Growth Capital Partners

Growth Capital Partners, established in 1999, is a London-based private equity firm specializing in structured equity investments for small to medium-sized businesses in the UK. With a focus on business services, industries, and technology companies, Growth Capital Partners offers a unique combination of equity and debt products to support growth and expansion. With a track record of success and extensive experience in the market, Growth Capital Partners is a trusted partner for businesses looking to scale and achieve their strategic objectives.

James Blake

Managing Partner

William Crossan

Founder

Garrett Curran

Managing Partner

James Handley

Investment Director

Emily Henderson

Investment Director

Ravi Monteiro

Investment Director

Richard Penston

Operational Partner

Jay Salter

Investment Director

Jim Sellars

Investment Manager, Private Equity

Richard Shaw

Partner

Alex Thomson

Investment Director

Giles Richard Whitman

Investment Director

48 past transactions

Allen & Heath

Acquisition in 2006
Allen & Heath Limited designs and manufactures digital audio mixing desks. It offers digital mixing systems, compact digital mixers, professional DJ and club mixers, controllers and headphones, analogue mixers, personal mixing systems, analogue studio consoles/multi-channel interfaces/DAW control surfaces, matrix mixers, dual function FoH/monitor mixers, multi-track recorders and USB/FireWire interfaces, powered and unpowered analogue live mixers, broadcast mixers, and analogue zone mixers. The company’s products are used for applications in live sound projects, permanent installations.

John Henry Group

Private Equity Round in 2016
John Henry Group Limited provides strategic knowledge, expertise, and project delivery solutions to business partners to grow their infrastructure footprints across telecommunication, utilities, highways, and civil engineering infrastructure sectors. Its services include integrated highways engineering, communications civil engineering, fiber network construction and installation, educational telecoms networks, power network construction, and highway support services. The company serves public sector and blue-chip private markets in the United Kingdom. John Henry Group Limited was founded in 1985 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom with additional offices in Norfolk, North London, Hampshire, Birmingham, Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Ayrshire.

Plenitude Consulting

Private Equity Round in 2022
Plenitude is a financial consulting firm. They offers financial crime compliance advisory, financial crime compliance transformation, anti-financial crime, prevention of tax evasion, fraud prevention services.

etc.venues

Acquisition in 2012
etc.venues operates, and hires conference, training, meeting, exhibition, and event venues in London and Birmingham. The company offers venues and rooms for various events, such as product launches, away days, breakfast meetings, networking drinks, evening dinners, exhibitions, teambuilding, work-shops, conferences, summits and AGMs, graduate training, exams, assessment centers, and religious events.

Shorterm Group

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Shorterm Limited provides short, medium, and long-term recruitment services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company specializes in recruiting and supplying professional engineers, technical staff, skilled trade’s people, and more for clients working in engineering, construction and rail, or commercial and industrial environments. It also provides contract, on-site management, and outsource arrangement services. The company serves aerospace, automotive, aviation, construction, electronics, engineering, industrial, logistics, power and process, rail, oil and gas, and supply chain industries. Shorterm Limited was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Yiewsley, United Kingdom.

Indigo Belcom

Private Equity Round in 2018
Indigo-Belcom is an independent global telecom services delivery partner offering high value, mission critical solutions to the fixed and mobile carrier and enterprise market sectors. Indigo-Belcom specialises in the design, planning, build, supply, management and maintenance of UK, European and global telecommunications networks. We offer a comprehensive range of installation, professional and technical services to assist telecommunications operators, carriers, network equipment manufacturers, utilities and private enterprises in deploying, managing and maintaining their multi-vendor telecommunications infrastructure.

AMG Group

Private Equity Round in 2016
AMG Group Ltd. manufactures and distributes outdoor, footwear, and snow sports clothing and equipment. It offers tents, sleeping bags, rucksacks, travel luggage, camping gear, outdoor clothing, outdoor footwear, skiing equipment, cooking gear, camping food, and more. The company also provides replacement poles, pole sections, and spares; and tent pole replacement, repair, and warranty services. It serves customers through retailers. AMG Group Ltd. was formerly known as AMG Outdoor Limited. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Port Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Chaucer Group

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
Chaucer Group Limited develops digital leaders and creates an agile and collaborative organization. It provides designing, prototyping, and adoption of new digital products or services; and offers agile delivery, change, communications, cyber security, data, innovation, P3M delivery, people development, strategy, and technology services. The company serves exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading, entertainment and communications, law enforcement enterprises, central government, consortium, and solar technology industries. Chaucer Group Limited was founded in 1987 and is based in London, United Kingdom. It has locations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Russia, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. As of July 12, 2020, Chaucer Group Limited operates as a subsidiary of Business Integration Partners S.p.a.

