Foresight Group

Foresight Group, established in 1984, is an independent investment company based in London, UK. It specializes in managing infrastructure and private equity funds, catering to a diverse range of clients including institutional investors, family offices, high net-worth individuals, and retail investors. With over £7.2 billion in assets under management, Foresight offers various investment products such as listed vehicles, limited partnerships, and tax-efficient schemes like Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) and Business Property Relief Funds. Its investment strategies focus on growth-stage companies across sectors like energy, infrastructure, technology, and industrials, with a strong emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to create sustainable long-term value.

Claire Alvarez

Partner

Rodney Appiah

Director

Irfan Ashfak

Investment Manager

Oliver Bates

Investment Director - Private Debt

Mark Brennan

Partner and Lead Manager

Eric Bright

Director

Salim Chantler

Senior Investment Manager

Hugi Clarke

Partner

Barclay Clibborn

Principal of the AIB Foresight SME Impact Fund

John Cordrey

Principal

Amy Crofton

Managing Director

Francesca Dickinson

Senior Investment Manager

Ross Driver

Managing Director

Lindsay Duebendorfer

Senior Investment Manager

Peter English

Co-Founder and Partner

Bernard Fairman

Executive Chairman

Lucio Favale

Investment Associate Director

Gary Fraser

COO, Partner and CFO

Robert Gallagher

Senior Investment Manager

Philip Gardiner

Investment Director

Philip Gardiner

Investment Director

Line Gauteplass

Investment Manager

Federico Giannandrea

Partner and Head of Continental Europe

Amy Green

Commercial Managing Director

Danielle Gubbay JD

Senior Investment Manager

Danielle Gubbay

Senior Investment Manager

Stephan Gueorguiev

Investment Director

Robert Guest

Managing Director

Matt Hammond

Partner

Ray Harris

Director

Aqib Hashamali

Director

Fiona Hatch

Investment Director and Private Equity Team Sustainability Lead

Fiona Hatch

Senior Investment Manager

Christopher Holmes

Partner

Steven Hughes

Managing Director and Head of Portfolio

David Hughes

Chief Investment Officer and Partner

Franco Imperial

Investment Manager

Rob Jones

Investment Director

Robert Jones

Investment Director

Richard Kelly

Managing Director

Tom Laidlaw

CEO

Jordan Lavender

Investment Manager

Richard Lewis

Managing Director

Muxin Ma

Investment Director

Carly Magee

Partner

Graeme Mckinstry

Investment Director

Matthew McLoughlin

Director

Nicholas Mettyear

Investment Director

Nicholas Mettyear

Senior Investment Manager

Carlos Rey Micolau

Managing Director and Head of Iberia

David Miles

Investment Director

Hugh Minnock

Director

Hugh Minnock

Investment Director

Nick Morgan

Partner

Anouska Morjaria

Associate Director

Georgie Newton

Investment Manager

Joseph Raffa

Venture Partner

Richard Ralph

Senior Investment Manager

Suzie Ruffley

Managing Director and Global Head of People and Sustainable Culture

Anastasia Sagaidachna

Senior Investment Manager

Nick Scullion

Partner and Head of Foresight Capital Management

Gideon Shmuel

Operating Partner

Jeroen Sibia

Investment Manager

Matt Smith

Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity

Tavia Sparks

Investment Director

Christopher Tanner

Partner

Stephen Thayer

Partner and Group Finance Director

Humberto Toquero

Partner and Investment Director

Chris Wardle

Managing Director

Chris Wiles

Investment Director

Christopher Wiles

Director

Ed Wilson

Managing Director

Charlie Wright

Director

Rubina Singh

Senior Investment Manager

Ryan Finesy

Investment Analyst

Past deals in Advertising

Alison AI

Seed Round in 2024
Alison is a leading AI-powered platform specializing in video analysis for creative advertising. It offers a software-as-a-service solution that enables businesses to identify the most effective elements of their video content, access comprehensive performance data, and conduct insightful competitive analysis. By streamlining the process from ideation to production, Alison helps clients create videos that have a higher likelihood of success, eliminating guesswork and focusing on data-driven results. This platform is designed to enhance the overall effectiveness of video advertisements, ensuring that clients can optimize their creative strategies effectively.

AudioScenic

Series A in 2023
AudioScenic Limited, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, specializes in developing innovative 3D audio technology that enhances the listening experience across various industries including cinema, gaming, production, automotive, and public displays. The company utilizes small arrays of speakers combined with advanced head-tracking technologies to create controlled and independent sound beams directed to each ear, effectively simulating a virtual headphone experience without the need for traditional headphones or extensive speaker setups. This approach delivers a more authentic and immersive audio experience, allowing sounds to be perceived in three-dimensional space with remarkable clarity. AudioScenic’s technology eliminates the limitations of conventional loudspeaker systems by providing optimized sound delivery that adapitates to the listener's position. Their proprietary Virtua 3D Engine enables wide-ranging applications and cost-effective implementations, offering detailed acoustic design support to partners and customers in various market segments.

