{"id":1374,"date":"2017-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/cheshires-supercomputing-startup-ebb3-gets-1-million-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:38:06","slug":"cheshires-supercomputing-startup-ebb3-gets-1-million-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/cheshires-supercomputing-startup-ebb3-gets-1-million-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercomputing startup Ebb3 gets \u00a31 million funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheshire-based Ebb3 specialises\u00a0in the virtualisation of 3D graphical applications, and has raised \u00a31 milllion from Maven Capital Partners.<\/p>\n<p>Maven, a venture capital trust (VCT), has also reserved up to \u00a3500,000 for follow-on investment in the business.<\/p>\n<p>Ebb3 will use the money to hire more people and to\u00a0expand its offering.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Vickers, CEO at Ebb3, commented: \u201cWe are proud to have secured Maven\u2019s confidence and investment in Ebb3. We were able to demonstrate the benefits of our solutions, which can now be used to help more customers make their business mobile, flexible and streamlined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the coming months, we look forward to recruiting more talented people to the team and increasing our ability to grow the business rapidly,\u201d Vickers added.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement comes after Maven said in February that it would look to allocate \u00a357.5 million to growing SMEs across the North of England as a result of a deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/2017\/04\/27\/mavens-new-preston-office-support-northern-powerhouse-fund\/\">Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund<\/a> (NPIF).<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7372 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_1-300x150.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the time of the announcement, Maven said it would be investing sums in between \u00a350,000 and \u00a32 million in each selected firm.<\/p>\n<p>High-potential firms in Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Cumbria, Yorkshire &amp; Humber and Tees Valley are also set to benefit from the funds.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks later, Maven also announced it had been appointed manager of a \u00a320m investment fund by Business Durham \u2013 the economic development firm for County Durham, working on behalf of Durham County Council.<\/p>\n<p>In this instance, the VCT said it would seek to invest anything ranging from \u00a310,000 to \u00a32 million to approximately 70 firms based in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheshire-based Ebb3 specialises\u00a0in the virtualisation of 3D graphical applications, and has raised \u00a31 milllion from Maven Capital Partners. 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