FSP advises NCAM Technologies on investment by YFM
The private equity team at Field Seymour Parkes have advised UK-based NCAM Technologies on an investment by funds managed by YFM Equity Partners.
Ncam was founded in 2012 by Nic Hatch (CEO), Sam Boivin (CTO) and Brice Michoud (Senior R&D Engineer) to develop a unique augmented reality solution which combines patented camera tracking hardware that fuses data from multiple sources with proprietary software to adapt the application to its target markets. The device uses a lightweight sensor bar attached to a camera to track natural features in the environment, allowing the camera to move freely in all locations while generating a continuous stream of extremely precise positional and rotational information that can feed all industry standard graphics engines via Ncam’s powerful and flexible software development kit.
Ncam’s award winning products are utilised globally across Broadcast, Film and Episodic TV production. Customers and users include Fantastic Beasts (Warner Bros), UEFA Champions League (BT Sport), NFC Championship Game (Fox Sports), Game of Thrones Season 8 (HBO), Monday Night Football (ESPN), Super Bowl XLVIII (Fox Sports), Avengers: Age of Ultron (Marvel), Daytona (Fox Sports), and Jupiter Ascending (Warner Bros). In recent years Ncam has been awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development, Experience & Technology Awards for Best Use of Augmented Reality with Ford Motor Company and a Queen’s Award for Innovation for their work in augmented reality for film and television.
YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc alongside the YFM Equity Partners 2015 Co-Investment LP and YFM’s funds will be used to support the development of new products, invest in the team, and help the business extend its reach into new territories, especially the USA where a new office opening is planned for 2018
The team at Field Seymour Parkes was led by head of private equity Penelope Garden with assistance from employment associate Katie Burley.
Nic Hatch, Co-Founder and CEO of Ncam, commented: “Our vision is to set a precedent of what can be achieved within real-time visual effects. Our relationship with YFM will allow us to expand our technological capabilities’ and keep Ncam at the forefront of augmented reality.”
Craig Deacon, CFO added “Our thanks go to the FSP team once again for all their help and guidance throughout the process. It is always a pleasure working with Penny, Harry and Katie and we really appreciated all the time and effort they put in helping us get the transaction to a successful conclusion.”
