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Showing 1 - 58 of 58 results
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Partners beginning with A
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Alcentra
- Alcentra
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Allica Bank
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Allica Bank
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Sector:that Allica Bank support
- Other
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Programme:that Allica Bank support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Allica Bank support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Allica Bank
Recently named by The Times newspaper as one of the UK’s Top 20 financial technology (fintech) companies, Allica Bank is dedicated to serving and supporting small and medium businesses and empowering them to succeed.
Allica combines modern, powerful technology with local relationships in the community to deliver expert banking for businesses in Britain.
Allica received its full banking authorisation in September 2019 and opened its doors to SME lending in March 2020.
The bank offers businesses market-leading lending products including commercial mortgages and asset finance, as well as a range of business and retail savings products and services, with plans to launch a new SME business account in 2022.
Allica Bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority, and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Financial Services Register Number – 821851.
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Apera Asset Management
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Apera Asset Management
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Investment Range:that Apera Asset Management support
- €35m
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Sector:that Apera Asset Management support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that Apera Asset Management support
- Richard Coldwell
About Apera Asset Management
Apera is a pan-European mid-market private debt manager operating in the UK, the DACH region, the Nordic region, France and Benelux. Apera is focussed upon the provision of tailored financial solutions that meet the operational needs and growth objectives of small and medium-sized companies.
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Ares Management
- Ares Management
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Assetz Capital
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Assetz Capital
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Investment Range:that Assetz Capital support
- £0.1m - £7.5m
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Sector:that Assetz Capital support
- Other
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Investment Manager:that Assetz Capital support
- Geoff Whiteland
About Assetz Capital
Assetz Capital is a peer-to-peer marketplace lender. It was founded in 2013 to deliver fairer lending to businesses and leading rates of interest to investors. To date, it has lent over £1 billion, while investors have earned over £100 million in total gross interest.
As the second largest peer-to-peer business lender in the UK, Assetz Capital has created a marketplace where British businesses can access capital, and lenders can invest in hundreds of property-secured SME loans at the click of a button.
Its 38,000 lenders include banks, institutions, businesses and retail investors. Lenders can access the marketplace directly through a number of investment accounts, and indirectly through a diverse range of funding channels.
Call Assetz Capital: 0800 470 0430 or visit assetzcapital.co.uk.
Investors can find out more about Assetz Capital by visiting assetzcapital.co.uk/how-it-works.
Borrowers can find out more about Assetz Capital by visiting assetzcapital.co.uk/borrow/enquiries.
WEALTH WARNING: As with most forms of investment, marketplace lending carries a degree of risk to your capital; in this case, if borrowers were unable to repay their loans. At Assetz Capital, we seek to reduce this risk to our investors by taking asset security on every loan, with the added benefit of a discretionary Provision Fund for some of our investment accounts.
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Atom Bank
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Atom Bank
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Sector:that Atom Bank support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Programme:that Atom Bank support
- Structured Capital Solutions
About Atom Bank
Atom is a new bank, authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the PRA.
Founded in 2014 and based in the City of Durham, Atom has a growing team of over 300 people drawn from across the country, working with partners to bring pioneering technology to Europe for the first time. Atom is building the UK’s first bank designed specifically for digital, offering easy and convenient banking, along with unique and engaging ways to manage money. Atom has been recognised in KPMG’s 2016 Fintech 100, being in the Top 10 companies using technology to drive disruption globally within the financial services industry.
The Atom executive team are highly experienced, having built and run some of the most well respected banks in the UK. CEO Mark Mullen has 25 years of experience in the sector and was previously CEO at the multi-award winning telephone and internet bank First Direct. The team are supported by a strong non-exec board, which includes founder and Chairman Anthony Thomson, also the founder and former Chairman at Metro Bank. He is Chairman of the Financial Services Forum, the UK’s leading membership organisation for senior FS industry executives and Chairman of the National Skills Academy for Financial Services, a national charity. He has also recently been appointed as Newcastle University Business School’s new Goldman Visiting Professor.
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Partners beginning with B
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Beach Point Capital Management
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Beach Point Capital Management
About Beach Point Capital
Beach Point Capital Management is a multi-billion dollar investment manager specializing in credit-related investments. The firm employs a flexible, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach and focuses on complex and less followed opportunities. As of December 31, 2021, Beach Point manages $17 billion in assets under management on behalf of global institutional investors and has offices in, London, Dublin, California, and New York.
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Beechbrook Capital
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Beechbrook Capital
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Investment Range:that Beechbrook Capital support
- £5m-£15m
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Sector:that Beechbrook Capital support
- Other
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Investment Manager:that Beechbrook Capital support
- Richard Coldwell
About Beechbrook Capital
Beechbrook Capital, a specialist direct lender founded in 2008, invests in SMEs across a range of industries in the UK and northern Europe. In addition to the UK SME Credit Fund, Beechbrook’s existing three private debt funds support northern European private equity-backed companies with a typical enterprise value of €10 million to €100 million, investing an average of €4 million to €10 million per transaction. The finance Beechbrook provides often fills a funding gap between equity and bank debt faced by SMEs as banks focus on large corporates and capital market activities.
