Business Growth Fund plc
Business Growth Fund plc is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage, acquisitions, middle market, emerging growth, growth capital, and small and medium-sized companies. It does not invest in start-ups or smaller companies, mezzanine, regulated financial services, property development, and real estate sectors. The firm considers to invest in all sectors, primarily focusing on high-tech manufacturing; software and electronics; leisure and tourism; education; hospitality; retail; consumer; tech, media & digital; energy; renewable energy and clean-tech; healthcare and life sciences; construction & infrastructure, industrial and business & professional services; outsourcing; and digital businesses. Within leisure it focuses on hotels, resorts and cruise lines. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Midlands, United Kingdom with a focus on North of England, North East & Cambria and North West, London, South East, South West England, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, the Thames Valley, South and North Wales, the Yorkshire & Humber, Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In Aberdeen, it seeks to make oil and gas investments. The firm seeks to invest between £1 million ($1.23 million) and £10 million ($12.33 million) in companies with sales between £5 million ($6.17 million) and £100 million ($123.38 million). It typically acquires a majority or minority stakes of between 10 percent and 40 percent in companies and prefers to take a board seat. The firm seeks to co-invest alongside other investors. It structures its investments flexibly, providing a mixture of ordinary shares, preference shares or subordinated loan stock. The firm seeks to exit its investments in around 10 years, wherein typically all shareholders exit together. It invests off its own balance sheet and prefers to have an active partnership with the management. Business Growth Fund plc was founded in February, 2011 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom with additional offices across Europe.