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BGF

Investor set up in 2011 to provide patient, minority equity to UK and Irish SMEs, with a growth team for profitable businesses and an early stage team backing deep tech and life sciences companies from late seed to Series B.

Type
VC firm
Location
United Kingdom
Stages
Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
Backs
Medtech and digital health, B2B software, Biotech and pharma
Sectors
Healthtech and life sciences, Edtech, Devtools, Mobility, Biotech, Industrial
Fund size / AUM
£3bn evergreen balance sheet; £5bn+ deployed since 2011
Portfolio mix
Medtech and digital health 40%; B2B software 40%; Biotech and pharma 20% (n=5, 2020 to 2023)

Contacts on file

For BGF, the paid file holds: 8 named decision-makers with roles; check size; how to pitch (the route the firm publishes); LinkedIn page.

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Notable investments

OrganOxCaristo DiagnosticsKids PlanetHydrockGaussion

Sources

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