Beechbrook is backed by institutional investors drawn to the attractive risk-adjusted returns it is generating. Beechbrook Mezzanine II Fund, which closed in July 2014, received commitments from the European Investment Fund and the British Business Bank, alongside several leading private sector investors. The firm has completed 30 investments in growing northern European businesses since 2010.
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BMS Finance
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BMS Finance
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Sector:that BMS Finance support
- Financial and Insurance Services
BMS Finance
BMS Finance is a specialist SME finance company with funds to lend to growing, established businesses backed by robust business models and talented, experienced management teams. The recent closing of a new debt finance fund backed by management, GLI Finance and the British Business Bank Investment Programme further reinforces BMS Finance’s continued commitment to the SME debt finance market.
BMS Finance focuses on high growth companies at or approaching profitability that require between £0.5 million and £5 million of debt to finance working capital, capital investment, acquisitions, MBOs or other specific growth-related opportunities.
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Boost & Co
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Boost & Co
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Investment Range:that Boost & Co support
- £2m-£5m
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Sector:that Boost & Co support
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Boost & Co support
- Richard Coldwell
About Boost&Co
BOOST&Co creates growth capital, venture debt and acquisition finance solutions for promising SMEs.
BOOST&Co Limited is Registered in England and Wales, company number 07728296 and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registration number 711918.
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Bootstrap Europe
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Bootstrap Europe
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Investment Range:that Bootstrap Europe support
- £4.5m
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Sector:that Bootstrap Europe support
- Life Sciences
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Bootstrap Europe support
- Richard Coldwell
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Partners beginning with C
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Clarendon Fund Managers
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Clarendon Fund Managers
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Investment Range:that Clarendon Fund Managers support
- £50-250K
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Sector:that Clarendon Fund Managers support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that Clarendon Fund Managers support
- Mark Barry
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Claret Capital Partners
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Claret Capital Partners
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Investment Range:that Claret Capital Partners support
- €4-5m
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Sector:that Claret Capital Partners support
- Life Sciences
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Claret Capital Partners support
- Geoff Whiteland
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Columbia Lake Partners
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Columbia Lake Partners
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Investment Range:that Columbia Lake Partners support
- £3m
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Sector:that Columbia Lake Partners support
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Columbia Lake Partners support
- Geoff Whiteland
About Columbia Lake Partners
Columbia Lake Partners (CLP) is a London-based growth debt fund with a portfolio of 46 VC-backed technology companies, currently investing out of its second fund. CLP provides high-growth European startups with a less dilutive source of capital, typically investing £3-10m into software or internet-enabled businesses at the Series A+ stage. CLP has been a valuable long-term partner to both founders and their equity investors by being transparent, fast and easy to work with. Notable exits and investments include Clavis Insight (acquired by Ascential), Falcon.io (acquired by Cision), Syft (acquired by Indeed.com), Showpad and Mews Systems.
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Compass Business Finance
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Compass Business Finance
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Investment Range:that Compass Business Finance support
- £100k
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Sector:that Compass Business Finance support
- Manufacturing
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Programme:that Compass Business Finance support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Compass Business Finance support
- Jonathan Marriott
About Compass Business Finance
Compass Business Finance is an independent company specialising in the provision of industry, professions and renewables finance, focussing primarily on asset-based finance for the print, packaging and engineering sectors. Compass have seen year-on-year growth since they were established in 2005, by brothers, Mark and Jamie Nelson. David Bunker joined the company as a director in April 2019.
Compass Business Finance is a member of the Finance and Leasing Association.
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Cordet Capital Partners
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Cordet Capital Partners
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Sector:that Cordet Capital Partners support
- Financial and Insurance Services
About CORDET
CORDET Capital Partners LLP is an independent credit specialist founded in 2013 by a group of financial industry leaders with the aim of providing private debt and alternative funding solutions to mid-market companies in Northern Europe while also addressing the need of many institutional investors for attractive risk-adjusted core income-focused credit investment returns.
CORDET’s team originates, evaluates and structures its debt investments locally through offices in London and Stockholm and seeks to develop and maintain long-term and sustainable partnerships with borrowers, banks, intermediaries as well as business owners such as financial sponsors and entrepreneurs.
CORDET Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated as a full-scope Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the Financial Conduct Authority. CORDET Capital Partners LLP is not registered as an investment adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Advisers to CORDET
CORDET is using King & Wood Mallesons and Mannheimer Swartling as legal advisers, Lazard Private Fund Advisory Group as global placement agent and Arbour Partners as strategic adviser.
