Sectors
Sectors
We focus on sectors we understand and have experience in, such as Business services, Healthcare and Specialised manufacturing.
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SME Partners for value creation
We are entrepreneurial investors with an approach that allows us to flex to the unique needs of each business.
Our strategyInvestment Strategy
Our Criteria
We focus on segments of the markets where we have prior experience in both investments and value creation to exit.
We seek to acquire profitable companies with a strong customer proposition which stands out in their addressable markets.
As an independent sponsor with agile capital, we can look to longer ownership periods than traditional PE funds.
Shareholding
Shareholding
We seek to acquire a significant minority or a majority shareholding in our target companies.
Buy & Build
Buy & Build potential
We have a specific interest for transactions in stable but fragmented markets with buy and build potential.
Investment size
Investment size
We operate in the lower mid-market, concentrating on £1–15m EV transactions primarily in the UK.
Our Approach
We are investors with operational experience who back ambitious entrepreneurs to grow their business, or help founders facilitate an exit. Bringing our mid-market private equity experience, we are often the first institutional investor for SMEs that are ill-served by traditional, rigid PE funds.
Bespoke Solutions
Bespoke Solutions
We craft each transaction with the specific financial and personal requirements of each seller in mind.
Add-on Acquisitions
Add-on Acquisitions
We use our M&A know-how to support management teams in identifying, acquiring, financing and integrating add-on acquisitions.
Support
Support
We like to be supportive but never intrusive, accompanying managers through active support across finance, strategy and M&A.
Impactful Network
Impactful Network
We have a strong network of contacts in industry who can speed up our appraisal process and support businesses as required.
The Team
Our partnership is built on the combined heritage of 50+ years of institutional private equity excellence and real-world entrepreneurial grit. Our team combines PE investment track record and senior executive experience to help our partner companies deliver on their growth ambitions.
Our Involvement
We have been involved in over one hundred companies as entrepreneurs, investors, board directors and advisors over the years, and continue supporting several companies today.
By design, we operate with a surgical focus. Our independent sponsor model eschews the ‘volume-first’ approach of larger funds, allowing us to deploy intensive human capital and work shoulder-to-shoulder with management teams.
