Funding associated with investigation or inquiry that may lead to the creation or use of Intellectual Property

Funding associated with the creation of new, breakthrough or disruptive science or technology

Funding that requires collaboration between industrial and academic partners

Funding or support to prove the market value, function or application of a product or service idea

Funding or support related to the design and manufacture of a prototype product or system

Funding or support related to the design processes associated with the product development cycle

Funding or support related to manufacture, supply chain, or design for manufacture , or reducing costs

Funding or support related to the design and development processes, related to product commercialisation

Funding or support associated with "selling" a product or service, or increasing revenues

Funding or support associated with the early stages of company formation and growth

Funding or support associated with skills, training or employee development

Funding or support to assist companies to globalise or internationalise their products or services

Kelso Place Asset Management

 

In order to apply for funding with Kelso Place Asset Management, companies must be:

-In any sector;
-Based in the UK;
-Have run-rate annual revenues of at least £10 million
-Not performing to their full potential;
-Have sound underlying businesses
-Capable of organic growth and cash generation.

Kelso Place Asset Management are a private equity finance and support company established in 2000.

They make long term investments in UK-based businesses that require additional resources to grow or that are financially, operationally or strategically challenged.

Currently they are investing in their third fund, the £100 million Kelso Place UK Special Situations Fund, which closed in Autumn 2006 and has, to date, made three investments. Previous two funds invested in eight companies.

Portfolio Companies are likely to fall into one of two categories:

-Businesses which have a strong platform for growth but require investment and additional management expertise and experience in order to realize their potential; and
-Businesses which require investment and "hands on" involvement to rectify operational underperformance arising from a distressed situation or from having been deemed a non-core subsidiary of a larger company.

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