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CrowdProperty
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CrowdProperty
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Investment Range:that CrowdProperty support
- £100K - £5M+
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Sector:that CrowdProperty support
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Investment Manager:that CrowdProperty support
- Geoff Whiteland
About CrowdProperty
CrowdProperty is the UK’s leading specialist property project lending platform – a profitable fintech/proptech online-lending innovator changing the game of property project finance. It has featured for three years running in FT1000 Europe’s fastest growing companies in Europe.
CrowdProperty has funded the development of 3013 homes worth £679,000,000, originating over £376,000,000 of agreed facilities and lending more than £303,000,000 to date. This has supported over £244,000,000 of spend on labour, materials and services in the UK economy.
CrowdProperty finances quality property projects being undertaken by quality property professionals. Projects are ready and able to proceed, with clear exit plans in liquid markets, delivering a quantum of units that is immaterial to proven local demand levels, at mainstream price points throughout the UK.
Empowering the multitude of SME property development businesses which are key to delivering ‘build, build, build’, CrowdProperty is tackling the fundamental barriers behind declining SME developer housing output, unlocking the much needed delivering of new homes and spend in the UK economy.
Whilst profitable and robust, the business continues to invest in team, systems and processes to build deeper efficiency, effectiveness and competitive advantage to support a much larger lending business vision, for which there is already huge demand.
All loans are secured by a registered legal charge against property in the UK.
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Cynergy Bank
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Cynergy Bank
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Programme:that Cynergy Bank support
- Structured Capital Solutions
About Cynergy Bank
Cynergy Bank was established in 2018 by entrepreneurs to serve the needs of business owners, property entrepreneurs and family businesses. We have a strong track record supporting businesses that want to scale up and provide over £3bn lending to scaling businesses across the UK, we also offer retail deposits to UK savers. Our vision is to provide a truly personalised service that is delivered through face-to-face relationships and enhanced by the latest technology.
At Cynergy Bank we recognise that our customers’ personal and professional lives often overlap. Our mission is to help empower them to achieve their ambitions by serving all their interdependent banking needs. We provide a range of digitally enabled products and services to meet the property finance, business and commercial banking, private banking and personal savings needs of our customers.
Cynergy Bank has signed partnership agreements with Google Cloud and Wipro Limited to continue to innovate in the human digital space.
Cynergy Bank is a UK bank, authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Eligible deposits are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Cynergy Bank was established following the acquisition of a UK based community bank in 2018. For more information on Cynergy Bank visit cynergybank.co.uk.
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Partners beginning with D
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Deepbridge
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Deepbridge
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Investment Range:that Deepbridge support
- £115K
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Sector:that Deepbridge support
- Life Sciences
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Deepbridge support
- Mark Barry
About Deepbridge Capital
Deepbridge Capital aims to redefine the growth capital market by providing private investors with access to opportunities which are sourced, reviewed and managed by its team of sector specialists. Supporting energetic, passionate and knowledgeable management teams, Deepbridge seeks to identify highly innovative companies to grow into highly successful companies, with a view to providing optimal returns to investors. As investment specialists in the technology, life sciences and renewable energy sectors, Deepbridge works with investee companies throughout their funding journey with an eye always on producing a suitable exit for investors. For further information, please visit www.deepbridgecapital.com.
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DSW Ventures
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DSW Ventures
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Investment Range:that DSW Ventures support
- £300k-2m
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Sector:that DSW Ventures support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that DSW Ventures support
- Mark Barry
About DSW Ventures
We invest seed and scale-up early-stage venture capital into innovative UK businesses led by talented founders. DSW Ventures is a national firm of seed and early-stage investment
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Partners beginning with E
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EOS
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EOS
Eos invests in and supports the growth of early stage, globally relevant science & technology businesses, with a focus on improving lives. Founded in St Andrews, Scotland in 2014, Eos is a trusted link between non-specialist investors & highly specialist investments. Eos works in long-term partnerships with family offices, individuals, companies & institutional investors who invest through an annual Innovation Fund (EIS) and an investment syndicate. All portfolio companies are focussed on either improving quality of life or environmental sustainability.
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Partners beginning with F
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FOLK 2 FOLK
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FOLK 2 FOLK
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Investment Range:that FOLK 2 FOLK support
- from £100k+
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Sector:that FOLK 2 FOLK support
- Financial and Insurance Services
About FOLK2FOLK
FOLK2FOLK is a national marketplace lending platform focused on helping business-owners across regional Britain access the finance they need to grow, develop, or diversify; while providing fixed-rate, property-backed investments for retail and institutional investors. A happy by-product of our lending is a form of trickle-down economics which often has a wider human benefit, which we call FOLKONOMICS™.
