Shawbrook’s Private Equity team celebrate triple milestone!

• The team has delivered £500m in funding, closing 55 deals in just 5 years of forming the team and focusing their support on fast growth and purpose-led businesses
• Now growing regional presence with expert team of nine regional specialists, including new team members to assist clients in Thames Valley and North East regions
• Team has evolved facilities to provide full-cycle funding, recently introducing a recurring revenue finance product to support subscription services in technology and data sectors

Shawbrook’s Private Equity team has reached a triple milestone, delivering £500m in funding and completing 55 transactions for fast growth VC and sponsor-backed businesses in just five years of the teams’ formation.

Launched in the summer of 2019, the team, led by Jennifer Murray, has grown to ten people and expanded its regional presence earlier this year, with additional hires in the North and Thames Valley region.

In response to significant demand for bespoke funding in the mid-market sponsors space, the private equity team structures unitranche, recurring revenue and venture debt facilities ranging from £1m to £50m, to support acquisitions, accelerate growth and optimise capital structures within portfolios. Working with VC investors and sponsors, their portfolio businesses and management teams, the specialist team at Shawbrook cater for a broad range of sectors with previous deals spanning health, technology, cyber security, language and ESG among others.  

Recent transactions include supporting long-term client, Queen’s Park Equity with their latest  acquisition of Builders Club, delivering a unitranche solution to support next stage growth funding for Simpson Travel, and assisting another longstanding client and ESG-focused sponsor, Palatine, with the addition of fast-growing environmental consultancy, Isle Global, to their portfolio. 

Jennifer Murray, Head of Private Equity at Shawbrook comments:

“Despite the challenges in the industry over the last year to 18 months, pockets of the Private Equity space maintained an acquisitive state of play and our diverse and experienced team was well placed to work with sponsors and their portfolio businesses to meet their leadtimes, and deliver on their growth plans.

Jennifer Murray continued: 

"We want to thank all the clients and contacts who chose to work with us since inception 5 years back and look forward to backing more UK businesses in the future, in particular those playing a vital role in our society.”