Kernel Management Partners Limited

PE/Buy-Out · Cork (Ireland)

PE/Buy-Out

Seed

Series A

Cloud/SaaS

Climate

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Kernel Management Partners Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in equity investments in seed, early stage, mid stage, late stage, series A, series B, later institutional investment rounds, growth capital financing, management buyouts, emerging growth, middle market, and all stages of company growth. It does not invest in property, real estate and in companies that employ in excess of 250 people at the time of investment. The firm seeks to invest in the sectors including information and communication technology, telecommunications, big data, software and web, communications, networks, chips, sensors and systems, engineering, environment services, consumer discretionary, food products, medical instruments; medical laboratory services; biotechnology; life science tools and services; financial services; wireless application service providers; wireless devices software; independent power producers and energy trackers; convergent medical devices technology-enabled services, and new media. Within Big Data, the firm invests in future networks and communications, storage management software, data analytics management, and security and privacy; information and communications technology, which includes digital platforms, content and applications, internet-based business models, and semi-conductor chip design and devices; energy efficiency including energy efficiency technologies and processing techniques and novel materials and systems; and healthcare which includes medical devices, diagnostics, robotics, and semiconductor chip enabled diagnostic systems (Lab-on-a-Chip). Within these sectors, it invests primarily in patent and ‘know how’ driven knowledge based companies. Many of its technology related investments would be at an early stage, while investments in traditional industries may be at a more mature point in their life cycle and are more likely to be made to support merger and acquisition activity, leveraged buyouts, or expansion into new markets. The firm will only consider investing in Life Science companies on a co-investment basis and only in syndication with international Life Science Funds. The firm only considers investment in companies based in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It primarily invests minimum €0.10 million ($0.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm’s focus is on leading institutional Series A investments up to €2.5 million ($2.78 million), with a maximum of €6 million ($6.6 million) invested in any single company.; early stage investment rounds between €0.25 million ($0.31 million) to €1.25 million ($1.56 million); kick-start investment rounds of €0.25 million ($0.31 million) and below. The firm also invests in early stage syndicates in the range of €0.5 million ($0.62 million) to €1.5 million ($1.87 million). It seeks for companies looking for Series A and later investment rounds having annual revenues of £1 million ($1.57 million). Debt and equity deals are usually structured, if necessary, in syndication with its institutional partner. The firm prefers to take Board seats but should it not do so it shall be entitled to appoint an observer to the board, and Advisory roles in its portfolio companies. In early stage deals, it seeks to lead the investment but not necessarily for later stage deals. Kernel Management Partners Limited was founded in 2002 and is based in Cork, Ireland and Belfast; United Kingdom.

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