About Us
The Team
- The Growth Stage was founded by Simon Stewart, Simon Acton and Jennie Holloway - each with complementary skills for the 3 categories of firms we partner with. Our team has expanded since our launch in October 2018 to include the incredibly experienced Sam Bygott-Webb, Kenny Flaherty, Joerg Pruessmeier, Andrew Tapper, Del Huse, Mark Robinson, Ben Hill, Duncan Crawford, Jeremy Wernert, Andrea Malpas, Lisa Long, Steve Smith, Tommy Breen and Chris Hafner - adding further fund management, investment banking and venture know-how. Meru Capital invested in 2019, with New York based CEO Guru Ramakrishnan joining our board
- Based in Europe, APAC & the USA, our team have extensive global experience in accountancy, investment banking, fund management, corporate advisory and as entrepreneurs
- Please watch our 2 minute introductory video
Our Partners
- This platform is exclusively for Institutional Accounts* and regulated Institutional Investors, providing access and funding to Private Companies, supported by our Strategic Partners and Professional Advisers
- Our 160+ Institutional Investors with growth funds provide the largest pool of investment capital, prefer to take minority stakes, with long term investment strategies. These Institutional Investors are a mixture of pension, mutual, hedge, sovereign and venture funds, along with family offices, Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) and PE firms with growth funds
- All of our 17 Partners and Advisers are leaders in their professional fields
Our Mission
- To introduce some of the world’s leading Entrepreneurs to the world’s premier Strategic Partners and Professional Advisers, with the opportunity to receive funding from one of the largest pools of permanent capital
- We charge very competitive fees, using cutting-edge digital platform technology
- We want all Companies, Partners, Advisers and Investors who have partnered with us, to benefit significantly from using The Growth Stage
* as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c)