FOLK2FOLK was born out of a desire to help. Founded in 2013, when the nation was still reeling from the global financial crisis, funding for businesses was drying up and savers were receiving rock-bottom levels of interest. The idea behind FOLK2FOLK was that by providing a local money exchange – based on the concept of ‘fair exchange’ and secured against land and property – ‘good folks’ could help other ‘good folks’. Three years later in 2016, FOLK2FOLK become regulated and fully authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
FOLK2FOLK’s purpose is to create prosperity for Britain’s regions. An inequality of opportunity for prosperity exists across our country and we want to play our part in redressing that imbalance. We’re about people; it’s in our name, and it’s how we believe finance should be. Financial services have become data driven, digitised, abstract, and ultimately disconnected from the people it serves; our vision is to help put humanity back into finance.
FOLK2FOLK Investors receive an interest rate of typically 6.5% on their FOLK2FOLK loan investments and have funded loans totalling £488m since 2013. Tax-free investing is available via FOLK2FOLK’s Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). Minimum borrowing amount is £100,000. Minimum investment in a FOLK2FOLK loan is £20,000. All loans are secured against UK property or land. Marketplace lending is not a bank/deposit savings product and investors’ capital is at risk. Marketplace lending is not covered by the FSCS.
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Foresight Group
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Foresight Group
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Sector:that Foresight Group support
- Other
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Investment Manager:that Foresight Group support
- Richard Coldwell
About Foresight Group Holdings Limited
Foresight Group was founded in 1984 and is a leading listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager. With a long-established focus on ESG and sustainability-led strategies, it aims to provide attractive returns to its institutional and private investors from hard-to-access private markets. Foresight manages over 350 infrastructure assets with a focus on solar and onshore wind assets, bioenergy and waste, as well as renewable energy enabling projects, energy efficiency management solutions, social and core infrastructure projects and sustainable forestry assets. Its private equity team manages eleven regionally focused investment funds across the UK and an SME impact fund supporting Irish SMEs. This team reviews over 2,500 business plans each year and currently supports more than 250 investments in SMEs. Foresight Capital Management manages four strategies across seven investment vehicles with an AUM of £1.3 billion.
Foresight operates in eight countries across Europe, Australia and United States with AUM of £12.2 billion*. Foresight Group Holdings Limited listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in February 2021. foresightgroup.eu/shareholders
*Based on Foresight Group unaudited AUM as at 31 March 2023.
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Frontier Development Capital
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Frontier Development Capital
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Investment Range:that Frontier Development Capital support
- £500k-£10m
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Sector:that Frontier Development Capital support
- Financial and Insurance Services
- Information and Communication
- Manufacturing
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Investment Manager:that Frontier Development Capital support
- Jonathan Marriott
About FDC
FDC provides flexible funding packages, based mainly on debt, to match the needs of SMEs in the regions. Growth capital funding is available nationwide, up to the value of £7.5million. FDC is keen to support ambitious management teams, and can invest in any sector, for any business funding requirement. FDC is a Responsible Investor and seeks to promote responsible business standards in the businesses in which it invests.
For more information please visit frontierdevelopmentcapital.com/ or call 0345 319 4528.
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Funding Circle
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Funding Circle
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Investment Range:that Funding Circle support
- £5k-£5m
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Investment Manager:that Funding Circle support
- Geoff Whiteland
About Funding Circle
Funding Circle’s online lending platform enables investors to lend directly to creditworthy small businesses in the UK, US and Europe. Since launching in 2010, investors at Funding Circle have lent more than $2.9 billion to 24,000 businesses globally. Funding Circle has raised $273m in equity capital from investors across the world.
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Green Angel Syndicate
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Green Angel Syndicate
About Green Angel Syndicate
Green Angel Syndicate (GAS) is one of the largest angel syndicates in the UK, and the only one specialising in the fight against Climate Change. GAS has attracted over 300 members and invested in 28 start-up and early-stage companies across 10 different economic sectors.
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Growth Capital Partners
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Growth Capital Partners
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Investment Range:that Growth Capital Partners support
- £10m-£30m
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Sector:that Growth Capital Partners support
- Manufacturing
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Growth Capital Partners support
- Richard Coldwell
Growth Capital Partners LLP
Growth Capital Partners (GCP) is an independent private equity company which invests in growing UK SMEs. Its distinctive, flexible approach gives GCP the ability to provide all of the funding in a deal and its partnership style is focused on working with ambitious, like-minded management teams to enhance the value of their businesses. GCP has a long track record of specialist investing in UK SMEs and is currently investing GCP Fund IV. GCP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Haatch
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Haatch
About Haatch Ventures
Founded by Scott Weavers-Wright and Fred Soneya in September 2013 as an angel co-investment joint venture under the “Haatch Angel” brand, Haatch is an early-stage investment business backing growth-focused digital companies at MVP, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A stages and beyond. Haatch Ventures launched in 2018 with the Haatch EIS Fund. In 2021 Haatch launched the Haatch SEIS and Haatch Follow On Fund.
