Funding associated with investigation or inquiry that may lead to the creation or use of Intellectual Property

Funding associated with the creation of new, breakthrough or disruptive science or technology

Funding that requires collaboration between industrial and academic partners

Funding or support to prove the market value, function or application of a product or service idea

Funding or support related to the design and manufacture of a prototype product or system

Funding or support related to the design processes associated with the product development cycle

Funding or support related to manufacture, supply chain, or design for manufacture , or reducing costs

Funding or support related to the design and development processes, related to product commercialisation

Funding or support associated with "selling" a product or service, or increasing revenues

Funding or support associated with the early stages of company formation and growth

Funding or support associated with skills, training or employee development

Funding or support to assist companies to globalise or internationalise their products or services

Clarendon Fund Managers Limited

 

The £10m Viridian Growth Fund is funded by corporate and institutional investors, the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment, and the European Investment Bank (with support under the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation), to provide investment to SME's in Northern Ireland.
To progress an application to the Fund will initially require a brief business plan setting out details of the business, its growth plans, and financing requirements.

To fully progress an enquiry for funding from the Viridian Growth Fund a full business plan is required clearly setting out the business, its growth plans, and financing requirements.

Similarly a business plan will be required for an enquiry to the Nitech Growth Fund, as well as a completed application form (link).
Clarendon are happy to meet up with individuals and companies to discuss our investment ethos and approach, in advance of receiving a full business plan, however it is always helpful to at least have a short executive summary for background in advance of any meeting

Clarendon Fund Managers Limited is venture capital fund manager based in Belfast, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Clarendon has £13.5 million of funds under management, with an investment focus on innovative SMEs based in Northern Ireland.

Claredon is the appointed Fund Manager for the Viridian Growth Fund LP, which was established in August 2001, and it also manages the Nitech Growth Fund LP, which was established in February 2003.
Clarendon have invested £11.5 million in 25 companies from the two Funds under management across a wide range of sectors including ICT (CRM, ERP, Data Quality), medical devices, biotechnology, communications, food industry, waste management, renewable energy and computer gaming.

Venture capital and private equity firms make investments on a case by case basis, please contact the company directly for more information.

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