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Investment for Business Growth – Deciding when and how to take on backing

Hunter Ruthvenby Hunter Ruthven

Knowing the right time to take on an external investor was the question posed to four companies already backed by the Business Growth Fund.

Businesses primed for explosive growth are often courted by sources from all round the venture capital and private equity space, and having the nous to pick the right partner can be the difference between success and failure.

More from our exclusive Business Growth Fund roundtable:

GrowthBusiness assembled four companies from within the Business Growth Fund portfolio for an exclusive roundtable discussion to find out more.

Company profiles from our exclusive roundtable:

This article is part of a larger package looking at the Business Growth Fund’s active portfolio. See links above for more content.

Hunter Ruthven

Hunter Ruthven

Hunter Ruthven graduated from the university of Sussex in geography and politics before joining Vitesse Media. He was the Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2012 to 2014, before moving on to Caspian...

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