Digital is a key growth driver across many industries. Haatch is, therefore, able to remain broad in sectors yet focused on the most transformative businesses. This provides Investors with access to what Haatch deems an extremely exciting early-stage and scale-up investment portfolio.
Haatch now has a portfolio of 54 companies, into which they have made 82 investments. The portfolio is now valued at over £400 million. The four partners of Haatch are all entrepreneurs in their own right, and between them have over $200 million in exits.
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Harwood Private Capital
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Harwood Private Capital
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Investment Range:that Harwood Private Capital support
- £5m-£8m
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Sector:that Harwood Private Capital support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that Harwood Private Capital support
- Richard Coldwell
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Haydock Finance Limited
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Haydock Finance Limited
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Investment Range:that Haydock Finance Limited support
- £50k-£100k
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Sector:that Haydock Finance Limited support
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
- Construction
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and Storage
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Programme:that Haydock Finance Limited support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Haydock Finance Limited support
- Jonathan Marriott
About Haydock Finance Ltd
Established in 1980, Haydock Finance Ltd is a specialist asset finance company reporting a tangible net worth in excess of £20million.
Haydock provides credit facilities to business users for the finance of standard saleable assets, with opportunities introduced to their office in Blackburn through a selected panel of approved finance brokers.
With gross receivables in excess of £200million, Haydock offers finance for new hire purchase, leasing and refinance proposals for business assets including buses, coaches, industrial plant & machinery, trucks, trailers, commercial vehicles, cranes, forestry / agricultural equipment, machine tools and renewables.
Haydock is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a patron member of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) and a member of the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA).
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Hermes GPE
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Hermes GPE
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Investment Range:that Hermes GPE support
- £5-15M
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Sector:that Hermes GPE support
- Other
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Investment Manager:that Hermes GPE support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Hermes GPE
Hermes GPE is a UK-based private equity asset manager with 27-year track record focusing on fund investments and co-investments in buyouts and growth businesses across the globe. The firm manages $6bn of assets via managed accounts, pooled funds and side cars, working in partnership with a wide range of Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs) from offices in London, New York and Singapore.
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ICG
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ICG
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Sector:that ICG support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Independent Growth Finance
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Independent Growth Finance
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Investment Range:that Independent Growth Finance support
- £50k-£5m
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Sector:that Independent Growth Finance support
- Financial and Insurance Services
- Haulage and Logistics
- Manufacturing
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Programme:that Independent Growth Finance support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Independent Growth Finance support
- Jonathan Marriott
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Isomer Capital
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Isomer Capital
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Sector:that Isomer Capital support
- Life Sciences
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Isomer Capital support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Isomer Capital
Isomer Capital is a private investment firm focused exclusively on European Venture Capital. Isomer backs technology-enabled entrepreneurs across Europe through venture capital fund commitments, company co-investments, and providing liquidity through secondary purchase of funds and companies.
Isomer Capital offers efficient institutional access to European technology innovation by combining an entrepreneurial approach with portfolio management rigour. The firm seeks to generate strong returns while managing risk and delivering insight and access to its partners. Find out more at isomercapital.com.
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Partners beginning with K
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Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd
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Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd
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Investment Range:that Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd support
- £30k
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Sector:that Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd support
- Accommodation and Food Service Activities
- Information and Communication
- Technology
- Transportation and Storage
- Wholesale and Retail Trade
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Programme:that Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd support
- Jonathan Marriott
About Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd
Formed in 1997, Kingsway Asset Finance Ltd is one of the longest established independent providers of hire purchase, lease and loan finance to the UK SME market. Based in Wilmslow, close to Manchester Airport, Kingsway provides nationwide coverage, principally through a network of approved brokers although SMEs are able to make their own direct contact too.
Kingsway concentrates on financing “soft assets” such as catering equipment and office furniture, in addition to providing loan finance to the professions (Accountancy, Legal, Medical etc).
In December 2018 Kingsway became part of Praetura Asset Finance “PAF” Group Ltd. Adrian Anthon, Managing Director of Kingsway, joined the board of PAF Group, as well as taking equity in the combined business.
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Partners beginning with L
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LGT Capital Partners
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LGT Capital Partners
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Investment Range:that LGT Capital Partners support
- £7.5m-£15m
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Sector:that LGT Capital Partners support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that LGT Capital Partners support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About LGT Capital Partners
LGT Capital Partners is a leading alternative investment specialist with USD 60 billion in assets under management and more than 550 institutional clients in 39 countries. An international team of over 500 professionals is responsible for managing a wide range of investment programs focusing on private markets, liquid alternatives and multi-asset class solutions. Headquartered in Pfaeffikon (SZ), Switzerland, the firm has offices in New York, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vaduz, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.
