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RNS Number : 9922I  Seed Innovations Limited  26 November 2025

Seed Innovations Ltd / AIM: SEED / Sector: Closed End Investments

26 November 2025

SEED Innovations Limited

("SEED" or the "Company")

 

Board Appointments

 

Positioning SEED for Growth in Humanoid Robotics & AI

 

SEED Innovations Limited, the AIM-quoted investment company, is pleased to
announce, further to its announcement of 18 July 2025 and Shareholders'
approval of the Company's new investing policy, a series of board appointments
as the Company enters the next phase of its strategic evolution focused on
giving investors access to high-growth robotics and AI ventures that are
typically beyond the reach of everyday investors.

 

Jim Mellon has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman, while Denham Eke and Sir
James Bucknall have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors with immediate
effect. Luke Cairns, Interim Chair, reverts to his previous role as a
Non-Executive Director.

 

Jim Mellon, a highly respected investor and entrepreneur, has a distinguished
track record across biotechnology, clean food, property, banking, mining, and
hospitality. A graduate in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford
University, Jim began his career in fund management with GT and Thornton in
Asia and the U.S. before co-founding Regent Pacific Group Limited, listed on
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where he remains Executive Chair. Through his
family office, Burnbrae Group Limited, he focuses on disruptive technologies
and holds leadership roles in Agronomics, Juvenescence, Bradda Head, and Manx
Financial Group. He is also a published author and founder of the Mellon
Longevity Centre at Oxford University.

 

Denham Eke is Managing Director of Burnbrae Group Limited, a private
international asset management firm. He began his career in stockbroking at
Sheppards & Chase before moving into corporate planning at Hogg Robinson
plc, a global insurance broker. Denham brings decades of board-level
experience across listed and private companies operating in financial
services, property, mining, life sciences, biotech, clean food, and
manufacturing.

 

Sir James Bucknall, a former Lieutenant General in the British Army, brings
more than three decades of high-level leadership and strategic experience. He
served as Commander of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander
of Coalition Forces Afghanistan. Following his military career, he became CEO
of Weybourne Ltd, the family office of Sir James Dyson, overseeing a
multibillion-pound portfolio spanning financial investments, agriculture, and
real estate.

 

 

Jim Mellon, Non-Executive Chairman of SEED Innovations, commented: "I'm
delighted to lead SEED as we embark on an exciting new chapter focused on the
transformative potential of humanoid robotics and AI. These fast-evolving
sectors are set to redefine global industries, from healthcare and
manufacturing to finance and logistics, and represent one of the most
significant technological shifts of our time. With a strengthened board, SEED
is now firmly positioned to identify, invest in, and support the innovators
shaping this revolution while creating meaningful long-term value for
shareholders."

 

Regulatory Disclosures:

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g)
of the AIM Rules for Companies:

 

James ("Jim") Mellon, aged 68, holds or has previously held the following
directorships:

 

 Current directorships and/or partnerships  Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years)
 Acruity Limited                            Binary Group Ltd

 Agronomics Investment Holdings Limited     Binary Investments (Europe) Limited

 Agronomics Limited                         Binary Limited

 Albany Management Limited                  Biogerontology Research Foundation

 Altex Limited                              Calabrese Holdings Limited

 American Federation of Aging Research      Compedica Limited

 Big Group Limited                          Condor Gold Plc

 Bradda Head International Limited          Extreme Opportunities Limited

 Bradda Head Limited                        Fast Forward Innovations Limited

 Bradda Head Lithium Limited                Ferrum Limited

 Buck Institute for Research on Aging       Fixed-Odds Capital (Cook Islands) Ltd

 Burnbrae Germany East GmbH                 Global Glory Investment Limited

 Burnbrae Germany Limited                   Insilico Medicine Cayman Subco

 Burnbrae Germany Operations GmbH           Insilico Medicine Cayman Topco

 Burnbrae Germany West GmbH                 Insilico Medicine Hong Kong Limited

 Burnbrae Group Limited                     Insilico Medicine, Inc.

