| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.07.2021 | Sure Valley Ventures extends investment in VividQ | Sure Valley Ventures is pleased to announce that it has invested approx. £1.5M in a £11M funding round for deep technology company VividQ, a leading software and IP developer for holography. The Cambridge head-quartered business is powering... |
| 16.03.2021 | Investment in security software start-up, PreCog | Sure Valley Ventures is pleased to announce that it has led a Seed investment round of £1 million for Polience Limited (“PreCog”), a security solution platform company that is able to provide data intelligence to combat crime, terrorism and... |
| 27.01.2021 | Interview with Samuel Huber, CEO of Admix | Zak Mir, a trade market commentator interviews CEO Samuel Huber, which is a Sure Valley Ventures investee company.
In this interview, Zak digs into the impact Admix has on in-game advertising, as well as how COVID-19 has shaken the gaming ... |
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| 17.09.2020 | VividQ Collaborates with Arm | Investee Company VividQ Collaborates with Arm to Power Holographic Display on Mobile
Sure Valley Ventures’ investee company VividQ is collaborating with Arm, a world leading technology provider of silicon IP, to further enable the integrat... |
| - | Suir Valley Ventures investment in holographic tech start-up VividQ | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP to invest in early-stage software companies across a range of high-tech verticals including Augmented Reality (‘AR’) and... |
| - | VR Education Holdings plc – Interim Results | VR Education (AIM: VRE; ESM: 6VR), a leading virtual reality (‘VR’) technology company focused on the education space, today announces its maiden interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (the ‘Period’).
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| - | Ready, set, mass adoption? Virtual Reality full steam ahead | In today’s world, Virtual Reality is something you can’t escape. For a long time, we siloed experiences such as VR to gaming, however now everyday people are engaging with VR in their everyday lives. In gaming, travel, real estate and healt... |
| - | Shard Capital Partners launches new Venture Capital Fund in Ireland | Shard Capital Partners LLP (www.shardcapital.com) announces the launch and first closing of the Suir Valley Venture Fund of Suir Valley Funds ICAV (‘the Fund’), the first Irish focused venture capital fund in Ireland that uses a regulated f... |
| - | Admix raises $7 Million | Admix has closed its Series A funding round to drive the next stage of the company’s growth. This takes the total investment raised for the business to $9.2m. The Series A was led by UK based – Force Over Mass with participation from Speedi... |
| - | Immersive VR Education’s Sandra Whelan nominated for Creative Industries Leader of the Year | - |
| - | Wia Selected for Blackbox Connect Accelerator in Silicon Valley | Wia, one of the leading developer platforms for building Internet of Things applications, has been selected for the Blackbox Connect accelerator in Silicon Valley with support from Google for Entrepreneurs.
Blackbox Connect is a global pro... |
| - | My Smooshy Mushy – New AR title by WarDucks | WarDucks is excited to announce their new title, My Smooshy Mushy. It is an AR capable mobile game centered around the sweet-smelly squishy toys, Smooshy Mushy. It is currently available for download in Turkey, Canada, and Australia. It wil... |
| - | Trade Your Way to the Top with our Investment Challenges | This winter Shard Capital and City A.M. are joining forces to bring readers a series of three trading challenges. Participants can use their £100,000 virtual funds to trade as much and as often as the like to reach the summit of our leaderb... |
| - | VR Game Developer Raises €1.3M in Seed Funding Led by Suir Valley Ventures | WarDucks, a leading virtual reality (‘VR’) game developer, has secured a seed investment round of €1.3 million led by Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund (‘Suir Valley’), with additional funds coming from Enterpr... |
| - | €750,000 Investment in Ground Breaking Internet of Things Cloud Platform | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund, which was launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP in February 2017, is pleased to announce it has invested €750,000 into Wia, one of the leading Internet of Th... |
| - | Additional investment in Buymie | Additional investment in Irish grocery delivery start-up Buymie
Sure Valley Ventures is pleased to announce that it has completed a follow-on investment into Ireland’s leading same day grocery delivery company, Buymie. This investment has ... |
| - | Mavric VR Startup panel |
Discussion on Creating a VR/AR Start-up out of Ireland |
| - | Sure Ventures plc Follow-on Investment in WarDucks | SURE VENTURES PLC, the London listed venture capital fund, which invests in early stage software companies across a range of verticals, is pleased to announce that Suir Valley Ventures (‘Suir Valley’), it which it holds a circa 23% interest... |
| - | VR Education Holdings Plc – Launch of Titanic VR, Notice of Interim Results | VR Education (AIM: VRE; ESM: 6VR), a leading virtual reality (‘VR’) technology company focused on the education space, is pleased to announce the launch of Titanic VR, the Group’s highly anticipated immersive gaming experience, which will b... |
| - | First investment in an educational virtual reality company | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund, which was launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP in February 2017, has made its first investment in Immersive VR Education Ltd. (‘IVRE’), a developer of virtu... |
| - | Sure Ventures plc – Information on investment approach and loan facility | Sure Ventures plc (the “Company”) announces further information on its investment approach and its entry into a loan facility.
