Investor Information

Intense is a VC backed business. Investment companies include; 3i, Esprit, ACT, FNI Venture Capital, ORIX Venture Finance, TTP Ventures and University of Glasgow.

3i
A world leader in private equity and venture capital, 3i are active across all stages of funding. From early-stage venture capital to growth capital and buyouts, 3i invest €1.3bn a year in some of the most exciting and ambitious companies in the world.

DFJ Esprit Capital Partners
DFJ Esprit is a venture capital fund backing extraordinary entrepreneurs and management teams in dynamic markets. DFJ Esprit invests in technology, new media, telecoms and healthcare businesses.

With over 130 years of investing experience between its partners and over 130 investments made, DFJ Esprit has one of the most experienced teams and longest track records in European venture capital.

DFJ Esprit is part of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Global Network with 120 investment professionals in more than 30 cities around the world. In the last twenty years the DFJ Network has backed over 300 companies including Hotmail, Baidu and Skype.

First Ventures
First Ventures manages the FNI Venture Capital (Renate Nixdorf Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH) emerging technology fund utilizing the resources of the Nixdorf Family from Paderborn, Germany, to make investments in telecoms, IT, semiconductor technologies, materials science and other similar technologies based in the UK, with global reach and novel intellectual property.

Alice Ventures
Alice Ventures is a multinational venture capital management team from Israel, Italy and the UK, who leverage their collective network to further the business goals of investors and portfolio companies. As one of the few European venture capital firms, Alice Ventures has direct access to best of breed innovations that continually impact major markets.

ACT Venture Capital
Ireland's leading independent venture capital company with a strategic focus to invest in growth-oriented companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs with strong management teams, and to commit its resources to a shared vision to grow sustainable businesses on the international stage.

TTP Ventures
Provides venture capital for early stage science and technology companies based in the UK and other Western European countries. It is a member of TTP Group, one of Europe's most successful innovation companies.

Orix
ORIX Venture Finance provides enterprise financing to mid- and late-stage venture-capital backed companies via acquisition financing, expansion capital and working capital term loans and credit lines, and equity co-investments. ORIX assists growth companies by structuring flexible financing packages that meet their unique needs. ORIX is a stable and reliable partner dedicated to supporting the growth and success of professionally backed companies.

Scottish Venture Fund
The Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) is one of Scottish Enterprise's Investment funds, which are designed to work with the private sector to provide risk capital for growth-oriented companies. The SVF invests alongside private sector partners. Typical partners include venture capital firms, business angels, and corporate venturing teams. The SVF invests in privately owned, predominantly Scottish-based companies.

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