BGF (Business Growth Fund)
BGF injects £3m into Direct Online Services
Gloucester-based kitchen worktop retailer is to expand its international operations
BGF in £39m deal for Gymbox
Growth capital investor has provided £13m of equity funding to support the premium gym chain
BGF injects £10m into RiverRidge
Deal for the waste management company marks BGF's second investment in Northern Ireland
BGF leads £2m round for MyLife
GP aims to boost the company's expansion through the launch of a new platform
Octopus Investments’ Paul Stevens joins BGF
Former Octopus team member joins BGF’s Quoted product, which targets AIM-listed companies
BGF injects £2m into Drainology
Waste management company will continue with its existing acquisitive growth strategy
BGF injects £10m into Kids Planet
GP intends to back the company’s expansion across the North-West region of England
Diana Noble joins BGF board
Noble is currently CEO of CDC, and is a former partner at Schroder Ventures (now Permira)
BGF injects £10m into Ocee Design
Fresh capital will finance the acquisition of Danish furniture designer Four Design
BGF backs Better Bathrooms with extra £4m
Business Growth Fund had already supplied the bathroom retailer with £10m in 2013
BGF Ventures leads £3.2m round for ToucanBox
Fresh capital will enable children's art and crafts company to expand internationally
Mobeus hires BGF’s Hindocha
Hindocha joins from BGF, where he spent three years originating deals
Foundry Group leads $27m series-B for Roli
Tech-focused musical instrument company will expand its team across the US and Europe
BGF appoints Caird’s Barker
Barker joins from Caird Capital, where he was an investment director
BGF hires Midven's Sorby
New recruit will work on Midlands-based deals from BGF's Birmingham office
BGF invests £1.3m in Duncan & Todd
Business Growth Fund supports Caledonian Optical, the lens manufacturing division of Duncan & Todd
BGF ups investment in Boost Juice Bars to £4.9m
Latest £1m injection adds to two previous rounds of funding in 2012 and 2014
Sertec raises £20m from BGF and Lloyds Bank
Round follows previous £20m working capital injection from Lloyds Bank in August 2015
BGF in swift exit from Plastique
Business Growth Fund had bought a minority stake in the business for £5m in mid-2014
BGF invests £2m in Castleton
Fresh funding supports AIM-listed company's acquisition of Kypera
BGF Ventures leads $6.5m round in Tapdaq
Tapdaq first received $1.4m in seed funding from Balderton et al. in September 2014
BGF joins existing investors in $30m NewVoiceMedia round
Cloud communications service had previously raised capital from Bessemer, Eden Ventures et al.
BGF leads £15.3m funding round for Olive Communications
Barclays provided £5.25m in fresh debt funding, alongside BGF's £10m growth capital injection
BGF injects $7.2m into Adestra
Marketing technology software and services provider will continue to pursue global growth