 Burnbrae Limited                           Interman (Hong Kong) Limited

 Burnbrae Mitte GmbH                        Plethora Solutions Holdings plc

 Burnbrae Sachsen GmbH                      Portage Biotech, Inc

 Calabrese Holdings Limited                 Regent Corporate Finance Limited

 Clean Air Capital Limited                  Regent Fund Management (Asia) Limited

 Clean Meat Limited                         Regent Fund Management Limited

 Clean Food Group Limited                   Regent Metals Holdings Limited

 Compedica Holdings Limited                 Shaanxi Red Dragon Resources Ltd

 Good Dog Food Limited                      Speymill Deutsche Immobilien plc

 IC Technology (UK) Limited                 Speymill Property Group (UK) Limited

 J2 Music Limited                           Wielandstrasse 5 Objekt GmbH

 Juvenescence Limited

 LyGenesis, Inc.

 Mann Bio Pathfinder Limited

 Mann Bioinvest (BVI) Limited

 Mann Bioinvest Limited

 Manx Financial Group plc

 Master Investors Podcast Limited

 MediqVentures Limited

 NAC Investment Holdings Limited

 New Agrarian Company Advisors Limited

 New Agrarian Company Limited

 Podenco Global Limited

 Powered Future Limited

 Regent Pacific Group Limited

 SABR Holdings Ltd

 SalvaRx Group Limited

 SalvaRx Group PLC

 SalvaRx Limited

 Shellbay Investments Limited

 Sleepwell Hotels (UK) Limited

 Sleepwell Hotels Limited

 The Longevity Forum Limited

 Titec (BVI) Limited

 Waterfront Limited

 Webis Holdings PLC

 Winter Limited

 Wolseley Managers Limited

 

Jim Mellon holds 41,721,908 ordinary shares in the Company (of which
22,782,115 shares are held directly and 18,939,793 via Galloway Limited, of
which Mr Mellon is beneficial owner).  In aggregate his holding represents
22.20% of the issued share capital of the Company.

 

 

Denham Hervey Newall Eke, aged 73, holds or has previously held the following
directorships:

 

 Current directorships and/or partnerships          Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years)
 Agronomics Limited

 Albany Management Limited                          Beckley Psytech Limited

 Albany SIAG Development GbR                        Condor Gold PLC

 Albany SIAG Gerwerbe 1 GbR                         Good Dog Food Limited

 Albany SIAG Gerwerbe 11 GbR                        Speymill PLC

 Albany SIAG Gerwerbe 111 Gb r                      West African Minerals Corporation

 Albany SIAG Wohnen 1 GbR

 Albany SIAG Wohnen 11 GbR

 Arundel Services Limited

 B.E. Global Services Limited

 Beacon Rise Holdings Plc

 betInternet.com (IOM) Limited

 betInternet.com NV

 Big Group PLC

 Big Save Limited

 Billing Services Group PLC

 Blue Star Business Solutions Limited

 Bradda Head Lithium Limited

 BMIP Limited

 Burnbrae Belgium Limited

 Burnbrae Events Limited

 Burnbrae Germany GmbH

 Burnbrae Group Limited

 Burnbrae Media Holdings Limited

 Burnbrae Media Investments Limited

 Burnbrae Media Services Limited

 Burnbrae Spain SL

 Burnbrae Style limited

 Burrow Head Limited

 Chester House Property Limited

 Clean Air Capital Limited

 Clean Air Capital Services Limited

 Clean Meat (UK) Limited

 Clean Sir Services Limited

 Compedica Limited

 Conister Bank Limited

 Conister Card Services Limited

 Conister Finance & Leasing Ltd

 Dundrennan Limited

 Edgewater Associates Limited

 European Wagering Services Limited

 Executive Club (IoM) Limited

 Galloway Limited

 Genseq Limited

 Horsfield Limited

 IC Technology (UK) Limited

 Indigo Securities Limited

 Juvenescence AI Limited

 Juvenescence Limited

 Juvent Holdings Limited

 Mann Bioinvest (BVI) Limited

 Mann Bioinvest Limited

 Mann Bio Pathfinder Advisors Limited

 Manx Collections Limited

 Manx Financial Group PLC

 Manx Financial Limited

 Manx Incahoot Limited

 Manx Ventures Limited

 MFX Limited

 Master Investor Limited

 Master Podcast Investors Limited

 Mediquventures Limited

 Navrona Investments Limited

 Podenca Evissa Distribution S.L.

