Joe Higgins, Aca, Cfa

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/

BMS Finance was founded by its management team in 2004 and since inception has developed a track record in providing loans to UK and Irish SMEs. We do not fund property deals or biotech companies but we are experienced and passionate about backing talented management teams looking to grow their businesses in sectors such as business services, financial services, technology, telecoms, media, engineering and manufacturing. We don’t compete with traditional factoring, invoice discounting, commercial mortgages or other forms of specific asset based lending but rather have the ability to provide larger and more flexible cashflow lending through senior secured loans. As a result we fulfil a genuine need for UK and Irish SMEs, which are not currently being met by traditional ABL lenders or banks. As a senior team our experience lies not only in financial analysis, lending and corporate finance but also in the running of SMEs allowing us to have a better understanding of the challenges and requirements facing SMEs than traditional lenders. Although our lending can sit alongside institutional equity capital backers (venture capital or private equity) we do not require this and commonly back owner-managed businesses. Our aim is to build genuine relationships with management teams and understand issues before they become critical thus structuring each deal to meet the requirements of the client rather than using an internal score card or “one size fits all"​ process.

MML is an international mid-market private equity investor focused on investing alongside strong management teams and working in partnership with them to deliver their bold expansion plans. Over the last 30 years, we have successfully invested in 150 businesses from our 4 global offices, with €2.7 billion of assets currently under management across our Value-Added Infrastructure, Partnership Capital, and Enterprise strategies. At MML, we create value from original thinking, designing deals which enable management teams to take the next step on their journey. We focus on a small number of investments where the business case is strong and the chemistry with people is right, and as an independent firm, our Partners take personal responsibility for our part in your success. In our experience, open minds mean better deals, so we take a fresh approach to every single investment, designing them to perfectly fit people, their unique businesses and personal aspirations. For our investors, our tailored ethos provides access to a unique set of investment opportunities, delivering strong equity returns whilst protecting investor capital.

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