Mercia Technologies PLC Mercia Annual Gala Dinner
01 February 2018 - 6:00PM
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Mercia Technologies PLC
("Mercia" or the "Group")
Mercia Annual Gala Dinner
Mercia Technologies PLC (AIM: MERC), the national investment
group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology
businesses with high growth potential from the UK regions, is
hosting its Annual Gala Dinner, 'Celebrating Tech 2018', at 6:30pm
today, 1 February 2018, at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston
Road, Birmingham, B5 7QU.
The event will include a speech from Andy Street CBE, the Mayor
of the West Midlands and former Chief Executive of John Lewis. Andy
will be joined by industry experts, including David Lecomber from
Allinea Software, the first successful cash exit for Mercia which
returned circa 21x on the original investment cost, and Fusion
Futures founder Mike Ryan. Mercia's Chief Executive Officer, Dr
Mark Payton, will also be giving a presentation to the c250 guests,
followed by a panel discussion with the Group's sector heads who
will give insights into Mercia's core areas of investment focus:
Software & the Internet; Digital & Digital Entertainment;
Electronics, Materials & Manufacturing/Engineering and Life
Sciences & Biosciences.
The presentations will be available after the event on the
Mercia Technologies' website: www.merciatech.co.uk
There will be no material information presented that is not
already in the public domain.
For further information, please contact
Mercia Technologies PLC +44 (0)330 223 1430
Mark Payton, Chief Executive
Officer
Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial
Officer
www.merciatech.co.uk
Cenkos Securities plc +44 (0)20 7397 8900
Stephen Keys, Camilla Hume
(NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Canaccord Genuity Limited +44 (0)20 7523 8000
Simon Bridges, Emma Gabriel
(Joint Broker)
Buchanan +44 (0)20 7466 5000
Bobby Morse, Victoria Hayns,
Chris Lane, Stephanie Watson
www.buchanan.uk.com
About Mercia Technologies PLC
Mercia is a national investment group focused on the funding and
scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth
potential from the UK regions. Mercia benefits from 19 university
partnerships and offices across the Midlands, the North of England
and Scotland providing it with access to high quality, regional
deal flow. Mercia Technologies PLC is quoted on AIM with the epic
"MERC".
Mercia's 'Complete Capital Solution' initially nurtures
businesses via its third party funds (now with circa
GBP350.0million under management following recent mandate wins) and
then over time Mercia can provide further funding to its 'Emerging
Stars' by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its
own balance sheet. Since its IPO in December 2014, Mercia has
invested over GBP46.0million directly across its portfolio of
'Emerging Stars'.
This information is provided by RNS
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