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PANORAMIC GROWTH EQUITY STRENGTHENS LONDON PRESENCE WITH APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR INVESTMENT MANAGER FROM THE BUSINESS GROWTH FUND

Independent private equity firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has appointed Jane Reoch as a Senior Investment Manager to strengthen its London presence and capitalise on the growing number of investment opportunities in the South East.

£1M Invested into 140% YOY Growth Software Company

Independent venture capital firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has secured a £1m investment in Concorde Solutions Limited, a multi-award-winning software asset management company based in Reading.   PGE’s funding will be used to help Concorde, which turned over £1.8m in 2010 – up 140% YOY, launch a new SaaS product in 2012 into the data centre and cloud computing markets and expand its professional and managed services to markets worldwide.

David Wilson last week sat on the expert panel for the BVCA's training course, "How to Raise a First Time Fund".

This article was published in 'Business Briefing' magazine, issued by Scott-Moncrieff

As a result of the banking crisis and the downturn in the economy, SMEs in Scotland struggle to secure funding via traditional channels.  Recognising the problems businesses are facing, the Government launched the Enterprise Capital Fund Scheme (ECFs), to address the cash flow, credit and capital needs of business.  ECFs are venture capital funds aimed at SMEs which demonstrate promising growth. 

This article was published in PE News.

Regulatory red tape is slowly but surely wrapping itself around the private equity market. For small businesses in need of growth capital, the beanstalk is getting harder to climb.

This article was published in New CA magazine.

From professional footballer to partner in a succesful SME investment house, the sure-footed Malcolm Kpedekpo discusses the value of entrepreneurialism and ambition.

Malcolm Kpedekpo’s career has taken him from Aberdeen FC, through CA training with KPMG to the bank of Scotland and his present role as a partner with Panoramic Growth Equity.

Panoramic Growth Equity have recently moved into new offices in Glasgow. Our new offices are located at:

140 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2HG

The following article was written by Stephen Campbell and appeared in Business 7 magazine.

Ten years ago, if you were looking to raise equity for your company, there were a wide range of options available to you. Now it's a very different story.

NatWest Ventures. Royal Bank Development Capital. Clydesdale Bank Equity. Barclays Ventures. A decade ago they were major sources of finance for growing businesses after £1-10million of equity. Now they've either disappeared, stopped investing or morphed into other organisations.

The following article appeared in Investment Week Magazine.

Introduced in 2006 by the UK Government, following the extensive Bridging the Finance Gap consultation paper, ECFs are designed to tackle the equity gap by improving access to development capital.

The equity gap exists for many reasons: the maturity of private equity as an asset class, the focus on large transactions and the retrenchment of the banks, or, more simply put, the inability for small businesses to find money to grow.

The following article appeared in Real Deals Magazine.

Would it be fair to say that you didn’t have a conventional start to a career in venture capitalism?
You could say that. I signed for Aberdeen FC when I was 16 because they agreed to let me stay at school and go to university. I made my debut for the club at 18, when I was in my first year of university. I would play a game on the weekend for the team and then be back in lectures on Monday morning.

Emerging independent venture capital firm, Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE), has announced that its Panoramic Enterprise Capital Fund 1 (Panoramic ECF 1) has made an initial close at £34m.  The only SME growth fund to close in the UK in the last year, it has already exceeded initial fundraising targets by £1.5m.

The following article appeared in CA Magazine.

The next generation of CAs have taken their qualification as a launch pad for a diverse range of positions, both in the profession and in the business world. Richard Goslan profiles some of the brightest prospects in the CA community:

MALCOLM KPEDEKPO, Panoramic Growth Equity
Malcolm has not looked back since hanging up his boots as a professional footballer at Aberdeen to train as a CA.

Panoramic has become the first Scottish Private Equity Firm to sign up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment

Panoramic Growth Equity (“Panoramic”), an independent investment business, is pleased to announce it has secured a £21.7m commitment into its new fund through the UK Government’s Enterprise Capital Fund (“ECF”) scheme.

Capital for Enterprise Ltd (CfEL) has awarded two new Enterprise Capital Fund (ECF) mandates to Panoramic Growth Equity and Beringea, marking a major advance in activity for the government backed fund.  The funds are now raising private capital with a target of reaching £32.5m and £30m respectively in the coming months.