IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the LSE-listed science and technology investor, has appointed Michael Queen as non-executive director and chair designate, concluding a succession process announced last year. Queen will take over as chair following the company's annual general meeting on 18 June 2026, when Sir Douglas Flint retires from the board after nearly eight years of service.
First Light Fusion, an IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO) portfolio company developing inertial fusion energy technology, has raised £25 million in the first close of a new funding round led by specialist fusion fund Starmaker One and backed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). The round was led by East X Ventures, a UK venture firm, through its Starmaker One fusion fund, with a significant strategic investment from the UKAEA, the government body responsible for leading the UK's fusion energy programme.
IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the LSE-listed science and technology investor, has launched a new fund with Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to back cleantech companies targeting hard-to-abate industries. The IP Group Climate Catalyst Fund has a target size of up to A$150 million, with IP Group contributing A$30 million and the CEFC A$20 million as cornerstone investors at first close.
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