annual review and directory 2009 Finance Wales plc
Finance Wales plc
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Finance Wales plc provides commercial funding to small and medium-sized businesses throughout Wales, enabling them to realise their potential for innovation and growth. Managing funds in excess of £280 million, the company has invested over £110 million through more than 2000 investments in businesses and leveraged more than £322 million of private sector investment. A subsidiary of the Welsh Assembly Government, Finance Wales plc adopts a flexible, focussed investment approach and is involved in co-investment and follow-on deals with other commercial funders, including banks, venture capital funds and business angels. Finance Wales makes commercial debt and equity investments from £5,000 to £2 million into startup and early stage businesses, as well as providing investment for more established companies with development capital, management succession or acquisition funding needs. Visit www.financewales.co.uk for up-to-date information about the commercial investment opportunities available from Finance Wales plc.
xénos the Wales Business Angel Network, is a business introduction service matching high net-worth individual investors with companies seeking growth funding who are prepared in return to offer an equity share in the business. A subsidiary of Finance Wales plc, xénos has a network of over 120 business angels seeking investment opportunities. Completed deals have involved a variety of sectors including IT, medical devices, environmental and manufacturing, as well as companies at various stages in their growth. xénos has facilitated more than £19.5 million of private sector investment in Wales-based businesses in the past decade through 130 deals. xénos is a member of the British Business Angels Association (BBAA) and the European Business Angels Association (EBAN) xénos business angels are involved in a range of deals, including: • Start-up • Management buy-out/ buy-in • Expansion • Turnaround situations
Finance Wales, Oakleigh House, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3DQ T: 0800 587 4140, F 029 2033 8101, E: info@financewales.co.uk www.financewales.co.uk xénos, Oakleigh House, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3DQ T: 029 2033 8144 F: 029 2033 8101 E: info@xenos.co.uk www.xenos.co.uk
Frontier Medical Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Blackwood NP12 2YN Tel: 01495 235800 Fax: 01495 235808 Email: info@frontier-group.co.uk Web: www.frontier-group.co.uk
Frontier Medical manufacture and market a range of medical products in four broad business streams: • Sharpsafe is Europe’s leading brand of plastic sharps disposal containers • Repose is a range of inflatable polyurethane pressure redistribution devices for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, manufactured under license from the NHS • eXchange is the brand under which products are made available to organisations for harm reduction purposes amongst the intravenous drug using community • Multigate is the brand of swabs, dressings, bandages and packs sold to healthcare organisations throughout the UK