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IT Veterans in GOWI Ventures Start-up
LONDON, February 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
New business venture seeks 'glass ceiling' IT companies that need injection
of cash, fresh ideas and experience
GOWI Ventures [http://www.gowiventures.co.uk ] has assembled a team of experienced
professionals from the IT industry to develop and build UK technology businesses which
have hit their 'glass ceiling' or have just run out of steam. The business is led by
Chairman, John O'Neill [http://www.gowiventures.co.uk/eng/Leadership_Team/Article?idp4 ]
and founding director, Mike Smart
[http://www.gowiventures.co.uk/eng/Leadership_Team/Article?idp4 ], both of whom have more
than 30 years experience in the IT sector and who have both acquired and developed a
string of successful businesses for themselves.
O'Neill and Smart's experience spans three decades of working in technology businesses
and transforming the small and stagnating into something of substance and sparkle. O'Neill
comments, "Now is the time to look for and find some of the near successes of the UK
technology market, who just need a bit more focus and push to really deliver something
substantial for their investors."
O'Neill became an early stage investor in a business start-up, Gowi Group Plc, and was
instrumental in its rapid development and the acquisition of funds to grow the business,
which eventually concluded in its successful sale to stock market-listed Bond
International Software. Most recently he was a significant investor in the Cloud Computing
Centre, which was sold in 2012 for an undisclosed sum to the highly acquisitive data
centre operator, Six Degrees.
GOWI Ventures [http://www.gowiventures.co.uk ] primary business purpose is to acquire,
invest in and operate software and services companies. Typically these businesses will
have developed and are selling their own software to an established base of customers.
These businesses may be in need of additional funding or specialist business acumen to
take them on through the 'glass ceiling' to the next level.
GOWI Ventures Directors are all seasoned veterans of the technology systems
marketplace and collectively deliver significant added value and experience to the
operating businesses. GOWI Ventures will provide equity investment and intellectual
capital to organisations that could benefit from the introduction of both.
Not surprisingly, for a board of directors that has well over 100 years of practical
business experience in the running, managing, financing, programming, marketing and
selling of technology solutions, GOWI Ventures has an extensive and trusted network of
specialist advisors across all aspects of business operation from corporate finance to
specialist HR.
All of its activities are geared towards maximising the return on investment for its
equity partners.
About GOWI ventures
GOWI Ventures' primary business purpose is to acquire, invest in and operate software
& services companies. Typically these businesses will have developed and are selling their
own software to an established base of loyal customers. These businesses may be in need of
additional funding or specialist business acumen to take them on to the next level.
GOWI Ventures brings intellectual capital, as well as financial support to
organisations that could benefit from the introduction of both. Then it goes further,
working with the directors of the business to drive it onwards to the next level. Acting
as both executive counsel and hands on operating officers, GOWI Ventures team is dedicated
to driving towards building bigger, stronger and more effective businesses. For further
details, please visit http://www.gowiventures.co.uk
For more information please contact:
Samantha Turpin
itpr
Tel: +44(0)1932-578800
Email: laurens@itpr.co.uk or samanthat@itpr.co.uk
LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/company/itpr ]
Twitter [http://twitter.com/itprgroup ]
Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/itprgroup ]
GOWI Ventures
IT Veterans in GOWI Ventures Start-up
LONDON, February 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
New business venture seeks 'glass ceiling' IT companies that need injection
of cash, fresh ideas and experience
GOWI Ventures [http://www.gowiventures.co.uk ] has assembled a team of experienced
professionals from the IT industry to develop and build UK technology businesses which
have hit their 'glass ceiling' or have just run out of steam. The business is led by
Chairman, John O'Neill [http://www.gowiventures.co.uk/eng/Leadership_Team/Article?idp4 ]
and founding director, Mike Smart
[http://www.gowiventures.co.uk/eng/Leadership_Team/Article?idp4 ], both of whom have more
than 30 years experience in the IT sector and who have both acquired and developed a
string of successful businesses for themselves.
O'Neill and Smart's experience spans three decades of working in technology businesses
and transforming the small and stagnating into something of substance and sparkle. O'Neill
comments, "Now is the time to look for and find some of the near successes of the UK
technology market, who just need a bit more focus and push to really deliver something
substantial for their investors."
O'Neill became an early stage investor in a business start-up, Gowi Group Plc, and was
instrumental in its rapid development and the acquisition of funds to grow the business,
which eventually concluded in its successful sale to stock market-listed Bond
International Software. Most recently he was a significant investor in the Cloud Computing
Centre, which was sold in 2012 for an undisclosed sum to the highly acquisitive data
centre operator, Six Degrees.
GOWI Ventures [http://www.gowiventures.co.uk ] primary business purpose is to acquire,
invest in and operate software and services companies. Typically these businesses will
have developed and are selling their own software to an established base of customers.
These businesses may be in need of additional funding or specialist business acumen to
take them on through the 'glass ceiling' to the next level.
GOWI Ventures Directors are all seasoned veterans of the technology systems
marketplace and collectively deliver significant added value and experience to the
operating businesses. GOWI Ventures will provide equity investment and intellectual
capital to organisations that could benefit from the introduction of both.
Not surprisingly, for a board of directors that has well over 100 years of practical
business experience in the running, managing, financing, programming, marketing and
selling of technology solutions, GOWI Ventures has an extensive and trusted network of
specialist advisors across all aspects of business operation from corporate finance to
specialist HR.
All of its activities are geared towards maximising the return on investment for its
equity partners.
About GOWI ventures
GOWI Ventures' primary business purpose is to acquire, invest in and operate software
& services companies. Typically these businesses will have developed and are selling their
own software to an established base of loyal customers. These businesses may be in need of
additional funding or specialist business acumen to take them on to the next level.
GOWI Ventures brings intellectual capital, as well as financial support to
organisations that could benefit from the introduction of both. Then it goes further,
working with the directors of the business to drive it onwards to the next level. Acting
as both executive counsel and hands on operating officers, GOWI Ventures team is dedicated
to driving towards building bigger, stronger and more effective businesses. For further
details, please visit http://www.gowiventures.co.uk
For more information please contact:
Samantha Turpin
itpr
Tel: +44(0)1932-578800
Email: laurens@itpr.co.uk or samanthat@itpr.co.uk
LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/company/itpr ]
Twitter [http://twitter.com/itprgroup ]
Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/itprgroup ]
GOWI Ventures