 Podenco Global Limited

 SCI Burnbrae Paris

 Shellbay Investments Limited

 Sleepwell Aviation Limited

 Sleepwell Aviation Limited

 Sleepwell Construction Management Limited

 Sleepwell Hotels (UK) Limited, Isle of Man

 Sleepwell Hotels (UK) Limited, UK

 Sleepwell Hotels Limited

 Softline Distribution Limited

 Softline Ltd

 Softline UK Limited

 Stonehaven Properties Limited

 Technical Facilities & Services Limited

 Teviot Company Limited

 The Executive Club Limited

 Transabank Card Services Limited

 Transbank Limited

 TransSend Card Services Limited

 TransSend Holdings Limited

 TransSend Payments Limited

 Troon Properties Limited

 Watch&Wager.com Limited

 Watch&Wager.com LLC

 Webis Holdings PLC

 Wyatt Limited

 Calabrese Holdings Limited

 Siag Siebenunddzwangiste Wohnen GmbH & Co.KG

 Wolseley Managers Limited

 

Denham Eke does not hold any shares in the Company but is a director of
Galloway Limited (beneficially owned by Jim Mellon) which owns 18,939,793
ordinary shares in the Company, representing 10.08% of the issued share
capital.

 

 

Sir James Jeffrey Corfield Bucknall, aged 66, holds or has previously held the
following directorships:

 

 Current directorships and/or partnerships  Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years)
 Ellen Agro Limited                         New Beeswax Dyson Farming Limited

 Everley Partners LLP                       Weybourne Investments Nominees Limited

 Gresham's School                           Weybourne Nominees Limited

 Scott Capital Partners LLP                 Weybourne Investment Services Limited

                                            Weybourne Investments Holdings

                                            Weybourne Finance Limited

                                            Weybourne Investments Ltd

                                            Deirdre Dyson Carpets Ltd

                                            Blooming (Jersey) Limited

                                            Weybourne Corporate Trustee Limited

                                            Equinox Corporate Trustee Limited

                                            Dyson Technical Training Limited

                                            Weybourne Limited

                                            Weybourne Properties Limited

                                            Dodington Commercial Properties Limited

                                            Weybourne Management Limited

                                            Dyson Farming Limited

 

Further information on Mr Mellon and Mr Eke which is required to be disclosed
under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies ("Schedule
Two disclosures") is set out in the Appendix.

 

Otherwise there is no further information required under Schedule Two
disclosures.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR").

 

Appendix: Further disclosure under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of
the AIM Rules for Companies

 

Jim Mellon

Jim Mellon was a director of Regent Global Fund and Undervalued Assets Greater
China Fund Series III, both of which went into voluntary liquidation. These
two funds were liquidated with the consent of shareholders as the directors
recommended that, due to a decline in the size of the funds, they were
uneconomic. There were no unsatisfied creditors.

 

Bigsave Holdings plc, a company of which Jim Mellon was a director, entered
into a voluntary liquidation. There were no unsatisfied creditors.

 

On 8 April 2003, Regent Pacific Fund, a company of which Jim Mellon was a
director, entered into a voluntary liquidation. There were no unsatisfied
creditors.

 

On 9 December 2005, Undervalued Assets Fund - Series One, a company of which
Jim Mellon was a director, entered into a voluntary liquidation. There were no
unsatisfied creditors.

 

On 5 February 2008, Asian Opportunity Fund 1998 - Series I, commenced
voluntary liquidation pursuant to its Articles and Association. Jim Mellon was
a director within the 12 month periods preceding such date. There were no
unsatisfied creditors.

