
BGF invests £4m in Vysiion Group
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £4m in British communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider Vysiion Group, funding the company’s acquisitions of Zantra Technology and Solutions 4 Business.
BGF's investment was provided to RFL Communications, which acquired Zantra and Solutions 4 Business. The enlarged group was renamed Vysiion.
The companies under Vysiion will continue to grow revenues from their individual areas of expertise, but the group will expand its focus to larger local and central government contracts.
Company
Founded in 1996 as RFL Communications, the Wiltshire company supplies infrastructure and outsourced IT services.
Following the Zantra Technology and Solutions 4 Business acquisitions, Vysiion Group employs 90 people.
People
James Austin, Sarah Ledwidge and Daniel Tapson worked on the deal for BGF. Austin will join the board of the company as a non-executive director following the investment. Bruce Brain is the executive chairman of Vysiion Group.
Advisors
Equity – Osborne Clarke, Alisdair Livingstone, James Taylor (Legal); Lewis Mead, Alan Lewis (Financial due diligence); Michelmores, Brian Garner (Tax); Deloitte, Peter Woodall (Legal).
Company – Roxburgh Milkins, Charles van der Lande (Legal); Deloitte, Peter Westmore (Financial due diligence, tax); ISCA Ventures, Matt Eves (Corporate finance).
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