Investment in Boxmind Limited

Eurovestech PLC 14 September 2001 14th September, 2001 EUROVESTECH PLC ('Eurovestech') Investment in Boxmind Limited Eurovestech plc is pleased to report that Boxmind Limited ('Boxmind'), the rich-media publisher, software house and online education consultancy, last week received further third party equity investment of £100,000 at a pre-money valuation of £8.1 million. In April 2000, Eurovestech provided £175,000 seed financing to Boxmind in return for a 40 per cent interest in the ordinary share capital. In January 2001, Eurovestech invested an additional £200,000 at a pre-money valuation of £3.1m. The new investment values the enlarged share capital of Boxmind at £8.2 million, following which Eurovestech will have an interest of 40.3 per cent. In May 2001, the Boxmind made its first sales of a combined software and content package to a number of prestigious UK academic institutions. In June 2001, the Boxmind individual subscription service was launched, allowing non-institutional users to access the e-lecture collection. Boxmind has also signed a co-branding marketing and promotional agreement with Times Newspapers Limited. Boxmind continues to sign up internationally renowned academics including Professor Germaine Greer and Professor Susan Greenfield to expand its e-lecture archive and next month will have a collection of over 35 e-lectures. The management team has also been strengthened with the recruitment of Wendy Rimmington (Sales and Business Development Director), formerly Director of Strategic Alliances North America for Pearson's FT Knowledge and previously Business Development and Sales Director for Penguin UK. Enquiries: Eurovestech plc Tel: 00 44 20 7491 0770 Richard Bernstein, Chief Executive richard.bernstein@eurovestech.com
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