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A spectacular night yesterday as we hosted our final charity quiz of the year in Newcastle at the Banyan Bar and Kitchen.   20 teams came together for some friendly competition and raised £17,175 for Tiny Lives Trust, a charity that supports and champions premature and sick newborn babies and their families every day. Thanks to Rachel Hardwick from Tiny Lives who joined us on the night to provide more information about the fantastic work they do.   Congratulations to our joint winners of the night, FRP Advisory/ WilliamsAli Corporate Finance 🎉   Thank you to everyone who donated and made the night a great success. We appreciate the support from the community ❤   We are currently in the process of totalling the final fundraising amounts raised across all our quizzes this year and will announce the total figure along with the quiz milestone next week - keep an eye out 👀   Gareth Marshall Aaron Lawson-Clark Lee Donaldson Emma Borrie Zara Lane Hannah Gray

Congratulations to our South team who took home three awards at last night's The Business Magazine - South East Thames Valley Deals Awards 2024! LDC landed Private Equity Firm of the Year, Mid-Range Deal of the Year for its investment in Message Direct and our Orgination Director Jonathan Caswell won the Lifetime Achievement Award! Well done team and congratulations to all the winners! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/edA-Kmhj Aylesh Patel Chris Baker James Garland Jacob Leone Trystan Cullen Jonathan Caswell Rebecca Lander

Nicole Wong, Investment Manager in LDC’s East of England and East Midlands team, outlines the steps management teams should take to implement an effective buy-and-build growth strategy and discusses water and environment sustainability specialist Stonbury’s acquisition of Scotland-based Panton McLeod. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eiC5YbFd #TrustedwithAmbition #mergersandacquisitions #businessgrowth  

As platinum sponsors of Megabuyte Emerging Stars, we're looking forward to meeting #HealthTech leaders at this event. LDC investors Chris Baker and Vera Kuehne will be at the seminar. Get in touch if you'd like a chat about how we can support ambitious management teams of growing technology businesses. #TrustedwithAmbition

Today, we are welcoming Neil Williams, David Wylie and the team at credit risk technology specialist LendingMetrics to the LDC family. We will support the team as they accelerate new product development, expand their network of partners, explore complementary acquisitions and diversify their presence in new industries. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ejc_Q6NQ Oliver Schofield, Vera Kuehne, Dewi Hughes #TrustedwithAmbition #growth #finance #credit #technology #investment #privateequity #expansion

We had the pleasure of awarding Sat Sanghera CEO of IP Integration with The People Award, as part of The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2024 programme. Sat is a trained meditation teacher, and he joined IPI in 2019, becoming CEO a year later. The business has since doubled in size and been awarded a 'World Class' rating by Best Companies. His drive and focus stood out to the judges, particularly his mission to create the best possible environment for people to succeed and lead purposeful lives. His business boasts an enviable Glassdoor rating and he’s also set up a mentoring lab for disadvantaged teenagers. Find out more as we interviewed Sat after he collected this accolade ❤️ #LDCTop50

What an incredible night at BOXPARK in Camden on Wednesday, where we hosted our 8th (out of 9) Charity Quiz for this year❔❔❔. 19 teams came together in friendly competition, raising £24,210 for London's Air Ambulance Charity - a fantastic cause that saves lives every day across London, thanks to Jo Pugh and Jennie Chmura who joined us on the evening to tell us more about the work they do. Congratulations to PwC who claimed the Quiz crown! Thank you to everyone who joined, donated and made this event a success. We are so grateful for the amazing support from our community. Check out our gallery of photos from the evening to relive the fun 👇 In the meantime, we look forward to welcoming all the attendees at our final #LDCQuiz of the year in Newcastle next week! 👋 Nicol Fraser David Andrews Alexander White Daniel Gluckman Olivia Hendrick Catie Morris Ed Lane Eliza Tracey, ACA Francesca Speke John Gassner Joseph Fison Josh Rainbow-Wachman Tom Jervis Alex Bexon

LDC-backed Aspire Technology Solutions has completed the acquisition of Leeds-HQ'd CloudCoCo Plc. CEO & Founder of Aspire Chris Fraser explains that the strategic acquisition will bring over £10m in additional revenue and ~300 new customers to Aspire, setting the stage for future growth. Read More - https://lnkd.in/eKdzucig #TrustedwithAmbition #businessacquisition #ICT #businessgrowth Gareth Marshall

Today we announce the successful exit of our five-year partnership with Croud. We first backed co-founders Luke Smith and Ben Knight in 2019 with a £30m minority investment to help accelerate global growth and M&A activity. During our partnership, Croud completed five acquisitions, expanded internationally and more than tripled revenue. It’s been a real pleasure to support Luke and Ben’s vision and seeing them move into their next chapter with ECI Partners is something we’re incredibly proud of. We can’t wait to see what they do next! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ewdBSnRw David Andrews, Joseph Fison, Daniel Gluckman #TrustedwithAmbition #businessgrowth #privateequity #media

As part of The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2024, we were honoured to present Jo Tutchener Sharp CEO of SCAMP & DUDE with The Purpose Award. Jo founded the fashion brand in 2016 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. She was about to undergo surgery and vowed that if she made it out of hospital, she would build a business that helps others. That is exactly what she has done! Watch her interview to find out more. ❤️❤️❤️ #LDCTop50 #FemaleFounders #InspiringFemales #WomeninBusiness #SuperScarfMission