Brainspark on the hunt for deals

Investment minnow Brainspark is taking 10 per cent of Italian multi-media outfit Filmmaster Television and plans two more deals.


Investment minnow Brainspark is taking 10 per cent of Italian multi-media outfit Filmmaster Television and plans two more deals.

Investment minnow Brainspark is taking 10 per cent of Italian multi-media outfit Filmmaster Television and plans two more deals.

Chaired by Italian scientist and entrepreneur Francesco Gardin, AIM-quoted Brainspark is exercising an option to take the stake in Filmmaster, which specialises in mobile telephones with video interaction for TV shows. Under the deal, Brainspark is paying £136,000 cash and £624,000 in its own shares to Filmmaster’s Giuliano Borsari, who thus will emerge with 17.6 per cent of the enlarged Brainspark.

Analysts believe Gardin has at least two more deals in mind and suggest a further equity issue could be involved. The Filmmaster deal follows a move into northern Italian theme parks.

Nick Britton

Nick Britton

Nick was the Managing Editor for growthbusiness.co.uk when it was owned by Vitesse Media, before moving on to become Head of Investment Group and Editor at What Investment and thence to Head of Intermediary...

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