Karolina Sokolowska

We strive to improve vision and lives through excellence in care. OCL Vision offers patients comprehensive eye care by leading eye surgeons together with state-of-the-art technology for exceptional care at OCL Vision Eye Hospital Central London, Elstree (Hertfordshire) and West London (Kensington). OCL has its own fully equipped ophthalmic theatres on site and offers laser eye surgery, cataract surgery, retinal surgery, corneal transplantation, corneal collagen crosslinking, blepharoplasty, oculoplastic surgery, glaucoma surgery and medical retinal injections. The surgical theatres are the most advanced in central London and equipped with femtosecond laser cataract surgery, Zeiss Callisto image guidance for toric lens alignment, Z8 femtosecond laser for Lasik and the Schwind 1050RS excimer laser. Cutting edge diagnostics include the Optos retinal imaging system, retinal and corneal OCT, AI driven lens biometry, Oculus Pentacam, Schwind Peramis wavefront and Sirius topographer. The clinic is surgeon-owned and based on the ethos of offering the best possible techniques and technologies to our patients.

Makers is a B Corp™ Certified technical training provider. We want to change the face of the tech industry by building inclusive routes into tech careers through apprenticeships and coding bootcamps. Makers stand out in three ways: 1) They are career changers, leveraging their work experience and industry knowledge to add value and accelerate quickly. 2) They learn more than just tech, blending excellent technical training with a focus on a growth mindset and emotional intelligence. 3) They come from diverse backgrounds bringing unique perspectives and capabilities and fostering inclusivity. Visit our website at makers.tech to join Makers or hire our exceptional and diverse talent.

We strive to improve vision and lives through excellence in care. OCL Vision offers patients comprehensive eye care by leading eye surgeons together with state-of-the-art technology for exceptional care at OCL Vision Eye Hospital Central London, Elstree (Hertfordshire) and West London (Kensington). OCL has its own fully equipped ophthalmic theatres on site and offers laser eye surgery, cataract surgery, retinal surgery, corneal transplantation, corneal collagen crosslinking, blepharoplasty, oculoplastic surgery, glaucoma surgery and medical retinal injections. The surgical theatres are the most advanced in central London and equipped with femtosecond laser cataract surgery, Zeiss Callisto image guidance for toric lens alignment, Z8 femtosecond laser for Lasik and the Schwind 1050RS excimer laser. Cutting edge diagnostics include the Optos retinal imaging system, retinal and corneal OCT, AI driven lens biometry, Oculus Pentacam, Schwind Peramis wavefront and Sirius topographer. The clinic is surgeon-owned and based on the ethos of offering the best possible techniques and technologies to our patients.

The Brompton bike was conceived as a product to help improve city living. It has established itself as the ideal choice for all those who are living or interacting with cities. The bike can be folded to a third of its size in a matter of seconds and is small enough to be taken on all forms of public transport. In fact, 42 Bromptons can fit in one car parking space! The Brompton bike was first designed by Andrew Ritchie in 1975 opposite the Brompton Oratory in South Kensington, hence the name. The first prototypes were all designed and built in Andrew’s flat and while they were rough and crude, the majority of the key design features were already evident, such as the pivoting rear triangle that allows the rear wheel to fold underneath. Andrew looked for support from various banks and bike manufacturers, but none were willing to support his dream. Julian Vereker, an entrepreneur and the owner of an early Brompton prototype, joined Andrew in 1985 and helped to provide the money which put Brompton into full time production for the first time in 1988. Fast forward to 2016, and Brompton now offers 16.5 million combinations on the bike, every one of which is still made by hand in London. It is now estimated that there are over 80,000 Brompton bikes in London. Three-time winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the company sells over 45,000 bikes in 44 countries around the world every year. Sales have been growing at a fast rate with the help of Brompton Junction retail stores in London, Barcelona, Munich, Beijing, Milan, Hamburg, Shanghai, Chengdu, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Kobe.

Makers is a B Corp™ Certified technical training provider. We want to change the face of the tech industry by building inclusive routes into tech careers through apprenticeships and coding bootcamps. Makers stand out in three ways: 1) They are career changers, leveraging their work experience and industry knowledge to add value and accelerate quickly. 2) They learn more than just tech, blending excellent technical training with a focus on a growth mindset and emotional intelligence. 3) They come from diverse backgrounds bringing unique perspectives and capabilities and fostering inclusivity. Visit our website at makers.tech to join Makers or hire our exceptional and diverse talent.

Medigold Health is one of the UK’s most respected and established providers of occupational health and wellbeing services. We have been involved in the business of helping employers to keep their people in work, safe and well for over two decades. Unlike many of our competitors, we are a clinically led organisation from the top down. Our Life President and Founder, Dr Mike Goldsmith, established the Medigold Health brand and service delivery model on the uncompromising principles of quality and integrity. We are very different to many of our competitors; We have scale, but we have a human face; We have clinical heritage, but we have pioneered the most advanced modern technology; We have our own-employed clinical resources, but still have a fully national presence, And we are growing, investing and inspiring, but we are stable and without leverage. In October 2017 we encouraged proposals for external investment, and subsequently formed a partnership with the Business Growth Fund (BGF) who provided capital investment which enabled us to complete a number of acquisitions in both the Occupational Health and Alcohol & Drug testing markets, strengthening our national footprint and improving our vertical integration of relevant organisational health & wellbeing services. We are redefining corporate healthcare in the UK and we are dedicated to "Keeping people in work, safe and well”. To find out more, please visit www.medigold-health.com

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/