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Paul Atkinson

Partner, Par Equity

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Education Manchester University
Skills Investment, Investor Relations, Venture capital investment, Recruitment, Technology, Forestry, Angel Investment, Business Angel, Social Media Marketing, Mobile Software, Medical Devices, Software, Executive Search, Renewable Energy, Renewables, venture philanthropy
Link http://www.parequity.com

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Paul Atkinson shared Par Equity's post -
One of Par Equity's investments, PureVLC claims a world first...
3 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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LightMessage by PureVLC | Visible Light Communications

Today PureVLC claimed a World first. A text message sent directly from an LED lamp and received on an unmodified smart phone.

Url: http://visiblelightcomm.com/lightme...

Paul Atkinson shared Colin Thomson's post from the group Thinkers -
Business and economics All Scotland May 08 2012 10:30

Final Call for Scotland’s Biggest Start-up Prize - £45k up for Grabs
Aspiring entrepreneurs from universities across Scotland who want £45k to support their business idea have less than two weeks left to submit their applications to the … Converge Challenge competition.

The Converge Challenge, run by Heriot-Watt University, gives students and members of staff of any Scottish university the chance to develop the commercial potential of their inventions. By offering business mentorship and training budding entrepreneurs can bring new products and services to market helping Scotland's economy grow and prosper.

The Challenge offers the largest start-up prize in Scotland, providing the winner with £25k cash funding and a further £20k in-kind support from the private sector in the form of mentoring, training and business assistance.

Applicants who are shortlisted will be asked to deliver an elevator pitch, when they will have just 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to the judges. Finalists will be up against the most ambitious and creative thinkers in Scotland.

Olga Kozlova, creator of Converge Challenge, said: “Scotland has a track record of producing some of the world’s best research and teaching resources.

“Converge Challenge is about equipping people with the right skills and support they need to turn their academic research into a successful commercial venture. And we are looking to increase the pool of successful home-grown entrepreneurs.

“We’ve already received applications from across the country and we’d urge any university students and staff who have a business idea to rise to the challenge and put themselves in the running for this prize.”

Adam Brown, founder of Bellrock, based at Strathclyde University, and winner of Converge Challenge 2011, said: “Converge Challenge was a great opportunity to stress-test our business plan and refine our strategy to commercialise Lumen®.

“Since winning, the in-kind support has been extremely useful in preparing Bellrock Technology for spinout and its first customer contracts. The coaching and mentoring support has, in particular, helped to clarify my role in the business and has encouraged me to broaden my responsibilities. I believe that contacts I have made through the competition will prove invaluable to the long-term success of the business. Overall, I would strongly encourage anyone with a new business idea to get involved in this year's competition.”

To take part in Converge Challenge 2012, interested entrepreneurs should complete the application on the Converge Challenge page by 18 May 2012More
9 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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allmediascotland

Aspiring entrepreneurs from universities across Scotland who want £45k to support their business idea have less than two weeks left to submit their applications to the Converge Challenge competition.

Url: http://www.allmediascotland.com/med...

Diane Mcwade 9 days ago

oops I meant thumbs up Colin, shared on LinkedIn in several groups and hope all goes swimmingly, thank you for posting in the Thinkers group on KILTR! Perhaps you could share it in the Entrepreurial Spark Group too, just a thought. Diane

Colin Thomson 9 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thanks Diane much appreciated and good idea

Paul Atkinson shared Michael Feeley's post -
Thanks to Scottish Development International for this...
17 days ago, Glasgow, Scotland

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Connect to KILTR social network | News | Scottish Development International

“Through KILTR we're providing a place for those people to connect, to find and share news, views and great Scottish content, to build friendships and business relationships that will be vital to Scotland's future, commercially and culturally.” Scott...

Url: http://www.sdi.co.uk/news/2012/04/c...

