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Molten Ventures PLC

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Molten Ventures PLC

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  • Price (GBX)318.74
  • Today's Change-8.76 / -2.68%
  • Shares traded95.07k
  • 1 Year change+22.87%
  • Beta1.4756
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About the company

Molten Ventures plc is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm investing in and developing disruptive, high-growth technology companies. The Company invests across the United Kingdom and Europe in private high-growth technology companies. The Company invests in various sectors, such as consumer technology, enterprise technology, hardware and deep tech, and digital health and wellness. Its core portfolio companies include Aircall, CoachHub, Aiven, Endomag, FintechOS, Form3, ICEYE, Graphcore, Isar Aerospace, HiveMQ, Ledger, M-Files, Revolut, PrimaryBid, RavenPack, Schuttflix, and Thought Machine, among others. It also operates a fund of funds program to invest in seed and early-stage European tech companies. The Company's subsidiaries include Esprit Capital Partners LLP, Molten Ventures (Nominee) Limited, Elderstreet Holdings Limited, Molten Ventures (Ireland) Limited, Grow Trustees Limited, Molten Ventures Advisors Ltd, Molten Ventures Holdings Limited, and others.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)2.70m
  • Net income in GBP-5.90m
  • Incorporated2015
  • Employees55.00
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Profile

Management group(s)Elderstreet Investments Limited
AIC sectorGrowth Capital
ISINGB00BY7QYJ50
Launch date15 Jun 2016
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyGBP

Objective

To generate capital growth for Shareholders by the creation, funding, incubation and development of high growth technology businesses. The Group intends to meet its investment objective by: (i) providing early-stage businesses with initial smaller rounds of seed and series A primary investments, co-investments and commitments to third-party seed funds; (ii) making larger series B+ and later series C+ primary investments and coinvestments for scaling technology companies; and (iii) undertaking secondary transactions.

Managed by

Alan George Duncan, Bindi Karia, David Cummings, Michael Jackson

Management & contract fees

The advisor to receive an annual fee of 2.0% of the NAV.

Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired companyDeal statusDateDate /
Deal status
GROW:LSE since
announced
Transaction
value
Forward Partners Group PLCDeal completed27 Nov 202327 Nov 2023Deal completed14.00%52.18m
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Peer analysis

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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC72.15m63.76m588.54m0.009.900.8129--8.160.70220.70220.80098.550.082--30.82--7.241.547.911.6191.5671.5388.3761.30----0.158149.73309.91--247.44----23.36
Henderson Smaller Companies Inv Trst PLC100.37m93.35m599.54m0.006.450.8035--5.971.251.251.3410.030.1231--62.99--11.452.8612.263.0593.6481.0593.0078.87----0.123775.61197.57--185.41----3.26
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Molten Ventures PLC2.70m-5.90m613.80m55.00--0.5139--227.33-0.0585-0.05850.01316.370.0021--0.701349,090.91-0.45365.83-0.45645.88-----218.5276.02---2.370.09120.0078.01--83.32------
Brunner Investment Trust Plc109.30m103.52m616.91m0.005.961.04--5.642.422.422.5613.860.1918------18.168.6518.168.8496.4193.4694.7189.72----0.040721.03424.9526.961,021.62----4.58
Syncona Ltd5.65m-17.55m630.88m0.00--0.5567--111.64-0.0294-0.02940.00861.790.0048--0.7574---1.49-2.82-1.49-2.85-----310.53------0.00--177.28-41.24106.76-60.84----
GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd36.08m15.07m633.50m0.0042.220.6783--17.560.01730.01730.04131.080.0331--226.18--1.385.301.575.3776.5088.2241.7877.43--2.570.0919109.08-67.17-9.98-77.98-15.89---1.63
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc133.64m125.78m633.96m0.005.070.8236--4.742.662.662.8016.340.1657--37.91--15.602.2815.802.3294.8073.7594.1270.80----0.093887.5880.87--76.76----6.13
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd79.32m57.93m637.92m0.0011.650.7371--8.040.37330.37330.50835.900.0867------6.337.416.437.5276.9178.0373.0373.40--121.910.0025.951,865.2458.56585.43----4.94
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc-75.55m-87.03m638.29m0.00--1.07-----0.2232-0.2232-0.19531.61-0.0985-------11.34-4.46-13.11-4.84------------0.00--67.93--66.33------
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Ltd99.86m80.30m640.19m0.008.010.6958--6.410.10440.10440.12961.200.1008--6.29--8.11--8.94--91.60--80.41----9.470.1462--27.95---1.09------
Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd125.47m110.40m643.77m0.006.100.9426--5.130.44730.44730.50722.900.1742--24.39--15.336.3816.376.8090.4485.8987.9980.38----0.051560.99906.7730.97526.0636.09--3.51
European Smaller Companies Trust PLC97.52m84.90m655.31m0.007.840.8278--6.720.21230.21230.24382.010.1124--13.08--9.799.3111.0510.4489.3688.4487.0685.51----0.101522.11-19.59---18.67----11.78
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Data as of Nov 22 2024. Currency figures normalised to Molten Ventures PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

57.83%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 30 Oct 202419.11m10.25%
Baillie Gifford & Co.as of 31 Mar 202417.30m9.28%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Internationalas of 01 Nov 202414.01m7.51%
National Treasury Management Agency (Invt Mgmt)as of 31 Mar 202414.00m7.51%
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd.as of 31 Mar 20248.71m4.67%
Liontrust Investment Partners LLPas of 31 Mar 20248.39m4.50%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Ltd.as of 31 Mar 20247.62m4.08%
T. Rowe Price International Ltd.as of 31 Mar 20247.16m3.84%
Schroder & Co Bank AG (Private Banking)as of 31 Mar 20246.03m3.23%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 13 Mar 20245.52m2.96%
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