IP Group plc is a
British
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-based Intellectual property business investing in technology companies, based in
London
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, England. It is listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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and is a constituent of the
FTSE 250 Index
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.
History
The business was founded in 2001 and floated on the
Alternative Investment Market
AIM (formerly the Alternative Investment Market) is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange that was launched on 19 June 1995 as a replacement to the previous Unlisted Securities Market (USM) that had been in operation since 1980. It allows ...
in 2003 before achieving a full listing in 2006: it raised an additional £55m in June 2011. It acquired Fusion IP Group on 20 March 2014.
Operations
The company specialises in the commercialisation of university intellectual property rights.
Calm returns to IP
Investors Chronicle, 6 September 2010
References
External links
Official site
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British companies established in 2001
Business services companies established in 2001
Companies based in the City of London
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Innovation in the United Kingdom