As contemplated in the prospectus published by the Company on 17 November 2017, the Company has made a £5 millio... |
| - | Suir Valley Ventures invests in IoT security company for connected medical devices – Nova Leah | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP to invest in early stage software companies across a range of verticals including augmented/virtual reality (‘AR/VR’), t... |
| - | Sure Ventures Plc – Investee Company, Immotion, Lists on AIM | SURE VENTURES PLC (SURE), a venture capital fund which invests in early stage software companies in the rapidly growing financial technology (‘FinTech’), augmented reality (‘AR’), virtual reality (‘VR’), and Internet of Things (‘IoT’) secto... |
| - | VR Education confirm release date for Titanic VR Playstation launch | Suir Valley Ventures investee company VR Education have announced that it has now received confirmation from PlayStation that Titanic VR, a showcase experience placing users on the Titanic on the night of the sinking, has been approved for ... |
| - | Supporting GB Rifle Team on their South Africa Tour | We’re proud to be sponsoring the Great British Rifle Team’s upcoming tour to Bloemfontein, South Africa, later this month.
Our Managing Partner, James Lewis, and Chief Executive Officer, Toby Raincock, will both be competing for the team t... |
| - | Immotion Group PLC – New ImmotionVR location | Immotion Group Plc announce that it has opened a new ImmotionVR location at Xscape Yorkshire, Castleford.
The Company now has three ImmotionVR experiences in operation, following the installation of ImmotionVR, Bristol last year and Immoti... |
| - | Excuse us whilst we change in front of you.. We’re changing to Sure Valley Ventures | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund that invests in early stage software companies across a range of high-tech verticals, has changed to Sure Valley Ventures (previously Suir Valley). This change comes as the fun... |
| - | Pixar Animation Studios co-founder, Mr Loren Carpenter appointed advisor to VR Education Holdings | Suir Valley Ventures first investment, VR Education Holdings has today announced the appointment of Mr. Loren Carpenter, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and Academy Award winner, as an advisor to the company.
Speaking about the appoi... |
| - | WarDucks’ Nikki Lannen nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year | CEO and Founder of WarDucks Nikki Lannen has been nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year in The Irish Women’s Awards for 2019 – One of three females from Suir Valley Ventures investee companies to be nominated in a respective category.
The... |
| - | Investment in Environmental Monitoring Group, Ambisense | Suir Valley Ventures (‘Suir Valley’)
Investment in Environmental Monitoring Group, Ambisense
Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP to invest in early stage ... |
| - | Dublin is bursting at the seams with tech giants and start ups moving in | With over $1 million raised in funding for IoT platform Wia, Founder Conall Laverty speaks with Bloomberg on the tech boom in Dublin and how his mother is still asking when he’s going to get a ‘real job’ with Google or one of the other tech... |
| - | Sure Ventures Plc – First Day of Dealings | SURE VENTURES PLC, a venture capital fund which invests in early stage software companies in the rapidly growing Financial Technology (‘FinTech’), Augmented Reality (‘AR’), Virtual Reality (‘VR’), and Internet of Things (‘IoT’) sectors, is ... |
| - | Tech dealmaker aims to turn start-up dreams into reality | Isabelle O’Keeffe joins Suir Valley Ventures, (launched last year by Barry Downes) to hunt for investment deals for Ireland’s newest tech investment fund. With backing from Enterprise Ireland and the London investment firm Shard Capital Par... |
| - | Shard Capital Wins Online Personal Wealth Award | Shard Capital Stockbrokers has been recognised for its outstanding service over the past year, having won the Best Advisory Service accolade at the Online Personal Wealth Awards 2017. Now in its fourth year, these prestigious annual awards ... |
| - | Investment in Buymie | Irish Grocery delivery start-up Buymie has, today, announced closure of its latest funding round of €2.2m together with the signing of a multi-year partnership agreement with Lidl Ireland.
