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• Penningtons Manches Cooper advises Oxford-based agtech start-up on its £6.3 million funding round
  Posted: 29/08/2019
  Penningtons Manches Cooper’s corporate team has acted for Oxford-based agtech start-up MoA Technology on its £6.3 million Series A funding round......>>
• Penningtons Manches Cooper advises on sale of ClickIQ to leading global job site
  Posted: 14/08/2019
  Penningtons Manches Cooper's corporate team has advised the shareholders of ClickIQ on its acquisition by Indeed, the world’s the world’s largest job site......>>
• Penningtons Manches Cooper advises electrospinning medtech company on Series A funding
  Posted: 12/08/2019
  Penningtons Manches Cooper has acted for the Electrospinning Company on its £1.5 million Series A fund raising led by London-based venture capital firm Downing Ventures, alongside VC firm MidVen, Newable Private Investing and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)......>>
• Penningtons Manches Cooper advises Oxford University spin-out on equity funding round
  Posted: 12/08/2019
  Penningtons Manches Cooper has acted for Zegami, the augmented intelligence company, on its recent £1.25 million equity fundraise led by RT Capital Management and the Oxford Technology and Innovations EIS Fund, with existing investors Oxford Sciences Innovation and Oxford University Innovation also contributing......>>
• Digital piano manufacturer sanctioned to the tune of £3.7 million for not playing by the rules
  Posted: 05/08/2019
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Casio Electronic £3.7 million for breaking competition law by preventing downstream retailers from setting their own online prices for Casio products......>>

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Publications

E-Bulletins

• Technology update - September 2015
  In this issue: The EU single market is not, in its present state, fit to deal with a society that is increasingly doing its business online.

• Technology update - June 2015
  In this issue: As the market for wearable technology is set to double in size in the next year, Max Windich explains some of the pioneering applications for this technology.

• Technology update - February 2015
  In this issue: With M&A activity finally back at pre-crisis levels, this update sets out some key differences between the approach of US buyers and that of their UK counterparts.

• Technology update - December 2014
  In this issue: Understanding the application of technological developments to your business is often about staying ahead. In the first edition of our technology update, we explain the impact of law and regulation on businesses.

Brochures & factsheets

• Academic spinouts - a report on the funding of UK spinouts 2016-2017
  This report from Penningtons Manches builds on work begun in Financing Growth in Innovative Firms, the consultation published as part of the Patient Capital Review. That report identified growing levels of investment into spinouts in the UK in the context of a perceived dearth of capital available on patient terms.
• From the Golden Gate to the Golden Triangle - a report on US investment into UK companies
  There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in the technology industry and its impressive pace of change. Whether you’re in Cambridge or California, innovation clusters across the globe are nurturing ground-breaking technologies and creating world-leading businesses.
• From the Golden Gate to the Golden Triangle - executive summary
  The UK could be entering a golden age of Silicon Valley investment. We’re seeing more deals involving West Coast investors and UK companies than ever before, as investors and acquirers in the us look further afield to find the next billion dollar companies and, in doing so, spread their risk profile.
• Golden Triangle: Golden Opportunities - a report on overseas investment into UK tech
  Investment from European funds into the UK’s thriving tech ecosystem reached a record high of £1.89bn in 2018 (up from just £1.66bn in 2017).
• Technology fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches’ technology team: our multi-disciplinary team is a key adviser in the technology sector, assisting corporates based in the UK and overseas.

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