Paul Atkinson shared Par Equity's post -
More exciting news regarding miiCard, one of Par Equity portfolio companies in the attached links from the BBC website and the Scotsman.

Edinburgh-based online identity verification service MiiCard is looking to expand into the US after securing £1.6m in seed funding. …

Private equity investors IQ Capital, New Wave Ventures and Par Equity have pumped £1.6 million in second-round funding into Edinburgh-based software firm MiiCard, which has developed a “digital passport” for online shopping.

http://rki.lt/IDJvOa

http://rki.lt/IDJvOb

Kind regards
Diane
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17 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Paul Atkinson shared Leigh Wilson's post -
Scottish Business Insider Rising Stars 2012
23 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Subscribe to this digital edition

The Business7 email newsletter is sent out daily from Monday to Friday each week with a special Friday edition that includes extra content.

Url: http://subscriber.pagesuite-profess...

Paul Atkinson shared Par Equity's post -
Significant news from one of Par Equity's investments, miiCard, who have today announced a move to target the US market following increased market traction globally for miiCard's online identity verification service. To find out more please click on the shortened URL below.
23 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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miiCard And Yodlee Target US Market With Digital Passport

Leveraging Yodlee platform to innovate new solutions to historically difficult problems

Url: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...

Paul Atkinson shared Colin Thomson's post -
World’s First Asteroid Mining Company will Blast Off in 2013 [VIDEO]

It’s for real: Planetary Resources, the world’s newest and most audacious space company, is set to start prospecting near-Earth asteroids by the end o...
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Source: http://goo.gl/mag/oLKHI

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23 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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miiCard And Yodlee Target US Market With Digital Passport

Leveraging Yodlee platform to innovate new solutions to historically difficult problems

Url: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Par Equity Community 24 days ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Hi everyone, we have now set up a new Par Equity organisation profile where we intend to post all future Par Equity news. The use of an organisation profile rather than a group allows us to manage our Kiltr connections more effectively and provide enhanced functionality to the Par Equity connections we link with. Please feel free to connect with our new organisation profile.

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Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Simple Audio about a month ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Just had my Simple Audio kit installed and it sounds great!

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Paul Atkinson shared Alan Steel's post -
In The Kingdom of the Blind: Got an index tracker fund? You're better off with a computer and a monkey! http://bit.ly/HQnAK2
about a month ago, Linlithgow, Scotland

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Paul Atkinson posted a status update about a month ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Its' great to see that Kiltr has launched its jobs channel, and its free to use right now....

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Paul Atkinson shared James Varga's post -
Just a quick request to all you Kiltr users out there! I would really appreciate any feedback that you would have on miiCard as we are now starting to roll out the service to a wider group of users.

For those that of you that don’t know about miiCard have a look at our 2 minute video at … www.miicard.com/tour.

You can register in just a few minutes at signup.miicard.com. We would really appreciate any feedback that you have sent to either myself or support@miicard.com.

Launching this summer will be a range of websites accepting miiCard – and some very exciting ones too! If you are interested in joining this group please let me know.

Again – I would really appreciate just a few minutes of your time on this.

Thanks!
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about a month ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Michael Feeley about a month ago, Glasgow, Scotland

Online Identity Verification Service | miiCard Tour
miiCard is your Online Identity Verification Service. Need to know how to protect you identity? Miicard - My Internet Identity - builds trust by proving you ...

Diane Mcwade about a month ago

great video James!

Diane Mcwade about a month ago

I recall seeing this sentiment in another group on KILTR, just a thought and perhaps worth exploring.

"A group to build Scotland into a world leader in information security."

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Par Equity Community 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Glasshouse proved to be an excellent new venue for Par's investor events. On this occasion we had over 80 people listening to presentations from Larosco and Kiltr, who are two of our existing portfolio companies. Both of these businesses made a good show of the progress they are making in their fields. We also saw a presentation from a firm who demonstrated a new way for musicians to get their material to market. To find our more feel free to connect with me......