Buymie provides consumers with access to multiple ... |
| - | Immotion Group PLC – Partnership with LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Manchester | Immotion Group Plc (“Immotion Group” or the “Group”), the UK-based immersive virtual reality (“VR”) ‘Out of Home’ entertainment business, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Merlin Entertainments’ owned LEGOLAND® Discovery Cen... |
| - | Unity Technologies Acquires Artomatix | Unity Technoloigies, a San Francisco based creator of the world’s leading real-time 3D develeopement platform, announced the acquisition of investee company, Artomatix.
Sure Valley Ventures initially invested €2.7 million in Artomatix in 2... |
| - | Suir Valley Ventures first investment lists on AIM | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP in February 2017, is pleased to announce that VR Education Holdings (‘VRE’), its first investment made in March last yea... |
| - | A brief definition of the Internet of Things (and what’s wrong with it) | This article has been written by Conall Laverty – Founder & CEO at Wia.
I like to think of the Internet of Things as a constellation of objects that can be linked, monitored and controlled over the Internet. Each day, 8.6 million new... |
| - | “VRE’s commitment to education through VR has built the framework for their success.” | VR Education Holdings last week announced a release of Titanic part 2 – one of the company’s showcase experiences, expected August 2018.
The immersive VR experience places users on the world’s most famous ship on the night of the sinking, ... |
| - | Toby Raincock appointed Shard Capital CEO | Shard Capital is pleased to announce the appointment of Toby Raincock as the group’s new CEO. Toby previously held the role of CFO since joining Shard Capital in 2013.
Toby has provided strong operational leadership over the past few years... |
| - | Sure Valley Ventures’ Isabelle O’Keeffe: Technology is the Driver for Change | Isabelle O’Keeffe is Principal at Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) an entrepreneur-led venture capital fund that invests in high growth, “frontiers of tech” software companies, that are solving significant real-world problems through disruptive A... |
| - | Walking Home for Christmas 2016 | The Shard team were out in force during December, all walking how for Christmas in aid of Walking With the Wounded. 20 participants donned their walking boots, along with Walking With the Wounded Santa hats on 12th December for a seven mile... |
| - | VR Education nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Ireland | The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programme passionately believes in promoting entrepreneurship and empowering entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in Ireland, Northern Ireland and around the world.
Founders of Suir Valley Ventures first i... |
| - | Investment in AI Security Company, Getvisibility | 10 March 2020
Sure Valley Ventures
Investment in AI Security Company Getvisibility
Sure Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital firm that invests in early stage software companies across a range of high-tech verticals, is... |
| - | Sure Ventures plc – First Direct Investment in VR Sector | SURE VENTURES PLC, a venture capital fund which invests in early stage software companies in the rapidly growing financial technology (‘FinTech’), augmented reality (‘AR’), virtual reality (‘VR’), and Internet of Things (‘IoT’) sectors, is ... |
| - | IoT investee company Wia announce their first hardware product – The Dot One | Dublin, Ireland: Wia, an Internet of Things startup that helps developers and companies build electronics, announced their move into the consumer hardware space with their first product. The Dot One is designed as an entry level piece of ki... |
| - | Sure Valley Ventures to partner with Augmentor programme | Sure Valley Ventures is pleased to announce a partnership with the Augmentor programme; a 12-week acceleration initiative for B2B immersive technology start-ups. Run by Digital Catapult, the programme aims to increase start-ups’ readiness f... |
| - | Suir Valley Ventures (‘Suir Valley’ or ‘the Company’) Investment in AI software company Artomatix | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP to invest in early stage software companies across a range of verticals including augmented/virtual reality (‘AR/VR’), t... |
| - | Immotion Group roll out a further four ImmotionVR Centres at Intu Shopping Centres | This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange.