Blueberry Food Group

Private Equity Round in 2008
Blueberry Group supplies ambient speciality foods to all sectors of the UK retail marketplace. Trading as Fosters Traditional Foods and The Foodfinders, the business successfully services the independent retailer and the multiple retail sector without compromise. A successful export business unit also forms part of the group in order to take our product offer to over 29 countries worldwide.

Cooke Optics

Acquisition in 2015
Cooke Optics Ltd. operates in filmmaking business. The company provides and manufactures primes and zooms for 35mm, digital and super 16 mm photography and lenses. It provides lenses for multiple film applications such as anamorphic lenses, spherical lenses, full frame plus lenses, anamorphic zoom lenses, and still lenses. The company provides /i Technology that enables film and digital cameras to key lens data. Cooke Optics Ltd. was founded in 1893 and is based in Leicester, United Kingdom.

Chaucer Group

Acquisition in 2014
Chaucer Group Limited develops digital leaders and creates an agile and collaborative organization. It provides designing, prototyping, and adoption of new digital products or services; and offers agile delivery, change, communications, cyber security, data, innovation, P3M delivery, people development, strategy, and technology services. The company serves exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading, entertainment and communications, law enforcement enterprises, central government, consortium, and solar technology industries. Chaucer Group Limited was founded in 1987 and is based in London, United Kingdom. It has locations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Russia, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. As of July 12, 2020, Chaucer Group Limited operates as a subsidiary of Business Integration Partners S.p.a.

Eldapoint

Private Equity Round in 2007
Eldapoint Limited manufactures and sells relocatable equipment buildings and fire rated portable accommodation units. It also offers modular equipment buildings, specialist housings, fire certified and blast resistant units, secure steel accommodation units, storage and shipping containers, canteen units, hydro containers, changing rooms, toilets, shower blocks, sleeper units, portable welfare units, and modular buildings. In addition, the company offers storage, shipping, offshore, portable storage, and refrigerated containers (reefers) for sale; container repair, shipping container conversion, and storage services; and container haulage with line and merchant services. Eldapoint Limited was founded in 1968 and is based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Infinity Works

Private Placement in 2019
Infinity Works Consulting Limited, a software consulting company, provides software delivery and technology consulting solutions. It offers services in the areas of consulting, project management, training, custom development and reporting, cloud migration and strategy, and managed services. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom. It has additional offices in London and Manchester, United Kingdom.

DMW Group

Private Equity Round in 2017
DMW combines the professional skill & rigour of a big IT consultancy with the entrepreneurial spirit & passion of a start-up. Today, they are recognised as a leading IT consulting business with a reputation for intelligence, integrity & technical depth, all delivered with a personal touch. Your work will be as exciting & challenging as you’d find in the large IT consultancies, but that’s where the similarity ends. They’ve worked at big consultancies too – trust us, smaller is better.

GTS Flexible Materials

Private Equity Round in 2020
GTS Flexible Materials is a manufacturer of flexible materials for the automotive, power distribution and general electronics markets.

Indigo

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Indigo Telecom Group is a leading independent global telecom services delivery partner .

Shorterm Group

Acquisition in 2016
Shorterm Limited provides short, medium, and long-term recruitment services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company specializes in recruiting and supplying professional engineers, technical staff, skilled trade’s people, and more for clients working in engineering, construction and rail, or commercial and industrial environments. It also provides contract, on-site management, and outsource arrangement services. The company serves aerospace, automotive, aviation, construction, electronics, engineering, industrial, logistics, power and process, rail, oil and gas, and supply chain industries. Shorterm Limited was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Yiewsley, United Kingdom.

Fishawack

Acquisition in 2013
Fishawack provides fully-integrated, cross-border services to global pharmaceutical organisations.

