Onside Issue 3 - Summer 2015 - 34

ONSIDE / AWARDS

AWARDS FOR ACCELERIS
Acceleris has a growing reputation for
investment success, which was highlighted
at a recent award dinner hosted by the
Enterprise Investment Scheme Association
(EISA).

Acceleris Capital received three awards at the EISA
Chairman's Reception, in the House of Lords in February
2015. Acceleris won Best SEIS Fund Sponsor 2014 for
it's string of successful SEIS fundraisings and for ongoing
engagement with investors and companies, which has
created over 500 jobs across the North West.
The second commendation was for best EIS Investment Exit, And finally, Acceleris Capital's Corporate Finance Executive,
relating to the Acceleris exit of Metronet-UK.
Simon Thorn (pictured above, right) took home the award
for Best Rising Star of EIS for 2014.
Acceleris co-founded Metronet from a start up, providing
funds to acquire the infrastructure required to commence Simon is active in the EIS industry, being one of the first
trading. Metronet quickly expanded to dominate the in the country to complete the EIS Diploma, sitting on
wireless lease line sector in Manchester and continued to numerous panels to discuss the benefits of EIS investing and
expand it's service in Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham. supporting the North West EISA technical seminar for the
Upon exit Acceleris investors received an average 9x return previous 4 years.
on their investment.
Founder and Chief Executive of Acceleris Capital, Norman
Molyneux comments: "To be voted for by an independent
judging panel makes the award very special and the
appreciation of our peers in the EISA is very humbling. The
success reflects not only the busy and rewarding year we had
in 2014, but the hard work we have invested over the past
15 years in supporting Britain's young entrepreneurs. We
believe that the ongoing support of Britain's entrepreneurs is
key for the UK. Science and technology is a very strong area
for rapid growth and job creation across the country; Redx
Pharma, ADC Biotechnology and EveryCloud Computing
are examples of recent Acceleris portfolio companies who
are displaying rapid success from initial seed funding and
we hope for further success in the coming year."

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