Gian Kull has joined Augusta Ventures as its Chief Investment Officer, based in London. Gian joins Augusta from Syz Capital in Zürich, where he built out a legal assets investment platform focused on litigation funding and law firm lending.
Gian Kull has joined Augusta Ventures as its Chief Investment Officer, based in London. Gian joins Augusta from Syz Capital in Zürich, where he built out a legal assets investment platform focused on litigation funding and law firm lending.
Augusta Ventures is backing video game publisher Oovee in its bitter fight against larger publisher Saber Interactive over the rights to the popular video game Spintires.
Augusta Ventures is backing a new group litigation case that has been brought against Link Fund Solutions, administrators of Neil Woodford’s collapsed equity income fund, amidst claims that they failed in their duty to protect investors. At least £18 million worth of lost investment in the Woodford Fund, on behalf of 1,500 people, is being claimed by Harcus Parker, a specialist commercial litigation firm, with proceedings currently being held in the High Court.
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has certified the collective claim filed by UK consumer champion Which? against Qualcomm for over £480 million. The claim is on behalf of a class of millions of UK consumers and alleges that Qualcomm abused its dominance in the markets for smartphone chipsets and standard essential patents, leading to higher smartphone prices for consumers. Augusta Ventures is backing the claim. Hausfeld is acting for the class representative.
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