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Liberty Leasing
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Liberty Leasing
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Sector:that Liberty Leasing support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Programme:that Liberty Leasing support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Partners beginning with M
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M&G Investments
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M&G Investments
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Sector:that M&G Investments support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland
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MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland
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Investment Range:that MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland support
- €5m-€15m
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Sector:that MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland support
- Richard Coldwell
About MML Ireland
MML Ireland is a private equity firm with funds dedicated to backing ambitious owners and managers of small and medium-sized private businesses with a significant presence on the island of Ireland to reach the next stage of their evolution, maximising growth opportunities at home and abroad. It provides capital to businesses for expansions, acquisitions, shareholder re-organisations, re-capitalisations and management buy-outs. MML Ireland creates bespoke deals in response to unique opportunities recognising that while the challenges facing businesses are sometimes similar, the specific details are never the same.
To date, MML has made a total of 15 investments through its Fund 1 and Fund 2 in a range of businesses across a variety of sectors, taking both minority and majority positions. Current portfolio companies include: EES, RelateCare, Ashdale Care, Travel Department, Schivo, Prim-Ed Publishing, Agenda Communications, SONAS Bathrooms, Innovu Insurance, Fastway Couriers, Irish HomeCare and Kyte Powertech. Over the past three years, MML Ireland has successfully exited its investments in Lowe Rental, H&MV Engineering and IdentiGEN.
MML Ireland is a member of the MML Capital group based in London. Rory Brooks, MML group Chairman said “We are delighted that MML Ireland has raised its second fund thereby providing additional growth capital for the Irish market. The new fund is testimony to the success of our Dublin partners with the first fund and reinforces our stated commitment to the Irish market.”
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Mobeus
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Muzinich & Co
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Muzinich & Co
About Muzinich & Co
Muzinich & Co was founded as a privately owned company in New York in 1988. It currently manages $24 billion across a variety of strategies in corporate credit. In addition to Manchester and London, the firm has offices in New York, Paris, Cologne, Madrid, Milan, and Zurich.
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Partners beginning with O
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Oxbury Bank
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Oxbury Bank
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Programme:that Oxbury Bank support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Oxbury Bank support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Oxbury Bank
Oxbury is the UK’s first and only AgTech bank, sitting at the heart of the technology revolution sweeping British farming.
British farming and food is going through a period of radical transformation, and farm businesses require more tailored finance, technology and data solutions to help them make the generational shifts required to improve sustainability, provenance and production standards across the farming and food supply chain.
For decades traditional banks have been reducing critical working capital to farm businesses and removing specialist agriculture expertise.
Oxbury was founded with a completely fresh vision for how a finance company can support the UK’s critical farming and food ecosystem.
With a proprietary fintech platform – Oxbury Earth – combined with our decades of banking and farming experience, Oxbury offers more tailored, flexible and reliable finance along with a unique data solutions that helps farmers deliver improved sustainability, provenance and productivity across the farming and food supply chain.
Oxbury Bank Plc is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register number: 834822).
For more information about Oxbury visit oxbury.com.
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Partners beginning with P
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Panoramic Growth Equity
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Panoramic Growth Equity
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Investment Range:that Panoramic Growth Equity support
- £1m - £5m
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Sector:that Panoramic Growth Equity support
- Other
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Par Equity
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Par Equity
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Investment Range:that Par Equity support
- £850k
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Sector:that Par Equity support
- Life Sciences
- Technology
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Investment Manager:that Par Equity support
- Mark Barry
About Par Equity
Par Equity is an award-winning venture capital firm, based in Edinburgh, investing in innovative technology companies with high growth potential.
Founded on the principle of equality, fund investors and professional business angels share the same terms and the same rewards across a broad range of opportunities. This investment strategy, fusing the best elements of angel investing with the professionalism and rigour of a traditional venture capital fund, is what Par describes as its Network Effect – a large and engaged investor network with a track record founding, growing and selling companies, who can add value throughout the investment life cycle.
The firm’s evergreen Par EIS fund is available to retail investors who want a hands off exposure to venture capital and EIS, providing them with a diversified portfolio of six to eight software and hardware technology companies, with the potential for significant capital gains.
Par Equity won a hat-trick of awards recognising the firm’s exit from online educator ICS Learn – ‘Best EIS Investment Exit’ at the EIS Association Awards 2019, ‘Exit of the Year’ at the Growth Investor Awards 2018 and ‘Best Exit of the Year’ at Investment Week’s Tax Efficiency Awards 2018. The firm was also a finalist for the Best EIS Investment Manager award at the 2019 Growth Investor Awards.
