Company Announcements

Notification of Home Member State

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2718G
Draper Esprit PLC
23 July 2021
 

 

                                                                                                                        23rd July 2021

 

 

LEI: 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10

 

Draper Esprit plc

Notification of Home Member State

Following admission to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and the secondary listing segment of the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange plc, trading as Euronext Dublin ("Euronext Dublin"), and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities and the regulated market of Euronext Dublin, Draper Esprit plc today confirms it has elected Ireland as its Home Member State for the purposes of the EU Transparency Directive.

Enquiries:

Draper Esprit plc

Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer)

Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)

 

+44 (0)20 7931 8800

Numis Securities

Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker

Simon Willis

Richard Thomas

Jamie Loughborough

 

+44 (0)20 7260 1000

Goodbody Stockbrokers

Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker, Euronext Dublin Sponsor

Don Harrington

Charlotte Craigie

Linda Clarke

 

+44 (0)20 3841 6202

Powerscourt

Public relations

Elly Williamson

Jane Glover

+44 (0)7970 246 725 /

+44 (0)7713 246 126

 

About Draper Esprit

 

Draper Esprit is one of the most active venture capital firms in Europe, investing in disruptive, high growth technology companies. We believe the best entrepreneurs in Europe are capable of building the global businesses of the future. We fuel their growth with long-term capital, access to international networks and decades of experience building businesses.

 

Currently, Draper Esprit is a shareholder in a diverse portfolio of 71 companies with 17 of those part of our core portfolio which accounts for over 60% of our holdings. Our core companies include UiPath, Aircall, Graphcore and Revolut. We invest across four sectors: Consumer Technology, Enterprise Technology, Hardware and Deeptech, and Digital Health and Wellness, with highly experienced partners constantly looking for new opportunities in each. We look for high-growth companies operating in new markets, with a serious potential for global expansion,  strong IP, powerful technology, and management teams to deliver success. We also look for businesses with the potential to generate strong margins to ensure rapid, sustainable growth in substantial addressable markets.

 

Draper Esprit provides an opportunity for public market investors to access these fast-growing tech businesses, without having to commit to long term investments with limited liquidity. Since IPO to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc in June 2016, we have deployed circa £550m+ capital into fast growing tech companies and have realised over £300m. In June 2021, we raised gross proceeds of circa £111m to help us capitalise on the transition to a digital future in a European VC market which is expanding rapidly but is still less than one quarter of the combined size of the US and European market by value.

 

For more information, go to https://draperesprit.com

 

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