Albion Technology & General VCT PLC

Albion Technology & General VCT PLC (AATG.L) functions as a venture capital trust, strategically investing in both technology and non-technology businesses, primarily those based in the United Kingdom. The trust maintains specific exclusions, avoiding investments in companies involved in property, insurance, banking, agriculture, or those whose core operations center on trading shares and securities. The fund's investment approach dedicates half of its assets to publicly traded technology firms globally. The remaining 50% is then directed towards unlisted UK companies, with 40% of this portion allocated to technology-related enterprises and the other 60% to non-technological sectors. Capital is deployed through equity or various securities, including loans structured with maturities of five years or longer. Prospective portfolio companies must adhere to asset size criteria: their gross assets cannot surpass £15 million before the investment, nor £16 million immediately thereafter. Furthermore, a single portfolio company is capped at receiving a cumulative total of £5 million in state-aided risk capital from all sources, including VCTs, within any 12-month period encompassing the latest funding injection.