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Praesidian Capital
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Praetura Ventures
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Praetura Ventures
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Sector:that Praetura Ventures support
- Financial and Insurance Services
About Praetura Ventures
Praetura Ventures is a Manchester-based venture capital firm which invests in early-stage, high-growth businesses across the UK, with a particular focus on supporting entrepreneurs across the North of England.
Praetura Ventures is committed to adding value post-investment and providing the ‘more than money’ support that businesses need to grow, including additional expertise, resources, networks and guidance, to its investee companies.
Since 2019, Praetura Ventures has backed over 27 companies, including North West headquartered businesses Culture Shift, XR Games and Peak.
The firm also has a Venture Partner programme – an innovative and collaborative initiative that is aimed at experienced, connected and successful individuals who have a desire to add value and potentially provide mentorship, advice, introductions and investment to the next generation of entrepreneurs. In just a few months, the firm has grown its Venture Partner base to 85+ members, typically C-suite level individuals.
Learn more at praeturaventures.com and LinkedIn
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Prefequity
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Partners beginning with S
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Science Creates Ventures (SCV)
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Science Creates Ventures (SCV)
About Science Creates Ventures
Science Creates Ventures (SCV) is a Bristol-based venture capital firm offering investment into early-stage deep tech companies, focusing on technologies that have the potential to improve healthcare, quality of life, and the environment around us.
Science Creates Ventures was founded to back exceptional teams building game changing UK-based deep tech companies with investment and qualified mentorship. We get excited by truly standout technology that has the potential to disrupt existing industries or create entirely new ones, and we love investing at the early stages of a company’s journey.
We’re a team of serial entrepreneurs, investors and scientists who have unique insight into the challenges facing young deep tech companies and we’re supported and backed by successful entrepreneurs behind multiple tech and deep tech exits in the South-West. We bring a hands-on, tailored approach to supporting and mentoring our portfolio companies, focusing on setting them on the best path for growth and success from the outset.
SCV is part of the Science Creates ecosystem, with two incubators in Bristol, offering over 45,000 sqft of purpose-built laboratory space, flexible offices and event space, alongside the support of a network of academic institutions, strategic delivery partners, advisors and mentors.
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Secure Trust Bank
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Secure Trust Bank
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Programme:that Secure Trust Bank support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Secure Trust Bank support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Secure Trust Bank
STB is an established, well‐funded and capitalised UK retail bank with a 70-year trading track record. STB operates principally from its head office in Solihull, West Midlands, and had 833 employees (full‐time equivalent) as at 31 December 2022. STB’s diversified lending portfolio currently focuses on two sectors:
- Business Finance through its Real Estate Finance and Commercial Finance divisions; and
- Consumer Finance through its Vehicle Finance and Retail Finance divisions.
STB is authorised in the UK by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
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Shard Credit Partners
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Shard Credit Partners
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Investment Range:that Shard Credit Partners support
- £5-20m
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Investment Manager:that Shard Credit Partners support
- Richard Coldwell
About Shard Credit Partners
Shard Credit Partners was established in 2014 with the primary aim of raising a direct lending fund to address the well-known financing gap which has hindered growth and expansion of SMEs operating in the UK lower mid-market since the 2008 financial crisis. The fund will provide innovatively structured senior and junior loan capital to a diverse range of SMEs (including private equity-backed businesses) operating in the UK lower mid-market (defined as companies with an enterprise value below £50 million and having between 50 and 249 full-time employees).
Shard Credit Partners will primarily target borrowers with annual revenues of below £100 million that are finding it increasingly difficult to source long-term financing from traditional bank sources. The fund will provide flexible loan capital in support of business growth and expansion, or for event driven M&A activity, such as a transformative acquisition or a management buy-out or other change of control. The fund will lend to businesses located throughout the UK and operating across a diverse range of industries. Typical loan sizes will range between £5-15 million per borrower, with maturities of three to seven years. Shard Credit Partners is an appointed representative of Shard Capital AIFM LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA and is a full-scope AIFM under the AIFMD.
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Shawbrook Bank
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Shawbrook Bank
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Programme:that Shawbrook Bank support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Shawbrook Bank support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Shawbrook Bank
Shawbrook Bank is a specialist UK savings and lending bank founded in 2011 to serve the needs of SMEs and individuals in the UK with a range of lending and saving products. We are a growing UK specialist bank that challenges the conventional approach of the mainstream banks, with our thoughtful and good-sense approach to the way we do business.
As a regulated UK bank, Shawbrook Bank are subject to the regulation of both the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Shire Leasing
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Shire Leasing
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Investment Range:that Shire Leasing support
- 11k
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Sector:that Shire Leasing support
- Other
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Programme:that Shire Leasing support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Shire Leasing support
- Jonathan Marriott
About Shire Leasing
Shire Leasing plc (Shire) was founded by two cousins, John Worton and Martin Smith, in 1990 and is the UK’s largest privately owned independent funding house, specialising in small ticket leasing of business critical equipment. Based in Tamworth Staffordshire, Shire has won awards for its diverse workforce of 130+ employees, its innovative products and as Independent Lessor of the year by Leasing World in 2016.
