Business Growth Fund

BGF
FormerlyBusiness Growth Fund
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded2011 (2011)
FoundersBarclays, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered bank
Key people
Andy Gregory
Total assets£2.5bn
Number of employees
180 (2021)
Websitewww.bgf.co.uk

BGF, established in 2011 as the Business Growth Fund, is a leading European mid-market private equity and investment firm that provides growth capital and scaleup support for small and mid-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland. It takes minority, non-controlling shareholdings in investee companies, and is acknowledged as the United Kingdom's most active growth equity investor.

From a network of 15 offices in the UK and Ireland, the company has invested more than £4 billion in more than 600 small and mid-sized companies, and completed more than 200 exits. Around three-quarters of its investments have been in companies based outside London and South East England.