FSV Payment Systems

Series A in 2004
FSV Payment Systems is a leader in prepaid technology and stored value processing. With roots deep in paycards – one of the first significant applications in the prepaid industry outside of gift cards – FSV has the experience, stored-value systems, technology and expertise to deliver your company’s prepaid card payment solutions. To learn more visit www.fsvps.com.

GTS Flexible Materials Ltd

Private Placement in 2020
GTS Flexible Materials Ltd. designs and manufactures flexible circuit materials and laminates, and adhesive coatings internationally. It offers tapes, including cast adhesive, pressure sensitive, acrylic based coated, polyester film coated, polyurethane adhesive, and polyimide film tapes. The company also provides films, such as polyester, polyimide, aramid paper, polyamide, PEN, PP, PVC, polycarbonate, ultem, low shrink polyester, low shrink PEN, and polyurethane films. In addition, it offers laminates, including polyimide films and glass fabrics. Further, the company provides balloon laminates and other inflatable structures; fabric laminates; zip tapes; coverlays; photovoltaic laminates; and electrical shielding solutions. Its solutions are used in flexible printed circuits, sail cloth laminates, insulation of flexible printed circuits, alarm circuitry and devices, hang glider fabrics, laminates, conformal laminates, busbar insulations, driving mirror demisters, smart cards, window blinds, dart flights, sports shoes, solar cell protection, cable screening materials, wire wrapping tapes, zip reinforcement, membrane touch panel switches, multilayer circuit bonding, flexible ducting, solar control, military, flat cable tapes, relay spacers, slot liners, thermal insulation, hot air balloons, helium balloons, drum heads, shielding, free edge screening tape, electrical cable identification, aircraft insulation, cryogenic sealing gaskets, and RF security ID tags. The company serves electronics, automotive, aviation, military, aerospace, data and communications, insulation, and sports and leisure industries through representatives worldwide. GTS Flexible Materials Ltd. was founded in 1967 and is based in Ebbw Vale, United Kingdom. The company has a manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom; and subsidiaries in France, Germany, and the United States.

CubeLogic

Private Equity Round in 2020
CubeLogic provides business intelligence enabled risk management products and services for the energy, commodity and financial markets.

A-Gas

Acquisition in 2007
A‑Gas is the world leader in the supply and lifecycle management of refrigerants, blowing agents, industrial gases, halon and fire suppressants used in the HVAC, refrigeration, insulation, solvent, manufacturing and medical sectors.

Container Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2022
As experts in Cloud Native strategy and technology, we support clients with cloud migrations. Our unique approach starts with understanding your specific needs. Then, together with your team, we design and implement custom solutions made to last. Our diverse team of experts is equipped with a broad range of cloud native skills, with a focus on data processing and microservices. We maintain offices in Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Warsaw and Montreal.

CubeLogic

Private Placement in 2020
CubeLogic provides business intelligence enabled risk management products and services for the energy, commodity and financial markets.

Flint

Private Equity Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, Flint Global is a strategic consulting firm based out of London, United Kingdom intended to help businesses and investors in managing risks. The firm provides markets and investor advisory, policy and political analysis, competition, and regulation advisory services. Flint Global caters to clients from many countries and in many sectors, including digital technology, telecommunications, media, financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, transportation, and energy.

CYGNUSEMI

Series A in 2022
Cygnus Semi is a semiconductor chip technology company that focuses on 5G IoT applications.

Bridewell

Private Equity Round in 2021
Bridewell Partners have been advising and supplying companies with Security and Risk support for over ten years. Their philosophy, based on a balanced risk approach, is to work with companies of all sizes, to provide them with the most appropriate and cost effective security solution. Bridewell Consulting works across the UK and internationally. They use their own in-house security consultants together with carefully selected associates who have worked with us on past projects and programmes.

Wrap Film Systems

Acquisition in 2007
Wrap Film Systems is an award winning market leader in supplying both branded and private label cling film and aluminium foil products. Supplying to the catering, hospitality and retail sectors, we are the company behind the catering brands Wrapmaster and Caterwrap as well as the prestigious household brand Bacofoil.

Excelsior Technologies

Acquisition in 2012
Excelsior Technologies Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies flexible packaging solutions. Its products include technical films, flexible laminated films, pouches, micro-steam packaging, sterilizable packaging products, cold and heat seal coatings, and lidding films. The company serves food, medical, household, and specialty markets. It exports its products to China, Japan, the United States, South Africa, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Flintshire, United Kingdom. As of February 6, 2017, Excelsior Technologies Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Mondi plc.

