London Capital

London Capital Finance Ltd., London Capital Investment Partners and LCF Research Ltd. are three separate entities which operate in a range of different capacities - providing capital markets services to companies and investors - but which share a common business philosopy.

London Capital Finance Limited

London Capital Finance Limited (“LCF”) provides capital markets and advisory services to growth companies and their investors. LCF was founded in 2005 by Andrew Boyle, Richard Lesmoir-Gordon, Jonathan Rivett-Carnac and Nicolas Smith. They had previously worked together at J. Henry Schroder & Co. Limited, which was the investment banking division of Schroders plc until its sale to Citigroup in 2000. The culture and business activities of LCF reflect its directors’ experience of relationship-driven merchant banking at Schroders. 

LCF works closely with Charles Breese, who is a director of Larpent Newton & Co. Limited and Hygea VCT plc. Charles has 30 years’ experience of investing in growth companies. He has developed an investment template, which has been adopted by LCF as a key point of reference for its advisory and investment activities (see tab headed Investment Template). 

LCF Research Limited

In 2009, LCF established a joint venture with Larpent Newton and Charles Breese to develop and rebrand their established company information service (www.armshare.com) as LCF Research (“LCFR”). The objectives were to enable LCF’s activities to be researched-based and to make the process of investing in growth companies similar to investment in larger companies. LCFR’s service can be accessed via the website www.lcfresearch.com. It has more than 4,000 registered users.

London Capital Investment Partners ("LCIP")

In 2007 LCF established LCIP Trafalgar LP, which invests in early-stage businesses, and LCIP Gainsborough, which invests in companies quoted on AIM and Plus Markets. The limited partners of the two partnerships comprise 130 HNW individuals and family offices. The partners co-invest in fundraisings by LCF corporate clients.

In addition to being a source of capital, the limited partners frequently introduce prospective investments and contribute to the due diligence and monitoring processes. Several are connected to City institutions which can provide additional capital and support LCF’s corporate clients as they grow.