Fund managers

Foresight Group is an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, with specialist teams targeting growth businesses, renewable energy and environmental projects in the UK, North America and Italy. At Foresight we are well aware of the need to live up to our name. That means spotting opportunities ahead of the crowd; it means being flexible; it means being innovative; it means being totally focused and responsive to the needs of our investors while creating an environment that attracts the very best talent in our sector. We summarise this in just two words Creative Capital. These two words sit behind everything we do from supporting entrepreneurial managers of growth businesses, to bringing together institutions to invest in groundbreaking renewable energy projects alongside the Green Investment Bank, to offering private investors tax efficient investment solutions to help them plan for the future. It is in deploying our financial, intellectual and emotional capital creatively that helps us make a better future for our investors, for our investee companies, for our partners, for our colleagues and ultimately for the world in which we live.

Growthdeck is a multi-channel investment platform that provides direct access to new and more established UK businesses, primarily to Sophisticated and High Net Worth Investors, with minimum single investment units of £1,000.

Its focus is on long-term business viability: companies must have strong management, realistic business plans and operate in growth sectors. The majority of its investment opportunities are eligible for tax reliefs under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) or Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS).

Unlike many platforms, Growthdeck provides service levels similar to more traditional private equity and venture capital firms, including professional due diligence, extensive investee business support and higher levels of customer service. This is provided by an experienced investment team with decades of combined experience in private equity (with the likes of 3i, Mitsui, and Hotbed).

Growthdeck also has a dedicated panel of experts from various industries/sectors, known as the ‘Growthdeck Panel’. All panel members have many years of experience in building and managing successful businesses and they help Growthdeck provide the best level of service to its investors and fundraising businesses

Guinness Ventures is the sister company to Guinness Global Investors (both from the Guinness Asset Management stable) and was founded in 2010.

Trusted by investors to grow their capital, our award-winning investment management team are experts at sourcing opportunities in growth-stage companies and helping them unlock their significant potential

Being truly invested in the success of the businesses we back, our impact goes beyond the financial investment as we use our resources and network to provide the companies that we invest in with the help that they need to grow.

We look for exciting and interesting businesses that we believe have potential for growth across a wide range of sectors including technology, education, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, leisure and food & drink.

Since inception, Guinness Ventures has invested £300 million into more than 180 EIS qualifying companies including some of the fastest growing growth companies in the UK.

Blackfinch is an established UK provider of tax efficient investment solutions. Our philosophy is based on transparency and simplicity. Our services provide real solutions to real financial planning challenges faced by individuals today.  We have been operating in the UK retail investment market since 1992. Our focus has been primarily on tax efficiency, and our track record reflects a growing client base, with group assets under administration and management  in excess of £500 million.

Calculus are pioneers of the EIS industry, having launched the UK’s first approved EIS Fund in 1999. Our focus has remained consistent: building portfolios of entrepreneurial, UK growth businesses and creating value for our investors through our multi-award winning EIS funds and VCT.

Calculus focus on the fastest growing sectors in the UK – technology, healthcare and media companies. We have been able to produce significant results for our clients via tax free dividends for our VCT investors, or tax free capital gains for our EIS investors. We are proud to have been awarded ‘Best EIS Fund Manager’ by the EIS Association five times over.