Ambitious partnerships
Find out what it’s like to partner with us, directly from the business leaders who’ve used private equity to realise their growth ambitions.
From the beginning LDC made it clear to us that they wanted to back a management team and allow that team to run the business. They were true to their word.”
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A private equity partnership with LDC is helping MSQ Partners to grow rapidly via acquisitions. In three years, the company has tripled in value.
Four Decades of Ambitious Partnerships
We have backed more than 650 businesses with over £5.5bn of investment since 1981, supporting management teams across the UK to fulfil their growth ambitions and build great businesses. What better way to mark our 40th Anniversary than with the experiences of those business leaders we’ve backed over the decades.
This is a collection of 40 of those partnerships, from the perspective of the business leaders themselves.
IN DEPTH
Taking a fast-growing technology offering global
As featured in Management Today and iNews, meet Martin McKay, the CEO and Founder of global education technology business Texthelp.
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PODCAST
CEO Richard Harden features in The Manufacturer Podcast discussing Stuart Turner’s remarkable growth and offers advice to other SME manufacturers seeking investment.
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Hear from Jan Steele, Founder of Lucid Group on how she grew the healthcare communications agency with a flexible minority investment to acquire and integrate complementary businesses.
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Putting data at the heart of a growth strategy
Gehan Talwatte is a serial entrepreneur whose obsession with data has helped him turn several businesses into runaway successes including aviation insurance firm Ascend.
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As part of our sponsorship of
The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards, LDC’s Zara Lane took part in a webinar on the nature of entrepreneurship in today’s climate alongside three ambitious entrepreneurs.
IN DEPTH
CEO Carl Castledine discusses the reasons he chose to partner with LDC, including our deep pockets for flexible funding and the quality of market insight we brought to our collaborative partnership.
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As part our My Ambition series, in partnership with Management Today, three business leaders joined a panel discussion, chaired by Management Today’s editor in chief Robert Jeffery, to discuss their experience of growing a business from a mid-sized firm to a multinational business.
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We put management teams at the centre of what we do, backing their ambition as they continue to lead their business. Their journeys in their words.
Business growth partnerships
As featured in The Telegraph, Rebecca Burn-Callander speaks to business leaders about their business growth journeys.
Building a Brand to IPO
Unlocking the power of ‘buy and build’
Agility is at the heart of successful businesses
Backing Ambition
LDC’s Corporate Ambassador Mark Beaumont has become a household name through documentaries about ultra-endurance and best-selling sports books. Having smashed the circumnavigation of the world by bike World Record twice, we are proud to have supported his global ambitions for over a decade.
Mark hosts a series of events for LDC each year.
Get in touch if you’d like to join us.
Q&A with the leaders
LDC-backed business leaders share their experience of what a private equity partnership with LDC was like, how it helped them realise their ambitions and develop, both professionally and personally.
LDC was committing a lot of effort and time getting to know the business.”
“Buy and build is the best – and safest – way to expand.”
“Their insights have been invaluable and we’ve had quite a lot of fun.”
“Like many businesses, we’ve adapted in a number of ways.”
“With LDC support we make eight to 10 acquisitions a year.”
“We got to know LDC very well and found them to be like-minded people.”