Flydocs Systems

Private Equity Round in 2015
FLYdocs is an independently operated, rapidly expanding international software business, powering innovation and advancing technology in the aviation industry in partnership with Lufthansa Technik AG.

Scopus Engineering

Private Equity Round in 2013
Scopus Engineering is a market-leading laser scanning, dimensional control and lean engineering company whose precise survey data is used to engineer piping and structural solutions for the global oil and gas industry.

Entec Holdings

Acquisition in 2005
Entec Holdings Ltd. operates as an environmental and engineering consultancy in the United Kingdom. In addition, it provides renewable, nuclear and other energy services, industrial engineering, contaminated land and regeneration services, environmental planning and project management services. The company provides services to the water services and wastewater sector in government, utility and private sector companies.

Chaucer Group

Private Placement in 2020
Chaucer Group Limited develops digital leaders and creates an agile and collaborative organization. It provides designing, prototyping, and adoption of new digital products or services; and offers agile delivery, change, communications, cyber security, data, innovation, P3M delivery, people development, strategy, and technology services. The company serves exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading, entertainment and communications, law enforcement enterprises, central government, consortium, and solar technology industries. Chaucer Group Limited was founded in 1987 and is based in London, United Kingdom. It has locations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Russia, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. As of July 12, 2020, Chaucer Group Limited operates as a subsidiary of Business Integration Partners S.p.a.

Arrow Business Communications

Funding Round in 2016
With over 20 years in the telecoms industry and an unrivalled reputation of delivering excellent, personal customer service, Arrow is perfectly positioned to provide a full and bespoke range of telecommunications. Their portfolio ranges from PBX and hosted telephony systems through to mobile voice, data, IT services, mobile device management and professional services. They work with their best of breed industry partners and their independent status enables us to continually adapt their portfolio ensuring they offer robust, reliable solutions which seamlessly integrate into existing platforms and business environments. Their customers are fully supported by Arrow employees (not sub-contractors) including a team of product specialists who regularly collaborate on projects to ensure that solutions meet customers’ needs both now and as their businesses change.

Jones Knowles Ritchie

Private Placement in 2019
Jones Knowles Ritchie Limited provides design services. Its capabilities include strategy, identity, brand design, innovation, brand experience, communications, packaging, planning, film and motion, naming, manifestos and brand stories, consultancy, structural design, and copywriting services. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional locations in New York, New York; Shanghai, China; and Singapore.

Advanced Insulation Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 2014
Advanced Insulation Ltd. is a supplier of insulation and fireproofing services to the offshore oil and gas industry.

IGLU.COM

Acquisition in 2012
Iglu.com Ltd. operates as a ski and cruise travel agency that provides cruise and ski holiday packages to customers in various destinations worldwide. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.

Amor Group

Acquisition in 2009
Amor Group was Scotland's largest independent business technology company.

Infinity Works

Private Equity Round in 2019
Infinity Works Consulting Limited, a software consulting company, provides software delivery and technology consulting solutions. It offers services in the areas of consulting, project management, training, custom development and reporting, cloud migration and strategy, and managed services. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom. It has additional offices in London and Manchester, United Kingdom.

Indigo

Private Placement in 2018
Indigo Telecom Group is a leading independent global telecom services delivery partner .

First Mile

Private Equity Round in 2017
First Mile Ltd. provides recycling and waste services for businesses in London and Birmingham, United Kingdom. It offers mixed, food, cardboard, confidential, WEEE, toner, zero-to-landfill and carbon neutral, battery, light bulb, coffee, stationery, clothes, cooking oil, paper, and glass recycling services for offices, shops, cleaners and FMs, charities, councils, business improvement districts, and others. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Robiquity

Private Equity Round in 2022
Robiquity enables global organizations to gain maximum value from the best Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technologies.

Jones Knowles Ritchie

Private Equity Round in 2019
Jones Knowles Ritchie Limited provides design services. Its capabilities include strategy, identity, brand design, innovation, brand experience, communications, packaging, planning, film and motion, naming, manifestos and brand stories, consultancy, structural design, and copywriting services. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional locations in New York, New York; Shanghai, China; and Singapore.