Oxford Capital leads $5m funding round for Abiquo

Oxford Capital will join existing investors Balderton Capital and Nauta Capital as one of the major Abiquo backers following the investment. The fresh capital will enable Abiquo to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its technology, generate global sales and increase worldwide marketing activity.

Abiquo was previously backed by Balderton and several other investors in November 2010. Nauta also invested in the business in February of the same year. Abiquo was introduced to Oxford Capital by Nauta's Carles Ferrer, who led the series-A investment in the business.

Company
Founded in Barcelona in 2006, software developer Abiquo is now headquartered in Bracknell, UK, with offices in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific. It employs 40 people overall.

Abiquo develops cloud software that provides a management platform, allowing businesses to monitor and control all of their applications from a unified location. Abiquo's customers include multinational companies across a range of industries, as well as cloud infrastructure providers and government contractors.

People
Colin Watts is a partner at Oxford Capital. Jim Darragh is chief executive of Abiquo. 

Advisers
Equity - Field Seymour Parkes, Barry Maytum (Legal). 

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