3i is the world’s leading growth investor. Our Growth Capital team provides financial and strategic support to established businesses with the potential for outstanding value growth.
Typically we invest up to $250m in businesses with enterprise values ranging from $150m to $1.5bn. We make both minority and change of control investments to help to help businesses achieve growth ambitions, restructure shareholdings, provide liquidity or change the balance of equity to debt. We can be very flexible around how we structure our investments.
As an active partner:
It is your business to run. Our role is to support, advise, and provide insights and access to contacts around the world.
As a shareholder:
Your interests are the same as ours - growth, value creation and sustainable success.
Our role is to provide funding solutions that work for business owners and strategic resources that can help entrepreneurs deliver a strong value creation agenda. The day-to-day business operations are left in the hands of the management team.
Our wealth of experience enables us to:
Deliver growth by:
-
Introducing customers and suppliers
-
Applying specific sector-focused expertise
-
Introducing and providing support and advice when deciding on acquisitions
-
Delivering international expansion plans using our network
Build improved capabilities through:
-
Introducing the appropriate management expertise
-
Enabling management succession
-
Advising on improving financial controls and outsourcing non-core activities
-
Helping a business run an effective board
Plan and achieve the best exit by:
-
Preparing and strategically positioning company assets
-
Insisting on high quality and transparent information
-
Professionalizing – pensions, legal issues, IPR and tax
-
Seeking mutual agreement on exit timing