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, Peter Herne, Ben Hill, Duncan Crawford, Jeremy Wernert, Fredrik Warneryd, Alex Kiam, Andrea Malpas and Lisa Long - 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 leading Professional Advisers
- Our 120+ 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 our 16 Advisers are leaders in their professional fields
Our Mission
- To introduce some of the world’s leading Entrepreneurs to the world’s premier 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, Advisers and Investors who have partnered with us, to benefit significantly from using The Growth Stage
* as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c)
