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Industry
Overview
The
British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has over 170 full members
and over 150 associate members. They have now invested in over 11,000
companies which in turn employ nearly 3 million people or about 18% of
all private sector employees. Our industry invests in every part of
the economy across all regions of the country.
The
UK accounts for some 40% of the whole of the European market and on
the world stage we are second only in size to the United States. The
economic impact of the private equity industry on the economy of the
United Kingdom is substantial and it continues to grow.
In
the UK, Continental Europe and much of the rest of the world,
‘private equity’ means the equity financing of unquoted companies
at many stages in the life of a company from start-up to expansion
together with management buy-outs and buy-ins of established companies
that have real growth potential which can be enhanced with private
equity support.
‘Venture
capital’ is a subset of private equity, covering early stages of
funding from seed to expansion capital. The key elements of private
equity and venture capital are investments in unquoted companies,
equity capital by nature, medium to long term and targeted at
companies with growth potential, which can ultimately be realised
through trade sales or flotation on the public markets.
Private
Equity Venture Capitalists
3i
Aberdeen
Asset Managers Private Equity Division
Abingworth
Management Ltd
ABN
AMRO Capital Limited
Acorn
Capital Partners
ACT
Venture Capital Ltd
Advantage
Capital Limited
Advent
International plc
Advent
Venture Partners LLP
Albany
Venture Managers Limited
Alchemy
Partners LLP
Alliance
Fund Managers Limited
Alta
Berkeley
Amadeus
Capital Partners Limited
Apax
Partners
Atlas
Venture Ltd
Avlar
BioVentures Limited
B.P.
Marsh & Partners Plc
BA
Capital Partners Europe
Bain
Capital Ltd
Bank
of Scotland Equity
Barclays
Private Equity Limited
Barclays
Ventures
Baring
English Growth Fund
BC
Partners Limited
Beringea
Ltd
Birmingham
Technology (Venture Capital) Ltd
Botts
& Company Ltd
Bowmark
Capital Limited
Braveheart
Ventures
Bridgepoint
Bridges
Community Ventures Limited
Bulldog
Partners
Cabot
Square Capital Ltd
Cairnsford
Associates Ltd
Candover
Investments plc
Carbon
Trust (The)
Catapult
Venture Managers Ltd
Cazenove
Private Equity
Charterhouse
Capital Partners LLP
Chrysalis
VCT plc
Cinven
Clarendon
Fund Managers Limited
Clayton
Dubilier & Rice Limited
Close
Brothers Private Equity LLP
Close
Venture Management
Company
Guides Venture Partners Limited
Core
Growth Capital LLP
Create
Partners Ltd
Crescent
Capital NI Limited
CVC
Capital Partners Limited
Derbyshire
First Investments Limited
Doughty
Hanson & Co Ltd
Duke
Street Capital
Dunedin
Capital Partners Limited
ECI
Partners LLP
Elderstreet
Investments Limited
Electra
Partners Europe LLP
Electra
Partners Limited
Enterprise
Equity (NI) Limited
Enterprise
Private Equity Limited
Enterprise
Ventures Limited
EPIC
Investment Partners
Equity
Ventures Ltd
ETCapital
Ltd
European
Acquisition Capital Limited
European
Capital Financial Services Ltd
Exponent
Private Equity LLP
Ferranti
Ltd
Fidelity
Ventures
Finance
Cornwall Limited
Finance
Wales Investments Limited
Foresight
Venture Partners
Frontiers
Capital Limited
Global
Life Sciences Ventures Ltd
GMT
Communications Partners Limited
GoEast
Ventures Ltd
Granville
Baird Capital Partners
Graphite
Capital Management LLP
Gresham
LLP
Henderson
Private Capital Ltd
Herald
Investment Management Limited
Hermes
Private Equity
HgCapital
Hotbed
Limited
IDG
Ventures Europe
Impax
Asset Management Ltd
Industri
Kapital Ltd
Inflexion
Private Equity
Innvotec
Limited
Intel
Capital
Interregnum
plc
Invest
Northern Ireland
ISIS
EP LLP
Isis
Innovation Ltd
Javelin
Ventures Limited
Katalyst
Ventures Limited
Kennet
Venture Partners Ltd
Kleinwort
Capital Ltd
Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co Ltd
Langholm
Capital LLP
LDC
Legal
& General Ventures Limited
LF
Europe Investments
London
Seed Capital Ltd
London
Ventures (Fund Managers) Ltd
Longbow
Capital LLP
LTG
Development Capital Ltd
Ludgate
Investments Limited
Manchester
Technology Fund Ltd (The)
Matrix
Private Equity Partners Limited
Merlin
Biosciences Limited
Midven
Limited
MMC
Ventures Ltd
Montagu
Private Equity
Moorfield
Investment Management Ltd
MTI
National
Endowment for Science, Technology & The Arts (NESTA)
NBGI
Private Equity
NewMedia
SPARK plc
Noble
Fund Managers Limited
North
West Equity Fund
Northern
Enterprise Limited
Northern
Venture Managers Limited
NorthStar
Equity Investors Ltd
Octopus
Asset Management Ltd
Oxford
Capital Partners
Palamon
Capital Partners, LP
Parallel
Ventures Managers Limited
Partnerships
UK plc
Penta
Capital Partners Ltd
Pentech
Ventures
Permira
Advisers Ltd
Phoenix
Equity Partners
Pi
Capital
Piper
Private Equity Limited
Platina
Finance Limited
Pond
Venture Partners Ltd
Postern
Fund Management Limited
PPM
Capital Limited
Prelude
Ventures Limited
Primary
Capital Ltd
Quester
Risk
Capital Partners
RJD
Partners Limited
Root
Capital LLP
Rutland
Partners LLP
Sand
Aire Private Equity Ltd
Scottish
Equity Partners
Seed
Capital Limited
Sigma
Technology Management Ltd
SITKA
LTD
Smedvig
Capital Limited
Sovereign
Capital Partners LLP
Standard
Life Investments (Private Equity) Limited
STAR
Capital Partners
Strand
Partners Limited
Strathdon
Investments Plc
Sulis
Innovation Ltd
Summit
Group Ltd (The)
SV
Life Sciences Advisers LLP
TDR
Capital LLP
Terra
Firma Capital Partners Limited
Texas
Pacific Group Europe LLP
Thompson
Clive & Partners Limited
Top
Technology Ventures Limited
TTP
Venture Managers Ltd
UK
Steel Enterprise Ltd
Unilever
Ventures Ltd
Viking
Fund
Vision
Capital Ltd
Wales
Fund Managers Limited
Warburg
Pincus International LLC
West
Private Equity Limited
What
If Ventures
WHEB
Ventures Ltd
WL
Ventures Limited
WM
Enterprise
YFM
Private Equity Limited
YFM
Venture Finance Ltd
Young
Associates Limited
Zeus
Private Equity LLP
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