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Kennet Venture Partners Ltd and Favonius Ventures invest £6 million in Fluency Voice Technology Ltd

Two European technology venture capital firms, Favonius Ventures (“Favonius”) and Kennet Venture Partners Ltd (“Kennet”) have joined forces to invest £6m ($11m) in Fluency Voice Technology Ltd (“Fluency”)

29 Mar 2004

Kennet Venture Partners hires new Finance Director

Kennet Venture Partners Limited, (“Kennet”), the European technology venture capital firm, announces today that it has appointed Manish Mittal as Finance Director.

19 Feb 2004

 

Kennet Venture Partners invests £3 million in contact centre software company

Venture capital firm, Kennet Venture Partners Limited, has completed its first round of funding of £3 million in Exony Limited, a UK-based software company that designs integration and reporting products for use in complex contact centres.

25 Mar 2003

Kennet-backed company Monis Software, acquired by SunGard

Monis Software, a financial analytics software business backed by Kennet Venture Partners, has been acquired by SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, an operating group of SunGard (NYSE:SDS). Kennet invested $2.7m in Monis in 1998 and was the company’s primary financial backer.

27 Aug 2002

 

Kennet Venture Partners participates in third-round funding for Volantis Systems

Investment confirms market leadership, supports further growth & prepares for the “multi-touchpoint” customer

24 Jul 2002

Clearswift confirms the acquisition of Content to become the world no.1

Enlarged Clearswift is world’s top email and web content security firm

06 Mar 2002

 

Investment syndicate funds acquisition of Content Technologies from Baltimore

Investment syndicate funds acquisition of Content Technologies from Baltimore - Combined company will be clear leader in content security market

24 Jan 2002

Cascadeworks closes $8 Million in second round funding

Momentum with Global 200 Customers and Strategic Alliances Attracts Strategic Investment by Kennet Capital Limited - Broadview’s early stage venture affiliate, NEA

29 Nov 2001

 

CONSUL Risk Management secures an €11 million investment

CONSUL Risk Management secures new investment from Softbank Europe Ventures

24 Sep 2001

Softbank UK Ventures and Kennet Capital invest $9 million in Volantis

Ventures and Kennet Capital invest $9 million in Volantis

28 Mar 2001

 

Kennet Capital backs Finland’s VDSL Systems

Kennet Capital (“Kennet”), a venture capital fund focused on European technology, internet and telecoms companies, announced today that it has invested in Finnish technology company VDSL Systems Oy (“VDSL Systems”), which develops VDSL (Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line) broadband communications equipment.

06 Jul 2000

Kennet Capital portfolio company, Altitun, acquired by ADC Telecommunications for $872 million

Altitun AB, a Swedish optical components company backed by Kennet Capital, the venture capital fund focused on the European Technology sector, has been acquired by US company, ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADCT) for approximately US$872 million.

19 May 2000

 

Kennet portfolio company, No Wires Needed B.V. to be acquired by Intersil

ntersil Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL - news), a leader in the rapidly growing integrated communications market, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bilthoven, Netherlands-based No Wires Needed B.V. for Intersil common stock.

28 Apr 2000

Kennet Capital portfolio company, Paragon Software Ltd sold to Phone.Com for $500 million

In a landmark transaction, it was announced today that Paragon Software Ltd, a company backed in 1998 by Kennet Capital, the venture capital fund focused on European technology companies, was sold to Phone.com (Nasdaq:PHCM) for approximately $500 million.

08 Feb 2000

   
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