Finalist - PE Firm of the Year

Meridian Growth Capital is delighted to have been shortlisted for the Private Equity Firm of the Year Award at this year’s Solent Deals Awards.

Meridian GC is the most active Solent based Private Equity Firm and has had an incredible 2022. Focussing on backing dynamic and proven management teams, Meridian boasts a portfolio of 10 companies, many of which are based locally. Meridian GC has successfully invested into, participated at board level and exited to both larger PE firms and international buyers over the last 14 years.

Previous exits have included loveholidays, Dream Doors, Cega, and Processflows. Current investments include TMA, 23.5 Degrees, Diametric, Biofidelity, Lightcast Discovery, NewsWhip, and Stormagic.

During the qualifying period, Meridian GC realised investments from Blis following their exit to LDC and Maven Capital Partners, representing a 4x money multiple, and Zenergi following their exit to ECI Partners Ltd which represented a 5.3x money multiple. Meridian GC also invested into Gosport based manufacturing company Elecon during the period.

Meridian is delighted that Southampton based Zenergi has also been shortlisted for both Large Deal of the Year Award and Management Team of the Year Award.

We wish all finalists the very best of luck in their respective categories.

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