Allied Minds

Allied Minds to launch $3m share buyback; portfolio company Spin Memory to liquidate 23 June 2021 | 08:02am StockMarketWire.com - IP commercialisation company Allied Minds said it would launch a $3 million share buyback programme, and added that its portfolio company, Spin Memory had decided to liquidate following 'significant' liquidity issues. Allied Minds' total investment in Spin Memory to date was $50.5 million, and warned that there was no guarantee that it would receive any capital from the liquidation proceedings. The liquidity issues were due to 'challenges in securing new customers, alongside the impact of COVID-19 which significantly delayed the required testing of its development chip with ARM,' the company said. 'In light of these challenges and the significant quantum of capital committed to Spin Memory to date the Board of Allied Minds has concluded that it is no longer prepared to make any further investment into Spin Memory and the Board of Spin Memory has taken the decision to liquidate,' it added. Alongside the update, Allied said it had approved a new programme to buy back up to $3.0 million of its shares. 'The buyback programme will run from the date of this announcement to 15 October 2021 or, if earlier, the date of the announcement of the Group's interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2021,' it added.

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We currently manage seven active portfolio companies as follows: BridgeComm: Building an optical wireless communications (OWC) big data delivery service that will enable communications between satellites, aircraft and the ground at speeds of 100+ gigabits per second. The driving value propositions for this technology include high OWC data speeds which are not achievable with Radio Frequency (RF) technology, near unlimited OWC capacity compared to scarce RF resources which drive RF spectrum prices, and the enhanced security of OWC that does not exist in RF. Optical wireless communications holds tremendous potential to augment RF, fiber and mmWave technologies and extend the capabilities of the terrestrial fiber grid-particularly in hard-to-access environments and in areas where cell towers do not currently exist. Federated Wireless: Leader in developing shared spectrum CBRS capabilities, taking a lead role in the formation of the CBRS Alliance, being the first to complete a wide range of trials with its Spectrum Controller, and deploying the industry’s first nationwide ESC network. The company’s partner ecosystem includes more than 40 device manufacturers and edge partners, all of which are dedicated to collaboration to advance development and proliferation of CBRS services. Federated Wireless’ customer base includes companies spanning the telecommunications, energy, hospitality, education, retail, office space, municipal and residential verticals, with use cases ranging from network densification and mobile offload to Private LTE and Industrial IoT. Orbital Sidekick: Developing capabilities in aerial and space-based hyperspectral imaging and analytics, initially for the oil and gas industry. Orbital Sidekick’s Spectral Intelligence™ platform is designed to enable more efficient monitoring of natural resource assets and infrastructure integrity. The market for monitoring and surveillance of oil and gas assets is estimated at over $4 billion annually. There are potentially multiple additional commercial and government applications for its technology. SciFluor Life Sciences: Drug development company focused on creating best-in-class compounds, initially targeting the field of ophthalmology. SciFluor’s lead clinical asset, SF0166, is a topical eye droplet treatment for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), both widely prevalent retinal diseases that lead to blindness if left untreated. Spark Insights: Analytics company developing a broad range of solutions for the insurance industry, including risk assessment, underwriting, and claims automation, using big data, advanced modeling, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Spin Memory: Dedicated to solving the scaling and power problems of today’s memories by developing technology solutions that have the potential to materially enhance the endurance, speed and size characteristics of MRAM (magneto-resistive random access memory). Spin Memory is collaborating with world leaders to transform the semiconductor industry by offering MRAM solutions and products to replace on-chip SRAM, stand-alone persistent memories, and a range of other non-volatile memories. TableUp: A software provider enabling end-to-end transparency through the restaurant supply chain to enable more effective inventory and operations management. TableUp is a revenue-generating company and has partnerships with several POS providers in the U.S.

"Allied Minds is an IP commercialisation company with a concentrated investment portfolio predominantly focused on early-stage technology companies. Its portfolio companies are spinouts from US federal government laboratories and universities."