Member Directory

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.

Founder + Lightning is a pioneering Venture Studio and Fund, that invests in Founders to build and grow their businesses.

We invest in B2B companies that have the potential to use tech to radically increase their value. We use our decade-long skillset and resources to help them realise that potential, by co-building technology solutions.

Our headquarters are in London, but we have teams in India, Poland and all across the world. We are proud of our 130+ team, 6 investments and 30 portfolio companies that have a combined value of £150m+, multiple of which are now at Series A.

Too many tech companies in the UK fail, and frustratingly it’s often for the same reasons over and over. If we’re to live in the kind of society we all want to live in, we need more founders to succeed– that is what drives the Founder + Lightning model.

Fox Williams LLP is a commercial law firm based in London with over 40 partners and 170 staff. We are market leading specialists in financial services, fintech, travel and technology sectors. Our corporate and tax lawyers regularly advise EIS investors and companies on EIS eligible investments in addition to traditional M&A and other VC investment advice. Our corporate lawyers are recognised in the Chambers and Legal 500 directories and in The Times Best law Firms, and we are known for our great client service.  “I have found Fox Williams to take a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to matters” [Chambers 2023] is a typical quote from a corporate client.

In addition to EIS advice, as a full-service law firm our clients seek our advice on a range of business issues from employment law, data protection, commercial contracts, intellectual property and real estate as they continue to grow and mature.

GEEIQ is an enterprise platform that leverages data to help brands navigate the metaverse effectively. It is the platform to identify and optimize metaverse strategies. Trusted by some of the world’s biggest brands including Walmart, Gucci, Elton John, Tommy Hilfiger and Heineken, we provide the tools brands need to authentically engage with a diverse and fragmented community of users, and to leverage as many data points as possible to ensure brands are enriching experiences, understanding their audience, and staying ahead of the curve when it comes to activating within the metaverse. Our platform not only empowers brands to enrich the experiences of untapped virtual audiences, but for our Enterprise subscribers, we provide in-house expertise to help curate virtual strategies from inception to execution.

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Green Angel Ventures is responsible for pioneering early stage investment in the fight against climate change.  It founded the first angel syndicate specialising in climate change investments (all eligible for EIS) and has gone on to create the first EIS Climate Change Fund.  Its success is leading to venture fund management.  The specialist sectors are, in particular, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Water, Waste & Recycling, Construction & Buildings, Road Transport and Natural Resources.  A portfolio of 41 investee companies without a single failure is a result of the depth of specialist knowledge. Syndicate Membership now stands at 340 investors, of whom many are and have been notable in climate change related sectors.  The EIS Fund is supported by an additional £10 million from the Government’s Regional Angels Programme.  The EIS Fund is currently open for investment.  The Fund’s mandate is to invest in every deal completed by the Syndicate, thus benefiting from the Syndicate’s deal selection, due diligence and deal management.  Green Angel Ventures welcomes all those interested in both EIS and Climate Change, the combination of which means your investments will make your money work twice – for the planet and for your profit.

Verv is on a mission to help companies hit their ESG goals and reach Net Zero by focussing on one of the biggest consumers of electricity in buildings – Air Con. Air conditioning systems are wasting up to 45% of their energy! Verv is a Cleantech business that develops innovative IoT products that delivers unique data insights into the efficiency of Air Conditioning systems and Heat Pumps. Using sophisticated high speed energy analysis, Verv is able to provide a wealth of information about usage and pinpoint optimisations, assess the quality of the electricity supply and monitor the efficiency of the overall system.

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

Daniel was a founding investor in GrowthInvest and Chairman of the Investment Committee since 2012. He became Managing Director in late 2014. Prior to this he worked in finance for nearly 20 years, managing institutional and private funds focusing on equities and derivatives. Daniel managed the UK division of Van der Moolen Equities AG and more recently founded the equity derivatives boutique Ten Derivatives LLP

GrowthInvest is a unique, independent platform which provides access to tax efficient investments to a growing network of UK financial advisers, wealth managers and investors. The Platform aims to bring the advantages of early stage investing to a wider audience of investors and advisers, who are in a position to benefit from the higher returns these companies potentially offer and tax efficiency via government sponsored schemes. The purpose-built technology allows clients to consolidate, control and enhance their investment portfolio within a single, secure online portal. Originally founded by financial advisers in 2012 as the Seed EIS Platform, the company rebranded as GrowthInvest in October 2016 in order to better reflect the wider range of products and services available.