Braveheart Investment Group (LON:BRH) is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in loan, mezzanine, seed/startup, early venture, late stage, emerging growth, turnaround, distress situations, buyout in growth capital companies. It prefers to invest in materials, industrials, commercial and professional services, consumer discretionary, consumer services, consumer staples, health care, financials, information technology, communication services, media, engineering services, sporting goods and services, biotechnology, internet software, digital, and entertainment. The firm prefers to invest in Midland Area, Texas, Strathclyde, Humberside, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, North Humberside. It invests in both unlisted and listed companies in form of equity and equity-related instruments, including convertible debt instruments in certain circumstances, for unlisted companies, it targets companies at different stage of development, ranging from those which at early stage to trade to those which are expecting to achieve an IPO in the short term. It also seeks a position on the boards of unlisted investee companies. For listed company investments, it targets investment where the Board considers the shares are undervalued but there are opportunities for significant growth which are typically passive investment, although it may take a more active approach if it considers there a need to effect change. The firm will assist the board and management of investee companies, including helping to scale management teams, informing strategy, and assisting with future financing. It takes a minority stake in a business and look for investments where there is a good prospect of an exit in a two-to-five-year period. The firm generally do not make an investment where the expected term is more than five years, other than for seed investments where the exit timing can be indeterminate. The firm acquire investments directly or by way of holdings in intermediate holding or subsidiary entities. It also invests in limited liability partnerships and other forms of legal entity. For early-stage opportunities, our initial commitment may be less than £0.1 million ($0.13 million) and maximum of commitment can be excess of £1.5 million ($1.91 million). It prefers to take majority as well as minority stake. Braveheart Investment Group plc was founded in 1997 and is based in Barnsley, United Kingdom with additional office in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