 

On 29 January 2014, Rivington Street Holdings plc, a company of which Jim
Mellon was a director, entered into a voluntary liquidation. The creditors
were owed approximately £4 million, of which Jim Mellon and his interests
were owed £3.8 million.

 

On 3 September 2015, Speymill plc, a company of which Jim Mellon was a
director, entered into a voluntary liquidation and was subsequently dissolved
on 6 July 2017. The combined creditors of the Speymill Group were
approximately £4.3 million, of which Jim Mellon and his interests were owed
£3.9 million.

 

There was an historic arrest warrant for Jim Mellon, issued by the Seoul South
Korea prosecutor's office on 19 December 2000 and subsequently reissued on 14
January 2004. The warrant was due to remain valid and effective until 12 March
2010. The arrest warrant pertains to an alleged involvement in a conspiracy to
manipulate the share price of Regent Securities Co., Ltd. Mr Mellon has
informed the Company that he absolutely and categorically denies that this
allegation has any substance. No evidence was produced against him and no
further proceedings have taken place with no further developments in this
matter since 2010.

 

Denham Eke

On 3 September 2015, Speymill plc, a company of which Denham Eke was a
director of at the time, entered into a voluntary liquidation and was
subsequently dissolved on 6 July 2017. Mr Eke was also a director of
subsidiary company Speymill Contracts Limited within one year of it entering
into administration on 16 December 2012 and a director of Speymill Property
Group (UK) Limited which entered into voluntary liquidation on 25 January
2016. At that time, the combined creditors of the Speymill Group were
approximately £4.3 million.

 

On 29 January 2014, Rivington Street Holdings plc, a company of which Denham
Eke was a director at the time, entered into a voluntary liquidation. The
creditors were owed approximately £4 million.

 

Mr Eke is a non-executive director and shareholder representative on the board
of All Star Leisure (Group) Limited. All Star Leisure (Group) Limited
appointed Administrators on 17 September 2019. No estimate of a creditor
shortfall is currently available and the administration remains ongoing.

 

Denham Eke was appointed a director of Roldec Systems plc on 10 April 1995.
Roldec Systems pic was declared insolvent and entered creditor's voluntary
liquidation on 31 March 1999 with a deficit to creditors. Roldec Systems pic
was dissolved on 17 April 2003

 

Mr Eke was a director at the time of Oil Barrel.com Limited being entered into
voluntary liquidation on 6 September 2017 and had been a director since 18
September 2013.  The company was subsequently dissolved on 4 August 2018.

 

Mr Eke was a director at the time of Spreadbet Magazine Limited being placed
into voluntary liquidation on 6 September 2017 and had been a director since 1
May 2014.  The company was subsequently dissolved on 4 August 2018.

 

Denham Eke was appointed to the board of Sharecrazy.com on 18 September
2013.  The company was entered into voluntary liquidation on 6 September 2017
and was subsequently dissolved on 4 August 2018.

 

ENDS

 

For further information, please visit: www.seedinnovations.co or contact:

 

 Lance de Jersey    SEED Innovations Ltd             E: info@seedinnovations.co 
 James Biddle       Beaumont Cornish Limited,        T: (0)20 7628 3396

 Roland Cornish     Nomad                             
 Isabella Pierre    Shard Capital Partners LLP       T: (0)20 7186 9927

 Damon Heath        Broker
 Ana Ribeiro        St Brides Partners Ltd,          E: seed@stbridespartners.co.uk

 Isabel de Salis    Financial PR

 

NOTES

Seed Innovations Ltd

SEED Innovations Ltd (SEED.L) is an AIM-quoted investment company focused on
providing access to high-growth robotics and AI ventures typically beyond the
reach of everyday investors. The Company also oversees a legacy portfolio in
wellness and life sciences, with a medium-term strategy to unlock its full
value. Back by an experienced team and strong cash reserves, the Company
remains agile and well-positioned to capitalise on new investment
opportunities as they arise.

 

Nominated Adviser

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish") is the Company's Nominated
Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's
responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a
responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under
the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed
solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and
will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections
afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to
the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter
referred to in it.

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