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News Release from: Perpetuum
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2007
Perpetuum completes GBP5 million funding
Perpetuum, the leading manufacturer of vibration energy harvesting devices, has completed a GBP5 million funding round backed by Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF), Quester, and Top Technology
The investment is to be used to support Perpetuum in commercialising its vibration energy-harvesting generator The Perpetuum micro power generator is the world's first truly practical vibration-harvesting device capable of generating enough power to enable wireless transmission of large amounts of data
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The novel Perpetuum energy source generates electric current from the energy of low levels of vibrations that are present, for example, on the standard electric motors common at industrial sites.
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The current round of investment has been led by ETF.
It will be the second investment from the new ETF fund, which was launched last year with a target size of 150 million Euro.
Both Quester and Top Technology were previous shareholders of Perpetuum and have taken up pre-emption rights.
Mike McTighe, Chairman of Perpetuum said: "Our generator is already being built into sensor node designs by some of the world's leading industrial condition monitoring companies.
There is no comparable device on the market today and we have a great opportunity to position Perpetuum as the global leader in this fast-growing market.
We are very pleased to have ETF as an investor, and to welcome Henrik Olsen of ETF to the board".
Henrik Olsen, a founding Partner of ETF added, "Perpetuum has developed a novel alternative energy source that harvests energy otherwise wasted and renders batteries unnecessary.
By enabling wireless sensing it will significantly improve industrial efficiency.
Perpetuum is a great example of the type of company we would like to support it has a market-ready, universally applicable product that can make a real difference in a rapidly growing market.
It has an excellent management team, enjoys great customer interest and is poised for significant growth".
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