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Albion Technology & General VCT PLC
Interim Management Statement
LEI code: 213800TKJUY376H3KN16
Introduction
I present Albion Technology & General VCT PLC (the “Company”)’s interim
management statement for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025.
Performance
The Company’s unaudited net asset value (“NAV”) as at 31 March 2025 was
£274.8 million or 73.51 pence per share (excluding treasury shares), an
increase of 0.47 pence per share (0.6%) since 31 December 2024.
Fundraising
A prospectus Top Up Offer of new ordinary shares opened to applications on 6
January 2025. The Board announced on 31 March 2025 that it had reached its
£30 million limit (inclusive of the Company’s £10 million over-allotment
facility) under its offer for subscription.
During the period, the Company issued the following shares under the Albion
VCTs Top Up Offers 2024/2025:
Date Number of shares issued Issue price per share Net consideration received £’000
21 March 2025 29,774,402 74.54 to 75.30 pence 21,748
Portfolio
The following investments have been made during the period:
New investments £’000 Activity
Latent Technology Group 1,722 Reinforcement Learning based Animation
Innerworks Technology 350 Adaptive security
Scripta Therapeutics 274 AI-enabled drug discovery
OtoImmune 172 Detection and treatment of autoimmune diseases
Pastel Health 97 Digital-first provider of multi-specialty care
Formicor Pharmaceuticals 55 Drug reformulation
Total new investments 2,670
Further investments £’000 Activity
Mondra Global 1,273 Food supply chain emissions modelling
TransFICC 1,097 A provider of a connectivity solution, connecting financial institutions with trading venues via a single Application Programming Interface (“API”)
Runa Network 90 Cloud platform and infrastructure that enables corporates to issue digital incentives and payouts
NuvoAir Holdings 71 Digital therapeutics and decentralised clinical trials for respiratory conditions
uMedeor (T/A uMed) 59 A middleware technology platform that enables life science organisations to conduct medical research programmes
Total further investments 2,590
Top ten holdings as at 31 March 2025:
Investment Carrying value £’000 % of net asset value Activity
Quantexa 51,401 18.7% Network analytics platform to detect financial crime
Proveca 18,414 6.7% Reformulation of medicines for children
Gravitee Topco (T/A Gravitee.io) 9,259 3.4% API management platform
Oviva 8,814 3.2% A technology enabled service business in medical nutritional therapy (“MNT”)
Convertr Media 5,966 2.2% Digital lead generation software
The Evewell Group 5,815 2.1% Operator and developer of women’s health centres focusing on fertility
TransFICC 5,719 2.1% A provider of a connectivity solution, connecting financial institutions with trading venues via a single API
Chonais River Hydro 5,606 2.0% Owner and operator of a 2 MW hydro-power scheme in the Scottish Highlands
Runa Network 5,420 2.0% Cloud platform and infrastructure that enables corporates to issue digital incentives and payouts
Radnor House School (TopCo) 4,968 1.8% Independent school for children aged 2-18
A full breakdown of the Company’s portfolio can be found on the Company’s
webpage on the Manager’s website at www.albion.capital/vct-funds/AATG.
Share buy-backs
During the period, the Company did not buy back any shares as the Company was
in a close period until 23 April 2025.
It remains the Board’s policy to buy back shares in the market, subject to
the overall constraint that such purchases are in the Company’s interest,
including the maintenance of sufficient resources for investment in existing
and new portfolio companies and the continued payment of dividends to
shareholders.
It is the Board’s intention for buy-backs to be at around a 5% discount to
net asset value, so far as market conditions and liquidity permit.
Material events and transactions after the period end
After the period end, the Company issued the following new Ordinary shares of
nominal value 1 penny per share under the Albion VCTs Prospectus Top Up Offers
2024/2025:
Date Number of shares issued Issue price per share Net consideration received £’000
4 April 2025 10,100,775 75.30 pence 7,378
There have been no other material events or transactions after the period end
to the date of this announcement.
Further information
Further information regarding historic and current financial performance and
other useful shareholder information can be found on the Company’s webpage
on the Manager’s website at www.albion.capital/vct-funds/AATG.
Clive Richardson, Chairman
17 June 2025
For further information please contact:
Vikash Hansrani
Operations Partner
Albion Capital Group LLP - Tel: 020 7601 1850