BGF
BGF (Business Growth Fund) is the UK and Ireland's most active growth-capital investor, established in 2011 by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Standard Chartered. It makes minority equity investments from a well-capitalised, evergreen balance sheet of about GBP 3bn, having deployed more than GBP 4.5bn into over 600 companies and completed more than 280 exits across a network of regional offices in the UK and Ireland. Its FCA-authorised manager BGF Investment Management Limited holds Firm Reference Number 771879. Headquartered in London, BGF operates as a permanent-capital investor rather than a series of fixed-term LP funds.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 24 portfolio companies (10 active · 14 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund BGF has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
BGFEvergreen2011 · 15yr€3.5B10 active · 14 realized
Unrealized
10 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brompton | Consumer | UK | 2024 |
| Cronofy | SaaS | UK | 2025 |
| Cruden | Construction | UK | 2025 |
| Gousto | FoodTech | UK | 2015 |
| Orbital Education | Education | UK | 2019 |
| Seda | Pharma | UK | 2025 |
| T-Therapeutics | Biotech | UK | 2025 |
| Thompson & Morgan | Consumer | UK | 2023 |
| TMT ID | Software | UK | 2025 |
| Workbooks | SaaS | UK | 2025 |
Realized
14 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Light Card | TMT | UK | 2019 | 2022 | Secondary | – | |
| Braidwater Group | Construction | Ireland | 2015 | 2025 | MBO | – | |
| DriveWorks | Software | UK | 2021 | 2024 | Trade Sale | ||
| Hydrock | Business Services | UK | 2018 | 2024 | Trade Sale | ||
| isol8 | Energy | UK | 2021 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | |
| M Squared Lasers | Deep Tech | UK | 2012 | 2020 | Secondary | – | |
| Monodraught | Industrials | UK | 2017 | 2025 | Trade Sale | ||
| NewVoiceMedia | Software | UK | 2015 | 2018 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Operam Education | Business Services | UK | 2019 | 2024 | Secondary | ||
| OrganOx | MedTech | UK | 2019 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Panthera Biopartners | Healthcare | UK | 2022 | 2025 | Secondary | – | |
| Springfield Healthcare | Healthcare | UK | 2012 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | – |
| Victorian Sliders | Construction | UK | 2021 | 2025 | Trade Sale | ||
| Woodall Nicholson | Industrials | UK | 2016 | 2020 | Secondary | – |
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About BGF
BGF is an alternative investment platform with capital deployed across 10 active fund vehicles, headquartered in London. The firm deploys capital across European mid and small-cap businesses spanning industrials, TMT, consumer, software, healthcare and business services.
Investment thesis
The platform combines complementary investment strategies, deploying capital across industrials, TMT, consumer, software, healthcare and business services businesses in the United Kingdom and broader European market. Multi-strategy capital deployment enables flexibility across the business lifecycle, with the partnership culture supporting management teams through growth, transmission and selective M&A across multiple fund vintages and asset classes.
Recent activity
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 10 fund vehicles, 404 active portfolio companies and 1 realised exit across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
Investment team
Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
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