Following the success of its existing virtual reality (“VR”) centres, Immotion Group Plc, the UK-based immersive VR ‘Out of Home’ entertainment business, i... |
| - | Immotion Group Launch Delta Zero | Immotion Group Plc, the UK-based immersive virtual reality ‘Out of Home’ entertainment business, is pleased to announce that today sees the launch of its exciting immersive space themed ride “Delta Zero”.
Delta Zero allows customers to boa... |
| - | WarDucks CEO and Founder Nikki Lannen to appear at Women in Tech Dublin | As a female who is revolutionising and leading the way in the tech industry, Founder and CEO of WarDucks Nikki Lannen will be on the panel for ‘Creating Success’ at the ‘Women in Tech’ conference in Dublin this Thursday. Along with fellow f... |
| - | Immotion Group PLC – Admission and First Day of Dealings. Placing to raise £5.75 million | Immotion Group Plc (“Immotion Group” or the “Group”), the UK-based immersive virtual reality (“VR”) ‘Out of Home’ entertainment business, is pleased to announce that the Admission and trading of its Ordinary Shares will take place today at ... |
| - | One month on – Investors motion towards Immotion | There was much hype in the lead up to the much-anticipated IPO of Immotion Group, and now post their July 12 listing, there is still a buzz with their positive performance one month on. An oversubscribed placing prior to IPO gave promise to... |
| - | Nova Leah, lead by Anita Finnegan nominated for Business of the Year | Medical device security company Nova Leah, lead by Founder and CEO Anita Finnegan has been nominated for Business of the Year in The Irish Women’s Awards for 2019. One of three females from Suir Valley Ventures investee companies to be nomi... |
| - | VR Education announce release of showcase experience Titanic – part 2 | VR Education Holdings last week announced a release of Titanic part 2 – one of the company’s showcase experiences, expected August 2018.
The immersive VR experience places users on the world’s most famous ship on the night of the sinking, ... |
| - | Suir Valley Ventures invests in AR/VR ad-tech start-up, Admix | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners LLP to invest in early stage software companies across a range of high-tech verticals including FinTech, augmented/virtual r... |
| - | One week on – Investors motion towards Immotion | There was much hype in the lead up to the much-anticipated IPO of Immotion Group, and now post their July 12 listing, there is still a buzz with their positive performance one week on. An oversubscribed placing prior to IPO gave promise to ... |
| - | Investment in Volograms | DUBLIN: 29th July 2020: Sure Valley Ventures, the venture capital firm that invests in early stage software companies, is pleased to announce that it has led a new €1.5 million investment round for Volograms Limited (“Volograms”). Atlantic ... |
| - | VR Education Holdings Plc Apollo 11 VR Mobile App Selected for Oculus Go Launch Collection | Multiple award-winning Apollo 11 VR educational experience invited by Oculus to feature as part of a special promotional Oculus Go Collection on Oculus store
VR Education (AIM: VRE; ESM: 6VR), a leading virtual reality (‘VR’) technology ... |
| - | Immotion Group IPO as interest in VR continues to skyrocket | Sure Ventures backed Immotion Group have today listed on AIM after announcing their intent to list officially last week. Immotion Group are striving to become the market leader in ‘out of home’ entertainment, combining best in class Virtual... |
| - | Immotion Group Plc – Extension of Exclusive Distribution Agreement | Immotion Group announce the extension of the Group’s exclusive distribution agreement with Beijing LEKE VR Technology Co., Ltd (“Leke VR”) for the UK and a new exclusive distribution agreement in the USA, both agreements running through to ... |
| - | Suir Valley Ventures Invests in ProVision, a Leading IoT Fleet Management System | Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund, launched in February 2017, has, together with private investors, invested a combined total of €1,000,000 in ProVision Vehicle Cameras, a leading Internet of Things (‘IoT’) com... |
