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Richard Williamson

IP Group - Novo Holdings invests in Oxford Nanopore

IP Group’s largest life sciences holding at end-2023, Oxford Nanopore (ONT), which developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology, announced earlier today that it has successfully completed an issue of 66.7m ordinary shares (c 7.6% of its issued capital), raising £80m of gross proceeds (upsized from the initial £75m as the issue was multiple times oversubscribed). This includes a £50m strategic investment by Novo Holdings (the controlling shareholder of Novo Nordisk and Novozymes), with the remaining proceeds coming from institutional investors. As per the announcement, Novo Holdings currently intends (subject to availability and price, among others) to purchase another £10m worth of ONT shares over time in the market.
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IP Group

IP Group is focused on identifying intellectual property (IP), nurturing and building businesses around such IP and then providing capital and support along the journey from cradle to maturity. As of Dec 31 2016, Co.'s portfolio comprised holdings in 90 companies across the four sectors in which Co. operated: IP Healthcare; IP Tech; IP Cleantech; and IP Biotech. Co. is organized into three operating segments: the commercialization of IP via the formation of long-term partner relationships with universities; the management of venture funds focusing on early-stage U.K. technology companies; and the in-licensing of druggable intellectual property from research institutions.

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