BGF (Business Growth Fund)
BGF injects £10m into Kids Planet
GP intends to back the companyтs 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 ТЃ10m 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 ТЃ1m injection adds to two previous rounds of funding in 2012 and 2014
Sertec raises £20m from BGF and Lloyds Bank
Round follows previous ТЃ20m 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 ТЃ5m 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 ТЃ5.25m in fresh debt funding, alongside BGF's ТЃ10m growth capital injection
BGF injects $7.2m into Adestra
Marketing technology software and services provider will continue to pursue global growth
BGF-backed Shepherd Direct acquires CPBigwood
BGF first backed Shepherd Direct in June 2015 with a ТЃ20m investment alongside other backers
BGF exits The Exchange Lab in trade sale
Business Growth Fund provided ТЃ5m of growth capital to The Exchange Lab in November 2013
BGF injects £3.2m into Environmental Essentials
Asbestos consultancy business will continue to pursue organic and acquisitive growth
BGF hires Mike Clark in Leeds
Mike Clarke joins BGF investment team in north of England
BGF boosts northern team with two hires
Johnson and Mehta join BGF in Leeds and Manchester
BGF in partial exit from York Mailing
Pricoa Capital Group backs MBO