3i Group

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

3i Group is a British private equity group who have previously invested in FinTech companies. The firm look to partner with ambitious market-leading businesses looking to grow across borders.

Country: United Kingdom

Founded: 1945

Headquarters: London, UK

+44(0)2079753131

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia

Sector Focus

  • WealthTech
  • RegTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Series D

Summary

3i Group focus its investments on three main sectors; consumer, industrial, and business & technology services. The firm have teams in 8 countries across Europe, North America and Asia.

3i Group combines their international outlook and experience with a deep local knowledge to support and grow their portfolio companies. Their market expertise combined with their strong capital position enables them to create material value for shareholders.

The firms local teams identify investment opportunities in mid-market businesses with high potential for international growth. Their aim is to give management teams the tools they need to create a competitive advantage in their sector.  They use an active partnership approach to help the companies they work with realize functional excellence.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

April 2009

Garlik

$2.34m

Series C

Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures

RegTech

United Kingdom

June 2008

Garlik

$5m

Venture

  Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures

RegTech

United Kingdom

August 2007

Metastorm

$30m

Series C

  ABS Capital Partners

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

April 2007

Garlik

$11.95m

Series B

Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures

RegTech

United Kingdom

December 2006

Datanomic

$6.3m

Venture

DN Capital

Data & Analytics

United Kingdom

June 2006

ClearApp

$14.2m

Series B

  Partech Ventures

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

May 2006

Meridea Financial Software

$5.15m

Venture

Nordic Venture Partners

WealthTech

Finland

April 2006

Garlik

$5.4m

Series A

Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures

RegTech

United Kingdom

January 2006

ClickandBuy

€20m

Series B

Payments & Remittances

United Kingdom

March 2005

Datanomic

£2.5m

Series B

Data & Analytics

United Kingdom

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

Jamestown CLO III

$515.9m

2016

Harvest XVI

$452m

2016

Harvest XV CLO

$413m

Harvest CLO VIII

$425m

2014

CLO fund

$525m

Key Employees

Simon Thompson
Chairman

Simon Borrows
Chief Executive

Julia Wilson
Group Finance Director

Jonathan Asquith
Deputy Chairman