Guident Update

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Tekcapital plc
05 May 2022
 

 

 

 

5 May 2022  

Tekcapital Plc

("Tekcapital", the "Company" or the "Group")

Portfolio Company Update: Guident ltd.

Guident selected as a vendor with The Jacksonville Transportation Authority ("JTA")

 

Tekcapital Plc (AIM: TEK), (OTCQB: TEKCF), the UK intellectual property investment group focused on transforming university technologies into valuable products that can improve people's lives, is pleased to announce that portfolio company Guident Ltd. ("the Company") has been selected as a vendor by JTA's Procurement Review Committee for JTA Proposal No. P-22-010 entitled "JTA Test Environment" to provide remote monitoring and control services for phase I of the Ultimate Urban Circulator (U²C) Project in the Jacksonville urban core area.

 

Jacksonville is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority is the independent agency responsible for public transit in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, and roadway infrastructure that connects northeast Florida.

 

"We are delighted to be selected as a vendor by JTA and by their intent to negotiate a contract with Guident for the remote monitoring and teleoperation part of the Ultimate Urban Circulator (U²C) Project " said Harald Braun, Chairman & CEO of Guident Ltd.

 

The Market

According to Triton Market Research " the last mile AV autonomous vehicle delivery market is expected to reach $41.7 billion by 2028 with a CAGR of 19%. Contactless or "touch-free" delivery is in high-demand since the COVID 19 pandemic and Guident believes this increased demand will accelerate the roll-out of land-based delivery drones for pedestrians, food and medicines to improve their availability and reduce the costs of these deliveries.

About Guident 

Guident commercializes new technology to enhance the safety, efficiency and utility of autonomous vehicles and ground-based drones using its proprietary IP & software apps for remote monitoring and control.  To learn more please visit www.guident.co

 

 

About Tekcapital plc

Tekcapital creates value from investing in new, university-developed discoveries that can enhance people's lives and provides a range of technology transfer services to help organisations evaluate and commercialise new technologies. Tekcapital is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in the UK. For more information, please visit www.tekcapital.com .

 

LEI: 213800GOJTOV19FIFZ85

 

Tekcapital owns 100% of the share capital of Guident Ltd.

For further information, please contact:

 

Tekcapital Plc  


V ia Flagstaff

Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D. 






SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP

(Nominated Adviser and Broker)


+44 (0) 20 3470 0470  

Richard Morrison/Charlie Bouverat (Corporate Finance)

Abigail Wayne / Rob Rees (Corporate Broking)






Flagstaff Strategic and Investor Communications

 

+44 (0) 20 7129 1474

Tim Thompson/Andrea Seymour/Fergus Mellon

 

Forward Looking Statements

This press release is for informational purposes only. The information herein does not constitute investment advice nor an offer to invest and may contain statements related to our future business and financial performance and future events or developments involving Guident or Tekcapital that may constitute forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by words such as "expect," "look forward to," "anticipate" "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," "will," "project" or words of similar meaning. We may also make forward-looking statements in other reports, in presentations, in material delivered to customers, stakeholders and in press releases. In addition, our representatives may from time to time make oral forward-looking statements. Such statements may be based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of Guident' and/or Tekcapital's management. Please note that these are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and factors, including, but not limited to those described in various disclosures. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialise, or should underlying expectations not occur or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results, performance or achievements of Guident or Tekcapital may vary materially from those described explicitly or implicitly in the relevant forward-looking statement. Neither Guident nor Tekcapital intends, nor assumes any obligation, to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ from those anticipated.

 

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