The Financial Times

The Financial Times is a prominent business news organization that delivers essential news, commentary, data, and analysis tailored for the global business community. With a combined paid print and digital circulation exceeding 600,000, it caters to a diverse audience of professionals and decision-makers. The publication boasts over 328,000 paying digital subscribers, while its print edition maintains a global circulation of approximately 273,000. In recent years, mobile platforms have become increasingly significant, accounting for a notable share of website traffic and digital subscriptions. Additionally, the Financial Times offers educational products that are utilized by 25 of the world's top 50 business schools, further solidifying its reputation as a leading source of information in the business and financial sectors.

Stephen Bush

Associate Editor

Pilita Clark

Columnist and Associate Editor

George Hammond

Venture Capital Correspondent

Anglea Mackay

Global Publisher, FT Live and Managing Director, Asia Pacific

7 past transactions

Farm Infinity

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Farm Infinity is an Agri-fintech solution to facilitate easy access to affordable financial services for smallholder farmers and agribusinesses of the world. Our patented proprietary technology enables financial institutions to reduce their risk and helps them make better decisions to provide quality services to their rural customers. We determine farmers' creditworthiness by evaluating over 80 individual parameters, 600 data sets, and over 10Mn data from Govt. Database. We help banks and insurance companies reduce their cost of operation by 5 times and reduce the time of processing an application by over 6 times. Our solution includes easy to use multi-lingual mobile application for the farming community and a digital dashboard for the financial institutions to evaluate each application with ease.

The Business of Fashion

Series B in 2019
The Business of Fashion has built a global following as an essential daily resource for fashion creatives, business professionals and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries and territories. It is frequently described as “indispensable,” “required reading” and “an addiction.”

The Next Web

Acquisition in 2019
The Next Web (TNW) is a technology-focused media company that manages several initiatives focused on international technology news, business, and culture. Its brands include TNW Blog, TNW Events, TNW Deals, and TNW Academy. The Next Web expands its global presence on and off its website through content syndication, with events that bring the tech-ecosystem together, and the addition of new channels and online services that come out of The Next Web Labs. Its online publication has editions in Europe, Latin America, and North America. The website has more than 7.2 million monthly visits and 9.5 million monthly page views. The Next Web Events organizes tech conferences that enable the international tech community to meet, do business, and learn about the latest trends in web and mobile. It also organizes smaller events such as the Startup Awards, Bowlr, and its developers’ conference, Kings of Code. The Next Web Deals is an online marketplace that offers products and services related to software, e-learning, lifestyle, designer assets, gadgets, and accessories. The TNW Academy offers online courses. Twitter Counter, Social Statistics.com, Paydro.com, Press.doc, and Spread.us are some of the startups funded by The Next Web Labs. The Next Web was co-founded by Arjen Schat, Patrick Laive, and Boris Zanten in 2006 and is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

GIS Planning

Acquisition in 2017
GIS Planning provides intuitive web-based data mapping and visualization software for economic development organizations to attract investment, support business, and create jobs. Our software products are trusted by leading economic development organizations in the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America. GIS Planning has consistently set the bar for best practices and innovation in GIS data-driven tools for investment attraction, site selection and place marketing for 25 years. No other company can match the blistering pace of our results-oriented innovation, with new features, data and functionality behind added regularly. Clients of GIS Planning include governments, economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, businesses, site selectors, realtors, and universities. The company's technology is implemented across North America and around the world. GIS Planning software is used by the majority of US statewide EDOs and the top 100 metro areas. 72% of Americans and 67% of North Americans live in territory served by GIS Planning software. GIS Planning is a division of the fDi Intelligence portfolio, a service from the Financial Times.

The Alpha Grid Media Ltd

Acquisition in 2016
Alpha Grid is a media company specialising in delivering multi-platform content to the intellectually curious from senior decision-makers to ambitious millennials. We’re about quality content, high-level audiences, a global outlook, a journalistic mindset and using smart content to grow your business. We do video, digital, social, publishing, events, strategy and research and we work globally, from our UK hub.

Assanka

Acquisition in 2012
Assanka builds award winning web applications, with new ideas for delivering the very best the internet can offer your business.

Money Media

Acquisition in 2008
Money Media provides online news and intelligence for the global investment management industries.
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