Business Growth Fund

Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses. It was set up in 2011 to offer growing companies and ambitious entrepreneurs patient capital and strategic support. With 14 offices, they are close and relevant to the businesses they invest in. They have grown to a team of 150+ and a network that’s made up of one of the largest pools of board-level executives. Collectively, the companies in their portfolio employ close to 50,000 people. They want to see more entrepreneurs using their capital not only to scale-up their own business but also, collectively, to drive economic activity and with it increase employment, exports, and growth.

Tireni Ajilore

Investor

Dennis Atkinson

Investor

James Baker

Investor

Aaron Baker

Investor

Keith Barclay

Investor

Euan Baxter

Investor

Josh Bean

Investor

David Bellis

Investor

Tim Bittleston

Chairman

Chris Boyes

Investor

Graham Clarke

Investor

Olly Cutting

Investor

Rhys Davenport

Investor

John Devine

Investor

Ned Dorbin

Investor

Fiona Dornan

Investor

Ian Downing

Investor

Lucy Edwardes-Jones

Investor

Isabella Fox

Investor

Alex Garfitt

Investor

Paddy Graham

Investor

Gemma Hamilton

Investor

Nathan Heath

Investor

Joe Higgins

Investor

Nick Holder

Investor

Tom Horton

Investor

Rob Johnson

Investor

Chris Jones

Investor

Kamel Kasem

Investor

Zahir Kasmani

Investor

Elena Kovalikhina

Investor

Aoife McAdam

Investor

Thomas McDonnell

Investor

Valerie McGrane

Investor

Pinesh Mehta

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Chris Morgan

Investor

Chris Nixon

Investor

Guy Pope

Investor

Richard Pugh

Investor

Liam Pursall

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Sebastian Saywood

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Lauren Sharpe

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Bethany Shiers

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James Skade

Investor

Joanne Smith

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Daina Spedding

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Georgina Stratton

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Adele Sung

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Daniel Tapson

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Jack Teasdale

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Hannah Waters

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Spencer Woods

Investor

Past deals in Local

Locate Bio

Venture Round in 2021
Locate Bio Limited is a regenerative medicine company specializing in innovative solutions for tissue repair. The company has developed a platform utilizing Targeted, Orchestrated Signaling technology, which focuses therapeutic signals at the site of tissue injuries. This approach enhances the effectiveness of cell therapies and facilitates localized repair by providing a supportive structure for tissue regeneration. Locate Bio’s products are applicable across various clinical fields, including orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, dentistry, and reconstructive surgery. The company's offerings include thermally activated and injectable scaffolds that solidify within the body, enabling advanced pharmaceutical delivery and supporting tissue growth. Established in 2001 and based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Locate Bio aims to address significant unmet clinical needs, primarily assisting surgeons in improving the quality of life for patients with challenging spinal conditions.

Localised

Series A in 2020
Localised is local-first ecommerce. We have reimagined how brands and shoppers transact across borders, languages, currencies and cultures. With our own all-inclusive global ecommerce platform, we rapidly design, build, operate, optimize and market highly localised country-specific ecommerce sites in foreign markets for coveted brands. We help brands go global by being local. We are what brands expanding globally do next.
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