equipment and supplies, healthcare, technology, cleantech, intellectual property, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, information technology & communications, and chemicals & materials. It also provides support for its university partners' intellectual property commercialization activities, as well as in the identification of intellectual property. It typically invests between £0.5 million ($0.75 million) and £1 million ($1.50 million) per investment. The firm prefers to takes equity positions in its portfolio companies. IP Group Plc was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Wilmington, Delaware; London, United Kingdom; Oxford, United Kingdom; Hong Kong S.A.R., Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia.