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Brainspark - Technology Start-Up Incubator : Boom or Bust ??? (BSP)     

SueHelen - 08 Nov 2004 18:25

brainspark.gifhttp://www.brainspark.com/
Price 0.25-0.40 pence : 08.11.04
Trades over 60,000 Shares are delayed in reporting by 1 Hour.
Daily Execution Price and Volume
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Brainspark Plc is an AIM listed company, focusing on investments in best-of-breed Information & Communication Technology (I&CT) primarily in Europe and Israel.
The core competence of the Company is the vision and the understanding of I&CT, and how these technologies will be key for the creation of break-through applications, combined with an international network of excellence among researchers and entrepreneurs.
The advent of broadband will have a major impact on the way businesses operate providing opportunities for new services and contents
We believe it is a timing issue, rather than a 'will be' issue. Brainspark is positioning its portfolio of investments to be ready to take advantage of the broadband opportunities when they become available.

Shares in issue 192m 1p ORDS
Major shareholders
Major Shareholders.................Amount................% Holding
Cross Atlantic Technology Fund.....33,916,050.............17.64
Company Directors
Francesco Gardin...................31,903,278.............16.59
Alberto Agosta......................2,527,273..............1.314
Edward Burman.........................681,818..............0.355

Brainspark have investments in the following companies:

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www.geosimcities.com
Geosim Systems has developed proprietary technology for automation of the production process of 3D models as a product derived from satellite and aerial images. This technology will be applied in standard products for the creation of very high resolution 3D models of towns and other locations, and will be accessible via broadband Internet.
Geosims technological partner is Argotek, owned by the FORMULA Group (NASDAQ-FORTY), one of the major Israeli software companies.
Geosim Systems was founded in Israel five years ago as a satellite company of Tiltan System Engineering Ltd (TSE) by a group of technical experts who had been members of the Israeli Air Force.

From November 2003 to January 2004, Brainspark made a further investment in
Geosim Systems Limited (51.75% owned by Brainspark) of
US$50,000. GeoSim is an Israeli company, whose main business purpose is the
creation of 3D models of cities and other areas of special interest. GeoSim's
management believes its state-of-the-art technological tools allow cost and time
saving in data collection and 3D modeling process. GeoSim realised revenues in 2003 of about US$400,000 (#240,000) mostly in the second half of the year and is expecting to make further progress in 2004, particularly in the USA where the
main focus will be on developing Homeland Security applications and in Italy
where the Company is in discussions with local authorities in a number of
historic cities.

www.theusabilitycompany.com
SOLD 320k

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www.metapack.com
MetaPack's mission is to make traditional supply chains more responsive to individual customer needs. We provide zero defect fulfilment that attracts, converts and retains valued customers at the lowest cost to serve. We are helping retailers to: extend range availability in smaller stores reduce the cost and improve the service of online fulfilment implement web-based ordering throughout retail offer the widest range of delivery options revolutionise services in shopping centres MetaPack works for companies such as Boots, British Land, GUS (Reality), M&S, Sky and WHSmith.

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www.kerb.co.uk
Kerb, winners of various major industry design awards (including a Design Week Award and the Yell Award for best use of e-commerce), and the Future UK Internet "Web Agency of the Year" award, are a Full Service Digital Agency based in Brighton consisting of 20 people, and have built a reputation for producing high quality, funky, cutting edge Internet sites, CD-Roms, and web-based games for clients. These UK clients include: Pepsi, Electronic Arts, Mathmos, Scottish Telecom, EMI, the Mean Fiddler, Elida Faberge, Flextech and Petspark.com (one of Brainsparks incubated companies). Kerb also have clients in Switzerland, Japan, and Hong Kong.

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www.fortune-cookie.com
Fortune Cookie creates award-winning online solutions. From consultation to actual implementation of the chosen route, turning difficult technical propositions into simple and dynamic realities. Fortune Cookie is a global brand with global coverage, and an integral partner of Brainspark and the partner companies.
On 4 December 2003, the Company increased its percentage ownership in
Fortune Cookie (a company which offers strategic thinking, design and build
services in web and wireless technologies) from 25% to 29.44% by capitalising
#48,176.39. This transaction puts Fortune Cookie in a better financial position
to enter into discussions for potential mergers to enlarge its market share and
to participate in a large innovation project overseas.

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www.easyart.com
Easyart.com is the UK's largest online retailer of reproduction prints and limited edition art. It offers over 40, 000 fine art and photographic prints, with more being added every day, plus made-to-order picture framing.

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www.traderserve.com
TraderServe is an application service provider targeted at professional traders, offering them a flexible, highly sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, modelling system for financial and futures markets.

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www.sanvicentegroup.com
The shareholders of the company are prominent financial institutions, corporations and technology entrepreneurs from throughout North America and Europe. The company is led by a board of directors with extensive experience in the venture capital industry.

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www.acsys.it
Advanced Computer Systems (ACS) are involved in the design and production of ground stations for the acquisition of data from remote sensing satellites; analysis and processing of digital images; geographic information systems; virtual reality; management of large amounts of information. It is currently preparing the complete digitalisation system of the radio archives and production for RAI (Italian State Broadcaster).

www.smile-on.com
SOLD 220K

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www.impression.it
Impression created in February 2000 by a group of Internet experts operating in the ISP sector (Internet Service Provider) provides high added value quantitative and qualitative analysis of accesses to web-sites and detailed online reporting.

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www.ludonet.it
Ludonet, founded in 1995, is a leader in the development and management of online entertainment and virtual community solutions.

In September Interims directors highlighted consolidated NAV position of 3.3m and described this valuation as conservative. Directors are paid in options/warrants at 1.1 - 1.31p/share. Given two investments that carried a book value of 22,000 in these results were sold for over 500k, how much is the remainder worth?

192m shares in issue
Mid-Price...........NAV / Market cap equivalent
0.30p................0.58m
0.40p................0.77m
0.50p................0.96m
0.60p................1.15m
0.70p................1.34m
0.80p................1.54m
0.90p................1.73m
1.00p................1.92m
1.10p................2.11m
1.20p................2.30m
1.30p................2.49m
1.40p................2.69m
1.50p................2.88m
1.60p................3.07m
1.70p................3.26m
1.80p................3.45m
1.90p................3.64m
2.00p................3.84m

katcenka - 21 Nov 2005 15:52 - 150 of 152

going back up ;-)

katcenka - 21 Nov 2005 17:04 - 151 of 152

Update on investments

RNS Number:4523U
Brainspark PLC
21 November 2005




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 November 2005

BRAINSPARK PLC ("Brainspark" or "the Company")

Update on Investments

Investment in Geosim Systems Limited ("Geosim")

Further to the announcements of 26 October 2005 and 11 August 2005, Brainspark
now announces that, together with Geosim and the other shareholders in Geosim,
the Company have entered into a convertible loan agreement with CRASH Ventures
LLC, a US private equity firm, (the "Firm") (the "Geosim Agreement"), a Oregon
limited liability company.

EasyArt acquires WorldGallery assets and appoints new CEO

Rachel Elnaugh, former chief executive of Red Letter Days and panellist on
BBC2's Dragons' Den, has been appointed CEO of Easyart.com, the UK's leading
online art and framing retailer (www.easyart.com). Brainspark holds an 19%
equity position in the company.

Ms Elnaugh, 40, will have the opportunity to acquiring up to 20% of the business
through a mix of personal investment and share options. She takes over from
founder Simon Matthews, who will continue to work with the company as an
advisor.

Easyart.com have announced the acquisition of rival art portal
Worldgallery.co.uk. for a consideration of 27,539 new Easyart Holdings Ltd D
shares, valuing the acquisition at # 137,395 or #5.00 per share.

Following the issue of the new shares, Brainspark will own 54, 690 Easyartshares
representing 17.6% of the total Easyart share capital.

potatohead - 24 Nov 2006 12:42 - 152 of 152

INTERESTING RNS

LONDON (AFX) - Brainspark said TraderServe, a software vendor and
consultancy in which it holds a 34.6 pct holding, has launched a new range of
products for compliance with MiFID best execution requirements.
Brainspark said in a statement that this is a significant step for
TraderServe after a long period of development and the products are expected to
be adopted widely by investment managers seeking to comply with FSA requirements
on best execution.
These products generate significant savings in transaction costs and are
expected to make a significant impact on TraderServe, it added.
The EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, which comes into effect
at the beginning of 2007, will introduce a single market and regulatory regime
for investment services across the 25 member states of the European Union.
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