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RNS Number : 0110B  Sure Ventures PLC  20 August 2024

Sure Ventures PLC

 

Q2 2024 NAV Calculation and portfolio update

 

 

Sure Ventures is a London listed venture capital fund which invests in
early-stage software companies in the rapidly growing technology areas of
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality ('AR'), Virtual Reality ('VR')
and the Internet of Things ('IoT'). We are pleased to provide an update on the
Company's investment portfolio.

SURE VALLEY VENTURES FUND (ICAV)

Sure Ventures made a €7million commitment to Sure Valley Ventures Fund
('Sure Valley') representing an interest in Sure Valley of approximately
25.9%. This commitment was made at a price of €1.00 per share. The current
NAV of the Sure Valley Ventures ICAV as of Q2 2024 is €2.02 which is an
85% increase from its NAV as at Q1 2024 and the fund is fully invested.

SURE VALLEY VENTURES ENTERPRISE CAPITAL FUND (ECF)

Sure Ventures PLC has a £5m commitment and owns approximately 5.8% of the
overall fund. This commitment is at an early stage of deployment, with only
19% of this commitment made so far. The current NAV stands at £0.67172 with a
portfolio of 5 investments at quarter end.

Sure Valley Ventures Fund (ICAV)

Landvault

Infinite Reality agreed to acquire Landvault for US$450 million in an
all-share transaction as announced on the 10(th) of July 2024. SVV1 has a 7%
shareholding in Landvault and Sure Ventures PLC owns 25.9% of Sure Valley
Ventures (ICAV). The purchase consideration for Landvault would comprise new
shares in infinite reality and it is expected that this company will be
seeking a listing on Nasdaq in Q3 2024 through a combination with its SPAC
partner, Newbury Street Acquisition Corp.

Based on the figures set out above, this disposal has the potential to
generate proceeds for Sure Ventures PLC of circa US$ 8.3 million depending on
the value of Infinite Reality shares, a circa 470% uplift on SVV1's  carrying
value of Landvault as at end of March 2024.

Getvisibility

As previously announced, Getvisibility has developed an AI-powered platform
for data discovery, classification, security and governance. The technology is
underpinned by Artificial Intelligence models (AI) and the strength of the
technology forged a partnership with Forcepoint back in 2022, to launch a
joint product powered by the Getvisibility platform.

Forcepoint is a global leading American multinational software
company, headquartered in Austin Texas, that develops security software
& data protection, cloud access security, firewall and cross-domain
solutions. Forcepoint has revenues in excess of US $680m, has 2,000 plus
employees and is owned by Francisco Partners (US $41.9bn AUM).

Virtex

Virtex Stadium is an application that enables Esports organisers to host their
existing formats on

a 3D entertainment platform, offering millions of viewers a completely new
viewing experience.

Users will be able to download the application from the main PC VR app stores,
Oculus and Steam and use it with their VR headset of choice (e.g Oculus Quest
2, Valve Index).

 

Later on, the company will provide a 2D version of the application as well as
port to PSVR and mobile/Oculus Quest.  Virtex closed an additional funding
round in March 2024 which was done at a pre money valuation that created a
significant unrealised gain on the SVV investment.

 

WIATechnologies

WIA https://www.wia.io/ is an Internet of Things (IoT) company with a
ground-breaking cloud

platform https://www.wia.io/product, enabling developers to turn any type of
sensor device into a

secure, smart and useful application in a matter of minutes

WIA's end-to-end platform provides full device and application management,
security, data capture and storage, analysis, control, as well as the seamless
integration of enterprise systems. Wia has successfully agreed and extension
of multi-million euro major energy monitoring project from 14 countries to 32
countries across the globe

 

Sure Valley Ventures Enterprise Capital Fund (ECF)

Th fund is now in active deployment stage and has invested in 5 companies to
date and a short summary for each has been listed below:

RETinize

RETinize is developing an innovative software product called Animotive, that
is harnessing the latest VR technologies to transform the 3D animation
production process. The team have spent 30 years in the global film and TV
industry, creating and producing hit sows for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, ABC and
CBS, amongst others.

JAID

Jaid is an AI-powered platform that extracts critical data from diverse
company and customer communications. It organizes the data into meaningful,
actionable insights and seamlessly integrates into existing workflows. JAID
are working with major Banks, Wealth Managers, fund administrators and
clearing banks on a Global basis.

Captur AI

Captur has made significant progress on new business and product features in
the last quarter. They have launched their real-time camera SDK into
production, which is now being used by tens of thousands of users per month.
They have continued to grow their market lead in mobility with plans to launch
with new clients in the US and AUS markets in H1'24. They are also expanding
into delivery and logistics and are in late stage negotiations with a Fortune
100 retailer in the US.

Ittybit Ltd

Ittybit offers an advanced developer tool that optimizes media file management
for

enterprises by leveraging a proprietary ML-based compression algorithm. As
video content

has surged to comprise 82% of consumer IP traffic, traditional hosting tools
have lagged,

leading to high costs and inefficiencies in media storage, which has increased
fivefold to over

5 zettabytes in the past five years. Ittybit addresses this by enabling
developers to upload,

store, extract rich data, convert, compress, and deliver media files
efficiently, reducing

bandwidth usage by up to 90%.

Vortex IQ Ltd

E-commerce merchants face significant challenges in optimising their online
store

performance. Traditional analytics and BI tools offer historical data without
actionable steps,

leaving merchants guessing on improvements. Vortex IQ transforms this
landscape. Their

proprietary AI workflows identify and analyze data, offering clear insights
and

recommendations. Through their low-code/no-code interfaces, they streamline

implementation, eliminating guesswork and saving up to 40% in time and
operational costs.

 

SURE Ventures PLC  NAV Calculation

We are pleased to report that, due to the sale of Landvault and the uplift in
Virtex, there was a quarterly increase of 85% in the Sure Valley Ventures Fund
(ICAV) NAV value. When represented in the SV PLC NAV calculation the quarterly
NAV for Q2 2024 (April-June) stands at 148p, which represents at 79.32% uplift
from Q1 2024.

 

Director Comments

" The board of Sure Ventures are delighted with the AIFM performance for Q2
2024 and believe that this should serve as a reminder to shareholders and
potential investors the scale of the opportunity the portfolio offers. The
Landvault sale has had a dramatic impact on our NAV, but there are several
others that have the potential to be sold at major multiples of our invested
amount, especially from the ICAV, which has a more mature and developed
portfolio of investee companies.

The British Business Bank backed Enterprise Capital Fund has invested and will
continue to invest into the exciting and fast-moving Artificial Intelligence
(AI) software arena and we look forward to further portfolio additions as the
team continue to deploy capital.

It is pleasing to announce a 79% uplift to the NAV and we look forward to
keeping investors up to date in what is an interesting period of both
potential exits in Fund 1 and exciting deployment in Fund 2."

 

For further information, please visit www.sureventuresplc.com or contact:

Gareth Burchell

Sure Ventures plc

+44 (0) 20 7186 9918

 

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