Rob Desborough

SMH Venture Finance Ltd (SMH Venture Finance) is a venture capital subsidiary of YFM Equity Partners Ltd founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Newable Private Investing (Newable Private Investing) is a private equity subsidiary of Newable Ltd. founded in 2000 by Anthony Clarke and Jenny Tooth. the firm is headquartered in London.

YFM Equity Partners LLP engages in the provision of investment services. Its investment portfolio include Checkmate Fire; Deep Secure; Anet technologies; and Arcus Global. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom.

WorldVu Satellites Ltd. provides satellite-based Internet operations. It extend the networks of mobile operators and Internet service providers to serve new coverage areas, bringing voice and data access to businesses, schools, healthcare institutions, consumers, and other end users. The company was founded by Gregory Wyler in 2012 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

SMH Equity Partners Ltd. provides business and financial advisory services. Its services include private equity & venture capital funding, business development and property development. Its clients include the manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and software sectors. The firm has operations in Bristol, Hull, London, Manchester and Sheffield. The company was founded in 1982 and is located in Leeds, the United Kingdom.

Prosodie SAS engages in the provision of web hosting and business processing services. Its office solutions are Odigo: customer interaction management, Natural language, Digital solutions, Mobility, Online payment and prepaid, E-subscription, and Telephony over IP. Its front office platforms are Digital platforms, E-services, Unified communication, and Mobile. The company was founded on March 18, 1997 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Webraska is one of the leading providers of mobile GPS navigation solutions and high-end geospatial software platforms for wireless carriers, Internet portals and large service providers worldwide. Webraska focuses on three main product lines: Webraska Navigation, a satellite navigation GPS software for mobiles phones that provides real time traffic optimized routing, safety camera alerts, crystal clear voice instructions and easy to read colour maps showing street names and intersections, guiding drivers safely and on time to their destination. Webraska Navigation is compatible with smartphones and PDA phones running Java, BlackBerry, Linux, Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile operating systems. SmartZone Geospatial Platform (SGP), a carrier grade, high performance, fully redundant platform that provides geocoding, reverse geocoding, mapping, routing and local search functionality. SGP is available in ASP and hosted mode. Webraska Inuk, a platform designed to allow location-based service operators to support user-created dynamic content. Webraska Inuk is a powerful and flexible platform enabling service operators, content providers, business users and end-users to dynamically integrate, location-enable, manage, update, and distribute large data bases of content-rich data.

Amboise SAS provides management consulting service. The company was founded on May 19, 1972 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Part of Informa Plc, Cyperus is a French company that provides corporate public relations services. The company is based in Paris, France. Cyperus was acquired by UBMG Holdings on March 05, 2001 for $11.01 million.

New Vantage Group LLC (New Vantage Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by John A. May. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Qualcomm Ventures Fund (Europe) invests in technology based companies located in Europe. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of business software cloud, enterprise consumer, software, hardware, health care infrastructure and semi/components. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements.

Edeis is a leading group in engineering, complex infrastructure management, construction services, and techniques. The private company is based in Ivry sur Seine, France. The French company creates specific products and innovative solutions for different projects, with a focus on the future. Edeis offers unique and personalized support to project leaders to boost their development. It was founded in 2002, and the CEO is Remi Cunin.

Gill Marine Holdings Ltd. manufactures and retails clothes. It offers clothes to retail stores and hyper markets. The company is headquartered in Long Eaton, the United Kingdom.

DTE Energy Ventures Inc (DTE Energy Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

7Percent Ventures Ltd(7percent ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

DTI Capital LLC (DTI Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by John S. Wehrle and Matthew Joel Penneycard. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Acartha Group LLC (Acartha Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Douglas Morriss. The firm is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri.

Octopus Private Equity LLP (OPE) is the London-based private equity division of Octopus Ventures, a UK investment and fund manager. Established in 2004, OPE also has an office in Leeds, UK. OPE focuses on the lower mid market in the UK through MBOs, buy and builds, development capital and MBI transactions.

Part of Bridgepoint Group Plc, Bridgepoint Advisers II Ltd. functions as a fund manager. The company is based in London, UK.

Part of Markel Group, Inc., Gryphon Holdings, Inc. is a company that underwrites specialized commercial property and casualty insurance. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by John S. Wehrle. Gryphon Holdings was acquired by Markel Group, Inc. on January 19, 1999 for $113.08 million.

UK Business Angels Association provides investment solutions. It engages in the national trade association representing angel and early stage investment. The firm also connects to all those involved in the angel investment market with a view to ensuring a coherent ecosystem for financing the growth of start-up and early stage businesses. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Altergaz SA engages in the purchase, supply and sale of natural gas to individuals and communities as well as small and medium sized businesses. It also offers auditing for facility optimization, technical consulting, operation management assistance and facility financing services. The company was founded by Robert Delbos and Jean-Paul Georges in 2004 and is headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France.

Virgin Trains Ltd. operates long-distance passenger services. Its customers include the transportation, trucking and railroad industries. The company was founded on December 1, 1989 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Galactic Enterprises LLC engages in the business of owning and operating privately built spaceships. It designs spaceships which can fly anyone to space safely without the need for special expertise or exhaustive time consuming training. The company develops passenger carrying manned spacecrafts. The company was founded by Richard C. N. Branson in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Virgin Active Ltd. engages in the operations of health and fitness clubs. It offers gym equipment, tennis, personal training, sports activities, swimming pools, spa services, club memberships, and leisure facilities. It conducts its operations in South Africa, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Australia, Namibia, Botswana, Thailand, and Singapore. The company was founded by Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Matthew William Bucknall, and Frank Andrew Reed in 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

HCRG Care Ltd. provides general practice healthcare services. Its services include health and care services, citizen’s panels, primary care, training and development. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Runcorn, the United Kingdom.

The Virgin Foundation operates charitable organizations. The company was founded by Richard C. N. Branson in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Wct Group Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company with interest in operating passenger rail and freight services. The firm operates through its subsidiaries. The company was incorporated on April 9, 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Stagecoach Group Ltd., East Coast Main Line Co. Ltd. is a British company that provides train operating services. The company is based in Stockport, UK. The company was founded by Paddy Holahan.

Virgin Orbit LLC manufactures automated flight safety systems and composite structures. The company was founded by Richard Branson in 2017 and is headquartered in Long Beach, CA.

Virgin UK Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in trains and airline business. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 2013, Inter City Railways Ltd. is a British company that functions as an investment holding company. Part of Stagecoach Group Ltd., the company is based in Stockport, UK.