Grant Paul-Florence

BGF is the UK and Irelands most active growth investor, backing ambitious businesses with minority investment to help them scale on their own terms. Since 2011, we have invested more than £5bn in 650+ businesses across every region and sector. Today, with more than £3.5bn in assets under management, we continue to support a range of growing companies across early-stage and growth-stage. Through our 15 offices across the UK and Ireland, were close to the businesses we back, combining local insight with national scale to build trusted partnerships with entrepreneurs and management teams. Beyond investment, our portfolio companies benefit from the expertise of our 200+ strong team, as well as dedicated value creation support spanning talent, operational expertise and our Scale community – including a network of more than 8000+ experienced business leaders, sector specialists and board-level non-executives. Learn more: BGF UK: https://www.bgf.co.uk BGF Ireland: https://www.bgfireland.ie/

BGF is the UK and Irelands most active growth investor, backing ambitious businesses with minority investment to help them scale on their own terms. Since 2011, we have invested more than £5bn in 650+ businesses across every region and sector. Today, with more than £3.5bn in assets under management, we continue to support a range of growing companies across early-stage and growth-stage. Through our 15 offices across the UK and Ireland, were close to the businesses we back, combining local insight with national scale to build trusted partnerships with entrepreneurs and management teams. Beyond investment, our portfolio companies benefit from the expertise of our 200+ strong team, as well as dedicated value creation support spanning talent, operational expertise and our Scale community – including a network of more than 8000+ experienced business leaders, sector specialists and board-level non-executives. Learn more: BGF UK: https://www.bgf.co.uk BGF Ireland: https://www.bgfireland.ie/

AAC is a private equity firm investing in sector-leading companies headquartered in the Benelux. As a growth-focused investor we partner with management to support businesses in delivering long-term autonomous and acquisitive growth. Owned and managed by its partners, AAC is fully independent. With offices in Amsterdam and Antwerp, AAC focuses on mid-market investments and has invested over €800 million in 31 management buyouts and 80 add-on acquisitions to date. AAC focuses on controlling stakes in profitable, cash generative companies with headquarters in the Benelux region. The AAC transaction size is between €10 and €150 million. AAC is now investing from its third Benelux focused fund. AAC believes in sustainable growth and is a member of UN PRI. Examples of AAC investments include Desotec, Orangefield Group, Salad Signature, Corilus and Lucas Bols.