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College News
16 July 2004
Investment success for Surrey Enterprise Hub company
Imagineer Ltd, one of the Surrey Enterprise Hub companies, has successfully raised target investment, strengthening its position in the film and video post-production market.
The investment, which will partly come from London Seed Capital, was secured following a networking event hosted by Royal Holloway, University of London and organised by The Alchemists Network.
Imagineer Ltd will use the capital to expand its sales and marketing team and to launch a second product. Established in 2001, Imagineer develop innovative tools for film and video professionals, producing software to compete in a growing international market worth $25 billion.
The Surrey Enterprise Hub, of which Imagineer is a member, provides the advice, services and mentoring to young businesses to help them grow successfully. The Hub's founder partners, Royal Holloway, University of London, the University of Surrey and Leatherhead Food International are committed to working in partnership with local companies, such as Imagineer, to promote economic growth in Surrey.
Imagineer's expansion is
testament to the success of the Surrey Enterprise Hub and the collaboration
of universities and new businesses. For more information on Imagineer
visit www.imagineersystems.com/
To find out more about the Surrey Enterprise Hub visit www.surreyhub.co.uk/
ENDS
For further information contact Royal Holloway, University of London, Press Office:
Vicky Cousins, Assistant
Press & Communications Officer
01784 414480, victoria.cousins@rhul.ac.uk
Christine Long, Press &
PR Officer
01784 443967, christine.long@rhul.ac.uk
Editor's Notes
Surrey Enterprise Hub
The Surrey Enterprise Hub is one of a network of 20 Enterprise Hubs
targeted by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) (www.seeda.co.uk)
aimed at accelerating the growth of new ambitious technology and knowledge
based business across the region. The Surrey Enterprise Hub's key technology
sector interests cover Digital Technology, Information Security, New
Media and Creative Industries, Bioscience, Food Technology. These reflect
the world class reputations of three of its founder partners: Royal
Holloway, University of London, www.rhul.ac.uk;
the University of Surrey, www.surrey.ac.uk;
and Leatherhead Food International www.leatherheadfood.com
The Alchemists Network
The Alchemists are a selected group of individuals who are invited to
participate in a unique club that seeks to stimulate the growth of early
stage enterprises. In partnership with Universities and Enterprise Hubs,
the Alchemists gain access to exclusive opportunities to mentor and/or
invest in enterprises with leading edge technology. Visit www.financesoutheast.com
for further information.
Research & Enterprise,
Royal Holloway, University of London
One of the Surrey Enterprise Hub partners, Royal Holloway works to encourage
and promote research and enterprise activities through collaboration
with regional businesses. The Research & Enterprise department promotes
College research expertise by assisting academics to establish contract
research and consultancy opportunities as well as setting up training
courses for external organisations. Visit www.rhul.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/
for further information.
Imagineer Systems Ltd
Imagineer Systems Ltd focuses on research, development and marketing
of productivity enhancing visual effects solutions for film, video and
broadcast post production. We are helping our customers to reduce cost
and shorten post production cycles by bringing unique software solutions
based on image processing and computer vision technology to this market.
For more information visit www.imagineersystems.com.
For press information contact: Sadie Paris, Bubble & Squeak. Telephone:
+44 (0) 20 7636 0781 Email: sadie@bubblesqueak.co.uk
