Partners

Summit is a management owned venture capital business which specialises in investing its own resources in early stage businesses, and provides finance, business relationships, management and administrative support to help them grow.

Pi Capital is a member based investment firm which invests directly in private equity opportunities. Pi’s primary focus is on UK centric companies looking for equity capital and MBO/MBIs of between £2million and £5 million for development.

New Vantage Group (NVG) creates and manages early-stage venture funds for active angel investors in the mid-Atlantic region of the UNited States and also maintains joint venture partnerships with regional angel investor clubs. Since 1997 our members have invested over $35 million in more than 40 mid-Atlantic-based companies. NVG also provides consulting and training for in-formation or pre-existing groups of angels, entrepreneurs learning to cover the information gap between sophisticated invest

ABA acts as a traditional business angel network, effectively broking deals between small businesses seeking funds and high net worth private individuals who help to finance them.

Archangel Informal Investment Limited is a company limited by guarantee and is not intended to retain profit or accumulate value in itself for its members who are five board members forming the core of the Archangel Syndicate and who all invest in every investment made. The wider syndicate are given the opportunity, but have no obligation, to invest in Archangel investments.

Entrust is a not for profit organisation which uses funding from National Government and Europe to offer a range of cost effective business support services across the North East of England. One of the main services is known as the ‘Regional Financial Services’ (launched April 2002) and is an integral part of regional government strategy to support SMEs with specialist financial services.

General Capital Venture Finance is able to provide structured finance facilities of between £100K and £1M to support growing and entrepreneurial businesses in the UK SME sector. A client focused approach with decision making based on the strength of the whole business proposition, our finance structures are flexible and designed in each instance to provide an appropriate funding solution to the business case.

Established in 1982, Washington, DC-based FOCUS Enterprises, Inc. provides a full range of investment banking services tailored to entities in the $5-$100 million range. Services include M&A (buy and sell), capital raising and consultancy. The company is national in scope with 23 partners located in key centres: Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco.   Focus / NVG is a joint venture company.

Greater London Enterprise (GLE) is London’s economic development company, wholly owned by all 33 London boroughs and therefore in a unique position to deliver economic regeneration across the capital. GLE operates commercially and receives no public subsidy. Commercially and constitutionally independent, GLE operates outside the framework of public spending controls which apply to local authorities and invests its profits, commercial skills and know-how to help make economic regeneration.