# Friends Ivory & Sime

> Friends Ivory & Sime is a VC fund backing Software, Financial Services and Telecommunications. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2003
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Friends Ivory & Sime is a VC fund focused on Software and Financial Services. Friends Ivory & Sime (a.k.a) ISIS

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |
| Telecommunications | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quadstone | Quadstone provides customer analytic software to enterprises in the United States and Europe. The company’s product, Quadstone System, enables enterprises to model and diagnose customer behavior. It caters to marketing, telecommunications, and financial services sector. The company’s clientele includes Barclays, Merrill Lynch, Globe Telecom, BT,Maersk Sealand, Experian CustomerInfo, Shop Direct, and Fidelity Investments. |  |  | Jun 06, 2003 |  |
| Rhetorical Systems | Rhetorical Systems is a technology company, which provides text to speech software and voice synthesis. | $5.6M |  | Nov 05, 2001 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artemis) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scottish Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3i Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3i-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chase Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chase-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pentech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pentech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Aberdeen — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Friends Ivory & Sime invest in?

Friends Ivory & Sime invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Telecommunications startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Friends Ivory & Sime last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Friends Ivory & Sime closed in Jun 2003. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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