The Financial Times

The Financial Times is a prominent business news organization that delivers essential news, commentary, data, and analysis tailored for the global business community. With a combined paid print and digital circulation exceeding 600,000, it caters to a diverse audience of professionals and decision-makers. The publication boasts over 328,000 paying digital subscribers, while its print edition maintains a global circulation of approximately 273,000. In recent years, mobile platforms have become increasingly significant, accounting for a notable share of website traffic and digital subscriptions. Additionally, the Financial Times offers educational products that are utilized by 25 of the world's top 50 business schools, further solidifying its reputation as a leading source of information in the business and financial sectors.

Stephen Bush

Associate Editor

Pilita Clark

Columnist and Associate Editor

George Hammond

Venture Capital Correspondent

Anglea Mackay

Global Publisher, FT Live and Managing Director, Asia Pacific

9 past transactions

Invisso

Acquisition in 2025
Invisso is an event organizer in the structured finance, bond, and private credit industries.

Endpoints News

Acquisition in 2023
EndPoints is a news organization focused on the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life sciences sectors. It provides comprehensive coverage of topics including drug development, clinical trials, regulatory matters, and industry trends. The platform features in-depth articles, breaking news updates, and expert insights to keep industry professionals informed about key developments in the biopharma sector. Additionally, EndPoints produces original editorials that discuss business deals, corporate reorganizations, FDA actions, and the latest clinical data. By delivering timely and accurate information, EndPoints aims to support professionals navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

Farm Infinity

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Farm Infinity is an agri-fintech company focused on providing accessible financial services to smallholder farmers and agribusinesses. By utilizing a proprietary algorithm, the company assesses farmers' creditworthiness through the analysis of over 80 individual parameters and 600 data sets, leveraging a vast government database. This approach enables financial institutions to make informed decisions and tailor their services, such as farm loans and insurance, to meet the specific needs of rural clients. Farm Infinity's platform includes a user-friendly mobile application for farmers and a digital dashboard for financial institutions, streamlining the application process and significantly reducing operational costs and processing times. Through these innovations, Farm Infinity aims to enhance the financial landscape for agricultural stakeholders, promoting sustainable growth and development in the sector.

The Business of Fashion

Series B in 2019
The Business of Fashion has built a global following as an essential daily resource for fashion creatives, business professionals and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries and territories. It is frequently described as “indispensable,” “required reading” and “an addiction.”

The Next Web

Acquisition in 2019
The Next Web (TNW) is a technology-focused media company that manages several initiatives focused on international technology news, business, and culture. Its brands include TNW Blog, TNW Events, TNW Deals, and TNW Academy. The Next Web expands its global presence on and off its website through content syndication, with events that bring the tech-ecosystem together, and the addition of new channels and online services that come out of The Next Web Labs. Its online publication has editions in Europe, Latin America, and North America. The website has more than 7.2 million monthly visits and 9.5 million monthly page views. The Next Web Events organizes tech conferences that enable the international tech community to meet, do business, and learn about the latest trends in web and mobile. It also organizes smaller events such as the Startup Awards, Bowlr, and its developers’ conference, Kings of Code. The Next Web Deals is an online marketplace that offers products and services related to software, e-learning, lifestyle, designer assets, gadgets, and accessories. The TNW Academy offers online courses. Twitter Counter, Social Statistics.com, Paydro.com, Press.doc, and Spread.us are some of the startups funded by The Next Web Labs. The Next Web was co-founded by Arjen Schat, Patrick Laive, and Boris Zanten in 2006 and is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

GIS Planning

Acquisition in 2017
GIS Planning, Inc. specializes in providing online economic development solutions through its geographic information system (GIS) software. The company offers tools that deliver real estate, demographic, and industry data, empowering businesses and site selection professionals to identify optimal locations via online mapping analysis. Key products include ZoomProspector Enterprise, a web application designed for new, expanding, and relocating businesses, as well as ZoomProspector Canada, which tailors the original software for Canadian users. Additionally, ZoomProspector.com facilitates national searches for communities and commercial properties across the United States. The company also features Lead Gen ID to help identify site selection leads, alongside mobile applications for accessing property databases and demographic reports. Established in 1998 and based in San Francisco, GIS Planning is recognized for its innovative approach and is utilized by a wide range of clients, including government agencies and economic development organizations. Its technology is widely implemented across North America and has a significant reach, with a large percentage of the population living in areas served by its software.

The Alpha Grid Media

Acquisition in 2016
Alpha Grid is a media company specialising in delivering multi-platform content to the intellectually curious from senior decision-makers to ambitious millennials. We’re about quality content, high-level audiences, a global outlook, a journalistic mindset and using smart content to grow your business. We do video, digital, social, publishing, events, strategy and research and we work globally, from our UK hub.

Assanka

Acquisition in 2012
Assanka builds award winning web applications, with new ideas for delivering the very best the internet can offer your business.

Money Media

Acquisition in 2008
Money Media provides online news and intelligence for the global investment management industries.
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