Shackleton Ventures, the secondary venture capital firm, has again invested in Nanosight, by buying a significant shareholding from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts (NESTA).
Nanosight supplies instruments for the visualisation and sizing of nanoparticles.
It sells to companies and universities developing nano materials including catalysts, viruses, magnetic and pharmaceutical particles.
Shackleton first invested in Nanosight a year ago.
The company has performed strongly since that investment, with sales increasing by more than 70 per cent in 2008.
It recently completed a GBP1m funding round.
Shackleton specialises in direct secondary venture capital investments, buying portfolios of existing investments or individual assets from investors seeking liquidity.
