Toby Kernon

Ruffena Capital is a corporate finance business, that focuses on advising and raising capital for exceptional, privately held businesses in the £2-20m range. Our business is owned and run by our team, who have all had extensive experience in the industry, finance, and private equity. We also work on MBIs, M&A, secondary share sales, property and venture lending transactions. We genuinely get to know the businesses and enjoy working alongside management teams we work with for a period, bringing our experience, perspective, and market knowledge to help them prepare the optimum investment plan and private, selective campaign to raise the capital they seek from the smartest sources available. We then source the optimal blend of equity and debt on the right terms and from the right investors, funds, and family offices for their business to really grow. We do not typically work with start-ups but tend to work with established growth businesses seeking later stage investment. There are exceptions in life sciences and deeptech opportunities, where our investors sometimes invest earlier. Our team is organised into several areas: • Life Sciences & Education • Digital Transformation • Consumer • Advanced Engineering & Energy • Property & Alternative Finance We have clients in the UK and Europe, as well as North America and Africa. We are authorised and regulated under the Financial Control Authority through the Ashberg multi-family office.

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The Founder and Lightning Group is a passionate team of more than 100+ software engineers, product managers, designers, business operators & venture capitalists. We have been building successful start-ups for 8+ years and have crafted a winning playbook. Founder and Lightning Capital is the VC arm of the Founder and Lightning Group. We invest in non-technical B2B SAAS founders to finance venture building support from our product & tech teams. After investing, we support our founders with market validation, product development & future fundraising.

Wagonex is a mobility-as-a-service platform offering cars on subscription. We provide our fleet partners with the marketplace for distribution and fleet management engine enabling them to monetise dormant inventory, whilst offering consumers a flexible alternative to ownership. We have a simple vision, to address the pain points of ownership by offering an entirely flexible alternative. As the first independent UK business focused on car subscription and supported by significant industry players, we are well placed to help develop this exciting area of the automotive industry.

Seed EIS Platform is now GrowthInvest. Please see and follow https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthinvest for latest news and go to www.growthinvest.com to read more! Seed EIS Platform is a multi-function platform connecting a wide range of investors with tax efficient investment opportunities. Our members cover the whole spectrum of the investment community, from Sophisticated Investors and Business Angels to Financial Intermediaries, Funds and Family Offices. Our network is actively investing in start-up, early stage and growth businesses often through tax efficient wrappers such as SEIS and EIS. We work closely with entrepreneurs, assisting with investment readiness, structuring of investment rounds and HMRC compliance. We aim to build relationships with businesses, supporting them through the numerous funding rounds that may be required for them to be successful. www.growthinvest.com

Ruffena Capital is a corporate finance business, that focuses on advising and raising capital for exceptional, privately held businesses in the £2-20m range. Our business is owned and run by our team, who have all had extensive experience in the industry, finance, and private equity. We also work on MBIs, M&A, secondary share sales, property and venture lending transactions. We genuinely get to know the businesses and enjoy working alongside management teams we work with for a period, bringing our experience, perspective, and market knowledge to help them prepare the optimum investment plan and private, selective campaign to raise the capital they seek from the smartest sources available. We then source the optimal blend of equity and debt on the right terms and from the right investors, funds, and family offices for their business to really grow. We do not typically work with start-ups but tend to work with established growth businesses seeking later stage investment. There are exceptions in life sciences and deeptech opportunities, where our investors sometimes invest earlier. Our team is organised into several areas: • Life Sciences & Education • Digital Transformation • Consumer • Advanced Engineering & Energy • Property & Alternative Finance We have clients in the UK and Europe, as well as North America and Africa. We are authorised and regulated under the Financial Control Authority through the Ashberg multi-family office.