Foresight Group Invests £4 Million in Firefish Software

Foresight VCTs Invest £3.5M in Ruleguard

September 12, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Two of Foresight Group's VCTs, Foresight VCT and Foresight Enterprise VCT, completed a £3.5 million growth equity investment in Ruleguard, a London-based RegTech SaaS provider. The funding will be used to develop additional platform capabilities and scale sales and marketing to capitalise on demand from regulated financial institutions.

Maven and Foresight Back Management Buy-In of FIS Chemicals

October 27, 2020

Manufacturing

Maven Investor Partners and the Foresight Scottish Growth Fund co-led and each invested £2 million to support a management buy-in of Aberdeen-based FIS Chemicals, alongside investment from the buy-in team led by Kenny Woods. The deal will help the specialist chemicals manufacturer accelerate growth, strengthen its management team, and support expansion into Asia and the Middle East while building on its strong environmental credentials.

Foresight Group Backs Management Buyout of SafeGuard Glazing Supplies

February 10, 2022

Building Products

Foresight Group has invested £4.5 million to support a multi‑million pound management buyout of SafeGuard Glazing Supplies from BCF Equity Partners. The investment will fund a site extension, additional capital equipment and workforce development at SafeGuard’s Peterborough manufacturing and installation facility to support planned capacity and sustainable growth.

LDC Backs Littlefish with Minority Investment

April 2, 2019

IT Services

Mid-market private equity investor LDC has made a minority growth investment in Nottingham-headquartered managed IT services provider Littlefish. The funding will support Littlefish's organic growth and capability expansion (including cyber security) while management (Graham Gilbert, Steve Robinson and Richard Roome) remain majority shareholders; HSBC provided debt facilities.

Foresight Group Invests in eCommerce Agency Space 48

February 8, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Foresight Group has made a growth investment in Space 48 Limited, a Manchester-based eCommerce agency, to support the business's next stage of growth while founder Jon Woodall remains involved. The investment will fund expansion of the sales team, go-to-market capabilities and exploration of international opportunities; Foresight is also appointing an industry Chair to support the business.

Foresight Invests in RFB Containers to Support Acquisition of Forth Containers

August 1, 2023

Transportation

Foresight Group has invested £2 million into RFB Containers Limited to support RFB's acquisition of Forth Containers Limited and its subsidiary Container World. The deal creates a combined multi-site container hire, sales and self-storage operator in Scotland with a hire fleet of over 2,000 containers and retains existing management at the Bathgate site.