You
Your enthusiasm and passion are evident in your company’s success, but the next stage of your growth may benefit from fresh ideas and capital.
You may be seeking to buy your business, de-risk, expand geographically, make acquisitions, replace shareholders or
take a step back. We can support you whatever your needs are.
Alyn Franklin, CEO, Alcumus
Richard Hurd-Wood, CEO, Virgin Experience Days
Kelly Grooteman, CEO, Calco
Stewart Kay, CEO, British Engineering Services
Gail Jones & Lawrence Jones, Founders, UKFast
Mark Neale, Founder & CEO, Mountain Warehouse
Paul Moors, CEO, Bollington Wilson
Us
As entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand the passion you have for your business. Having worked with 75 companies, we understand that each business has a different journey. We respect what you've already achieved, so we don't take over.
We back fast-growing businesses of all sizes across a range of sectors, taking a minority or majority stake to accelerate growth.
Together
Together we can enhance your business by providing capital and expertise to help you accelerate growth.
We have worked with 75 teams over our 20-year history, with many people coming back to work with us again through our network. Our style is collaborative – meaning we join your journey, but you remain in control.
We will work closely with you to grow your company in the way best suited to your goals. Our growth tool kit covers digital enhancement, international expansion, add-on acquisitions and operational improvements, including talent and networks.
Simon Charles, Group HR Director, Succession
Richard Swann, Head of Buyout Fund
Elin Sion, Finance Director, Huws Gray
John Howie, Founder & CEO, Lintbells
Andrew Priest, Partner & Head of Origination
Rachel Aston, Marketing Director, Bollington Wilson Group
Ben Long, Partner
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International
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Digital
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M&A
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Talent and Network
International
Rohit Hegde, In-Country Expert India, Frédéric Junck, In-Country Expert Brazil and Xuan Ye, In-Country Expert China
Local presence in international markets
For over a decade, we’ve been helping our portfolio get closer to far-away places. Our on-the-ground presence in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and North America, as well as our strong network in Continental Europe, bring invaluable expertise and connections to help source people, partners and customers.
Perhaps unsurprisingly then, our portfolio companies are global, operating in 150 countries and selling into 110. We have supported 40 international acquisitions for our portfolio companies in 17 countries.
Inflexion has helped CloserStill Media to innovate through the international replication of successful events. With huge help from Inflexion's in-country expert in China, we won the largest order in the history of our Asian business. A tremendous effort by Inflexion and further proof that we chose the right partner.
Digital
In-house digital team
A successful digital strategy can have a transformational effect on your business. Done effectively, it can make prospective clients aware of you, and existing clients more loyal. We can help you understand what makes them tick, helping you to help them.
Understanding of the value of digital has meant Inflexion have been confident to support investments in Virgin Experience Days which are transforming the way we attract and retain our customers. We implemented rapid changes to the marketing stack using Cloud-based tools which have delivered measurable improvements in cost of customer acquisition and conversion rate.
Inflexion operate a true value added partnership model with Medivet - delivering not just strong financial support and commercial counsel, but expert advice across a range of organisational disciplines. Most notable of these is the Inflexion Digital team, which has helped shape our online client experience to drive closer relationships with customers.
Things moved quickly after the partnership: less than six months after their investment, our development team participated in a 'five-day sprint' focusing on accelerating our mobile proposition. Since launching our latest app, we've doubled users in a three-month period, which is absolutely fantastic.
The support and guidance from Inflexion’s Digital Director has accelerated the pace of change in our digital strategy
Inflexion was focused on how to maximise value in our business using digital technology, from e-commerce to new product development.
M&A
Luxury travel company Scott Dunn acquired Aardvark Safaris in April 2016 and Country Holidays in January 2018
Huws Gray acquired Ridgeons in October 2018, becoming the UK's largest independently owned builders merchants
Fleet payment and telematics provider Radius Payment Solutions acquired Adam Phones in October 2018
Reed & Mackay has made four acquisitions since our investment in the corporate travel management business in August 2016
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Acquisitions in 2018
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International acquisitions
Turbo-charging growth through M&A
Businesses can step change their growth with carefully managed M&A. We have 20 years’ experience helping teams to do just this: we help find acquisition targets in the UK and internationally, negotiate the transaction, and assist in making the integration seamless.
Most of our investments have grown through M&A: we’ve supported over 200 acquisitions globally for our portfolio companies. We have supported 30 international acquisitions for our portfolio companies in 17 countries. Most of these were done within the first year of our partnership, meaning we then take time to work with you to integrate the business.
Inflexion supported Rhead in acquiring four complimentary businesses, diversifying our service, sector offering and broadening our reach.
We have done four acquisitions in 12 months, which has been transformational. Inflexion were literally working hand-in-hand with us and, in earlier acquisitions, driving the process, which helped us as we were on a huge learning curve.
Since coming on board, Inflexion have helped us with larger acquisitions. The acquisition of Ridgeons represents a real milestone for our company. Had we remained independent, we’d not have bought this business; Inflexion gave us the support we needed.
Talent and Network
Cordelia Dolan joined Inflexion in 2018 to support our portfolio with talent management
Inflexion has sponsored the National Business Awards ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award since 2016
Andrew Priest, Partner & Margot Cooper winner of the 2018 'Inflexion Entrepreneur of the Year' Award
Bringing great people together
Ambitious companies attract the best talent. However, securing great hires is something many fast growing businesses find time consuming. Our dedicated talent team helps by working with you to identify key hires as well as thinking creatively of ways to nurture and retain the best people.
The businesses we back also have direct access to Inflexion's highly valued network of entrepreneurs and senior leaders.