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Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Converge Challenge 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Great group to launch. It would be good to connect the Par Equity Community with this opportunity...

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Diane Mcwade 2 months ago, Linlithgow, Scotland

I agree Paul, great group to start!

Colin Thomson 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thank you Paul welcome to the group, yes it would be great to connect in with the Par Equity group

Colin Thomson 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Welcome to the group Diane

Diane Mcwade 2 months ago, Linlithgow, Scotland

Thanks Colin, good luck with it and next time I'm over at HW I'll let you know.

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Par Equity Community 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Looking good for 2012. After seeing 90 people at our last investor event at SG Hambros (thanks guys) at the end of February, our next venue will be the Glasshouse in Edinburgh. The location is great and the team there have been extremely helpful to deal with. Look forward to seeing our investors at the event. Its not open house. so to find out more about how to become involved with Par, feel free to contact anyone in the Par Equity team....

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Paul Atkinson 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Hi Eric, will drop you a message directly...

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Art News Scotland 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

My daughters great new art website is now live.....

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Julie Arbuckle 2 months ago, East Kilbride, Scotland

Lovely clean and easy to use design - nice work, too!

Paul Atkinson 2 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thanks Julie, really appreciate your comment. It was my xmas present to her.

Diane Mcwade 2 months ago, Linlithgow, Scotland

great christmas present from a Dad and good site.

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Par Equity Community 3 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

This is an exciting opportunity for LED technology of the future and one to watch....

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Tripping the light fantastic

AMONG the many new gadgets unveiled at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a pair of smartphones able to exchange data using light. These phones, as yet only prototypes from Casio, a Japanese firm, transmit digital signals by varying the intensity of the light given off from their screens. The flickering is so slight that it is imperceptible to the human eye, but the camera on another phone can detect it at a distance of up to ten metres. In an age of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, flashing lights might seem like going back to sending messages with an Aldis lamp. In fact, they are the beginning of a fast and cheap wireless-communication system that some have labelled Li-Fi.

Url: http://rki.lt/zktj1x

John Dewar 3 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thanks Paul,

I read your updates with interest but rarely have the time to respond. This one though caught my eye. Is this the same Casio that make watches?
The technology fascinates me but it will need line of sight so how can it be better than WiFi or Bluetooth and how fast can it download/upload ?

John

Paul Atkinson 3 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

I believe it is the same Casio. I guess your question of line of site and speed depends on how a space is illuminated and how well it works with reflected as well as direct light - I know the technology has already demonstrated enough bandwidth to run a video over a short distances. This could be a really interesting technology for machine to machine communication where current methods are problematic.

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Par Equity Community 3 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

Par Syndicate investment, MiiCard expands its global presence....

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miiCard Expands Global Presence

Today, at FinovateEurope in London, will announce the global expansion of support for its ‘digital passport’ to include South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. The news further boosts miiCard’s already strong start to the year, which has seen a partnership with credit solutions provider Callcredit and TRUSTe Web Privacy certification. This international reach, combined with strategic partnerships, cements miiCard’s exclusive position as the only Electronic Identity and Verification (eID&V) service to anti-money laundering (AML) standard, globally.

Url: http://rki.lt/yPrpYi

Paul Atkinson posted a status update in the group Par Equity Community 3 months ago, Edinburgh, Scotland

One of the Par Syndicate investments, Simple Audio, made it into the press this weekend. The link to the Scotland on Sunday article is attached below.....

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Contracts hit right note for Simple Audio - Business - Scotsman.com

Managing director Peter Murphy with Glasgow-based Simple Audios high-definition sound system. Photograph: Robert Perry

Url: http://rki.lt/zaWjjw

Colin Walker 3 months ago, Glasgow, Scotland

Brilliant to see them doing well, I love the 24 / 96 kHz coming out of my squeezebox but this looks like cracking alternative. Especially as a squeezebox + mods is around the same price.

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