Simentra announce partnership with j4b
Simentra announce a partnership with j4b to support the sourcing of European funding opportunities for both European and North American technology companies for European business growth.
Palo Alto, USA, London, UK and Belfast, N.Ireland 24th June 2002
Simentra Ltd, a company dedicated to providing a cost effective, low risk and fast route to international sales revenues for early stage and venture capital backed high growth technology companies announced today that j4b plc, an information publishing, technology and business services company based in Wilmslow, Cheshire are the latest company to join the Alliance partner program with Simentra.
The company assists businesses entering the European marketplace to understand key funding opportunities that are available in the form of grants, financial assistance, subsidies and benefit-in-kind that can be drawn from a range of government and private schemes.
"We strive to provide an easy starting template that reflects a company's position in the market, generate fast access to concise information that would warrant additional funds to the business and provide businesses with a transparent, honest interface between grant applicants and grant providers," commented Spencer Wilson of j4B Technology consulting.
Simentra Ltd were attracted to the services that j4b provide as complementary to their solutions for both early stage technology companies starting a new businesses in addition to attracting research and grant monies for North American technology companies interested in establishing new operations in Europe,
"With the experience that j4b have of the entire range of additional funding opportunities, we recognised that this service would be of great benefit to our clients and have negotiated preferential rates to provide an initial programme to match our client businesses with supporting funding programmes. I have no doubt that this will be of immense value to our early stage companies in both Europe and North America," commented Glenn Hardy, a founder of Simentra.
Simentra have already encouraged a range of international partners to their business including Hall Kinion, a technology recruitment specialist whom they launched their Opportunity Europe seminar programme with in June 2002.
About j4b
j4b plc is an information publishing, technology and business services company based in Wilmslow, Cheshire. The company was formed in 2000, and through the merger - announced in September 2001 - of j4b plc and privately owned Zemeta Ltd and the enlarged company has a turnover in excess of £3 million and 44 full time staff.
The merger with Zemeta brings a strong focus on technology development and specialist research to complement j4b's skills in information gathering & publishing. Current research & information clients include:
The DTI, the Small Business Service, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Zeneca, ICI Chemicals, Inmarsat, Yorkshire Bank, InvestUK, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lloyds TSB, 3i, Bank of Scotland and a number of local authorities, police forces, Business Links & Learning & Skills Councils.
j4b's technology team is responsible for the design and creation of a number of websites, including www.j4b.co.uk which was launched in January 2001. Since its launch it has attracted over 112,000 visits and has over 34,000 registered users. It is part of the DTI eCommerce enterprise portal, Beyond Bricks, and won the Big Chip best B2B website award in November 2001.
About Simentra Ltd
Simentra Ltd is an International Risk Assessment company dedicated to providing intelligent and cost effective solutions to government, private corporations and the emergency services sector. The company Charter Series offers a range of assessment, fusion and training products and services to mitigate the risks associated with modern society and business practice and prepare for associated response protocols. Simentra is a subsidiary of AssetCo PLc in the UK www.assetco.com . Simentra has offices in Belfast (Northern Ireland), London (UK), and Houston (USA).
For more information, please visit http://www.simentra.com/