NetScientific PLC has announced that its Executive Director, Mr. Ed Hooper, has purchased 9,000 ordinary shares in the company through his Self-Invested Personal Pension. Following the purchase, Hooper now holds 89,000 ordinary shares, representing 0.38% of the entire issued share capital of NetScientific. The transaction was made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

NetScientific is a deeptech and life sciences VC investment group that identifies, invests in, and builds high-growth companies in the UK and internationally. The company adds value to its portfolio through proactive management, progressing to key value inflection points, and delivering investment returns through partial or full liquidity events. NetScientific differentiates itself by employing a capital-efficient investment approach and syndicating investments through its wholly owned VC subsidiary, EMV Capital.

The company's portfolio consists of innovative companies in the deeptech and life sciences sectors. NetScientific holds a mixture of direct equity stakes and carried interest stakes in its portfolio, creating a lean structure that can support a large number of investments. NetScientific is headquartered in London and is listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange.