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Graham Ransom, BSc., MBA
Graham has founded, grown, restructured, turned around and exited from UK technology businesses during the formative years of the 80's, the boom of the 90's and the bust following the Millennium.
With a career in IT spanning senior technology, marketing and sales responsibilities in organisations including Thorn EMI Datasolve, Thorn EMI Computeraid, Unisys, Memorex Telex, PCMC and Research Machines, Graham understands well the challenges faced by Entrepreneurs when building UK technology ventures.
In 1994, Graham joined technology industry figures Ken Olisa (formerly SVP of Wang EMEA) and Geoff Shingles (formerly VP of Digital Equipment Corporation) as a Director of Interregnum Venture Marketing Ltd. The mission was to work with high potential technology companies and their investors, playing a hands-on role throughout their lifecycle – from initial business concept, through start up to exit and beyond. During the 90’s, Graham was instrumental in building much of the strength in Interregnum’s unquoted portfolio of technology businesses and as a Director was part of the senior team that took Interregnum public in March 2000.
An experienced negotiator – especially in situations involving entrepreneurs and investors he has led, or been part of the leading team responsible for raising over £50m for early stage technology businesses over the last 10 years and taken a key role in setting their strategies and guiding them towards exit.
Graham has also performed advisory roles supporting technology investors in start up, investment, turnaround, restructuring, trade sale and roll-up initiatives. Investors have included: 3i, Royal Bank Development Capital, Bank of Scotland, Barclays Ventures, NatWest Ventures, Bank Austria, DLJ Phoenix and Hotbed.
Graham is a Freeman of the City of London, Member of the Institute of Management, Member of the Institute of Marketing and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
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Some of the early stage technology businesses in which Graham has been instrumental as a director / chairman - building and realising value include:
- Respond plc. Growth from 10 employees and £300k turnover to £4m turnover despite the industry downturn. Now profitable and cash generative.
- Yospace Technologies Ltd. Restructuring and turnaround of business. Now in profit and growing fast. Yospace is in one of the hottest areas of the wireless industry supplying core technology to mobile operators across Europe.
- Adaptive Ltd. Led management buyout. Growth to £2m turnover. Business subsequently sold to US acquirer.
- Mediasurface PLC. Involved in the early success of this well-known Content Management ISV. The ‘hottest technology start up of 2000’ with a $1 billion flotation tag. Now listed on the AIM facility of the LSE.
- CallCentric Ltd. Founder director. Growth to £3m revenue. CallCentric later acquired Datapoint Europe.
- ComputerWire Ltd. Led strategic planning, investment and subsequent restructuring. £4m turnover and 50 employees. Managed trade sale to DataMonitor in the Summer of 2002.
- NetInfo Ltd. Led business planning and investment initiatives.
- SalesCentric Ltd. Led formation, strategy and investment initiatives.
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Some of the roles Graham has held to date;
Chairman - Yospace Technologies, Salescentric, Illumining - Director - Interregnum PLC, Respond, ComputerWire, Research Machines, Mediasurface, CallCentric, PCMC, Adaptive. |
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View the other team members:
Mike Fagan
Ben Hayman
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