AudioScenic

Series A in 2020
AudioScenic Limited, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, specializes in developing innovative 3D audio technology that enhances the listening experience across various industries including cinema, gaming, production, automotive, and public displays. The company utilizes small arrays of speakers combined with advanced head-tracking technologies to create controlled and independent sound beams directed to each ear, effectively simulating a virtual headphone experience without the need for traditional headphones or extensive speaker setups. This approach delivers a more authentic and immersive audio experience, allowing sounds to be perceived in three-dimensional space with remarkable clarity. AudioScenic’s technology eliminates the limitations of conventional loudspeaker systems by providing optimized sound delivery that adapitates to the listener's position. Their proprietary Virtua 3D Engine enables wide-ranging applications and cost-effective implementations, offering detailed acoustic design support to partners and customers in various market segments.

Nano Interactive

Venture Round in 2020
Nano Interactive GmbH is a technology company based in Starnberg, Germany, that specializes in online live intent targeting and search-based advertising services. Founded in 2014 by former ValueClick executives, the company leverages user search queries to meet the specific needs of advertisers. Its data management platform, Audience Manager, creates anonymous user profiles that facilitate timely and targeted online advertising displays. Additionally, Nano Interactive provides reporting dashboards that enable real-time performance tracking across multiple channels at the keyword level. The company is experiencing significant growth and has expanded its presence across EMEA with offices in cities including Hamburg, London, Paris, Warsaw, and Belgrade.

Usheru

Seed Round in 2019
Usheru is a technology platform that facilitates direct ticketing and marketing data insights for film distributors. By integrating cinema point-of-sale systems with film websites, Usheru allows consumers to easily book tickets while providing film distributors with crucial tools for tracking marketing spend and connecting it to actual ticket purchases. The company offers an insights platform, Usheru Analytics, which provides real-time visibility into the success of marketing campaigns. This enables distributors to understand consumer behavior and build a database of film enthusiasts. Usheru addresses the significant challenge of rising marketing costs in the film industry by offering data-driven solutions and a direct response advertising framework, ultimately fostering stronger connections between film distributors and their audiences.

PowerLinks

Series A in 2018
PowerLinks Media Limited, established in 2012, operates a programmatic native advertising platform that facilitates the buying and selling of native ads across various formats and devices worldwide. The company's core product, PowerLinks, enables brands and media businesses to adopt and scale native advertising, offering a global marketplace for real-time trading of in-feed, in-video, in-image, in-text, and in-display ad formats. With offices in Salford and Manchester, UK, and New York, USA, PowerLinks integrates and distributes sponsored content, search, e-commerce, responsive display, and video content, driving innovation and accelerating revenue generation through open technology and global scale.

Nano Interactive

Venture Round in 2018
Nano Interactive GmbH is a technology company based in Starnberg, Germany, that specializes in online live intent targeting and search-based advertising services. Founded in 2014 by former ValueClick executives, the company leverages user search queries to meet the specific needs of advertisers. Its data management platform, Audience Manager, creates anonymous user profiles that facilitate timely and targeted online advertising displays. Additionally, Nano Interactive provides reporting dashboards that enable real-time performance tracking across multiple channels at the keyword level. The company is experiencing significant growth and has expanded its presence across EMEA with offices in cities including Hamburg, London, Paris, Warsaw, and Belgrade.

.FOX Networks

Venture Round in 2007
FOX Networks (pronounced "dot FOX"), one of the largest international ad networks, is the online division of FOX International Channels. With 150 employees in 19 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, .FOX Networks pioneered the concept of Brandformance™, or achieving branding-like recall with performance-like ROI. The network, which serves +20 billion impressions to +900 million unique users each month, leverages Fox International Channel's TV and online teams around the world to facilitate the convergence of TV and online video planning and buying. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the News Corporation (NYSE: NWS)

Factory Media

Acquisition in 2006
Factory Media Ltd. is a digital media company based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in lifestyle sports and their associated cultures across Europe. Established in 2006, the company operates a diverse portfolio that includes 20 brands, such as MPORA, Road Cycling UK, and Dirt, and publishes 16 digital and 13 consumer magazine brands in six languages. Factory Media engages in the production of branded content and campaigns, leveraging its in-house networks and digital platforms to reach a targeted audience of action sports enthusiasts. The company serves over four million consumers interested in snowboarding, mountain biking, surfing, BMX, and other action sports, with MPORA attracting approximately 3.8 million unique users monthly. Factory Media also offers sponsorship, campaign management, and advertising sales services, representing unsold inventory in the outdoor and lifestyle sports sectors. With regional offices in Munich, Germany, the company has established itself as a dominant player in the European media market for action sports.
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