Company

CREATE Partners Limited

CREATE Partners Limited is a fund management company that is focused on providing value beyond capital. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail, and high levels of integrity learned first hand in the investment banking sector. The team has significant experience in dealing with medium sized companies, including strategic reviews, flotations, fund raisings, MBOs, mergers and acquisitions.

Since its establishment in 2000, CREATE has built a reputation for successfully implementing an innovative investment approach to meet the needs of investors seeking international diversification in specialist private equity funds. In recognition for its high quality focus on early stage investments, CREATE was awarded 'Equity Gap Fund of the Year' in September 2006 by a panel comprising leading UK venture capital and private equity investors.

CREATE Partners Limited manages The Create East of England Fund, a £20m venture capital fund investing in high growth companies that are based in the East of England. The fund is a private fund whose investors include the European Investment Fund, Bank of Scotland and the Department of Trade and Industry DTI. Since mid 2003 the Fund has made 25 investments across various sectors ranging from seed capital to MBO.

CREATE Partners Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. CREATE is a member of the BVCA. More information about CREATE Partners Limited is available at www.createpartners.com

IQ Capital Partners

IQ Capital Partners is a dynamic venture capital team based in Cambridge. We invest in companies exploiting smart 'IQ'-intensive technologies.

We manage the IQ Capital Fund and two seed funds. We can invest from £100k to £3 million in UK-focused, rapidly developing businesses.

We work and invest alongside successful entrepreneurs and renowned sector experts to create exceptional and sustained growth for investee companies. More information about IQ Capital is available at http://www.iqcapitalfund.co.uk/

NorthStar Equity Investors

NorthStar Equity Investors Limited NSEI is an investment management company, specialising in high growth, technology-based companies in the North East of England. NSEI manages two funds totalling £33m, the £10m Proof of Concept Fund, funded by One North East and the European Regional Development Fund ERDF, and the £23m Co-Investment Fund, funded by the ERDF. NSEI is wholly owned by NStar but operates as an independent subsidiary and is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. More information about NorthStar Equity Investors is available at www.northstarei.com.