Shire provides the full range of lease-based services tailored to fund the majority of business assets, allowing UK SMEs to take control of their cash flow by acquiring assets through small, regular payments, on a fixed interest basis. Priding itself on customer centricity, Shire recognises the unique nature of every business model when matching financial solutions to a business. Its primary objective is to facilitate cost-effective business growth and development for SMEs across the UK.
Building long-lasting relationships is a key value for Shire, and this is manifest in numerous long term relationships with investors, vendor partners and hirers alike. This multifaceted approach, which includes working alongside equipment vendors who in turn offer finance options to their customers, has been a winning formula and has resulted in over 66,000 UK SMEs being financially supported by Shire.
More information on how Shire delivers flexible funding solutions for British businesses can be found on the Shire Leasing website.
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Startup Funding Club
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Startup Funding Club
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Investment Range:that Startup Funding Club support
- £400k
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Sector:that Startup Funding Club support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that Startup Funding Club support
- Mark Barry
About Startup Funding Club Capital
SFC Capital is the UK’s most active seed investor. SFC’s mission is to invest in the innovations of tomorrow and to support the UK’s most innovative start-ups from their very first funding round. They work with the UK’s most active accelerators, university incubators and angel investors to find high potential ventures at an early stage across sectors from Fintech and B2B Software to Life Sciences and Consumer Tech. Founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Stephen Page (DataEase, Sapphire), SFC Capital combines an angel syndicate with its own funds to provide investors with diversified exposure to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses.
The commitment from British Business Investments to SFC Capital does not amount to any endorsement or warranty from British Business Investments, the British Business Bank plc, or the government of the UK.
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Syndicate Room
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Syndicate Room
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Investment Range:that Syndicate Room support
- £60K
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Sector:that Syndicate Room support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that Syndicate Room support
- Mark Barry
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Partners beginning with T
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Top Tier Capital Partners LLC
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Top Tier Capital Partners LLC
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Investment Range:that Top Tier Capital Partners LLC support
- $10m -$20M
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Sector:that Top Tier Capital Partners LLC support
- Financial and Insurance Services
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Investment Manager:that Top Tier Capital Partners LLC support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Top Tier Capital Partners
Top Tier Capital Partners, LLC (TTCP) is a venture capital specialist managing niche-focused funds of funds. We make primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds and co-invest in select portfolio companies. Our team creates diverse portfolios that are built to spot emerging trends early and to deliver optimal venture returns.
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Tower Leasing
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Tower Leasing
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Sector:that Tower Leasing support
- Other
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Programme:that Tower Leasing support
- Structured Capital Solutions
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Investment Manager:that Tower Leasing support
- Jonathan Marriott
About Tower Leasing
Established since 1989, Tower Leasing Ltd is a finance broker and funder which aims to assist companies across the UK with acquiring capital and equipment through asset finance. Tower Leasing creates an opportunity for businesses to manage their cash flow, whilst securing the assets and technology which allows them to stay competitive within the market. Tower Leasing also provide additional funding to support business growth with a wide range of finance solutions.
Tower have arranged funding for over 60,000 SME’s across the full spectrum of industry/sector types and trading styles, from brand new start sole traders, to blue chip PLCs.
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Partners beginning with W
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Wilshire
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Wilshire
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Sector:that Wilshire support
- Other
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Investment Manager:that Wilshire support
- Vianney de Leudeville
About Wilshire
Founded in 1972, Wilshire is a global financial services firm providing innovative discretionary investment solutions and independent investment advice to investors throughout the world. For over two decades Wilshire has been an active investor and advisor in the global private markets on behalf of many institutional clients.
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Partners beginning with 0-9
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24 Haymarket
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24 Haymarket
About 24Haymarket
Headquartered in London and with a regional office in Edinburgh, 24Haymarket follows a strict investment thesis with a focus on verticals in the nascent stages of high growth where they are able to leverage proprietary insight from their Investor Network.
24Haymarket focus on early-stage equity and venture capital investments in companies that have demonstrated initial commercial traction. It adheres to an active investment philosophy with a right to a board seat in each investment combined with an involved post-investment model.
By seeking investment opportunities underserved by institutional venture capital firms (i.e., transaction sizes of less than £5 million) but beyond traditional incubators, accelerators, friends and family or other angel syndicates (i.e., transaction sizes generally above £1 million), 24Haymarket are able to assist young companies at a crucial point in their “scale up” journey.
For further information, please visit 24haymarket.com/about-us/
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