Appointment of Co-Investors for the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF) 2017

Funding London is the trading name of SME Wholesale Finance (London) Limited. Funding London have competitively selected five additional organisations to become co-investment partners with theLCIF. The selected partners will enter into co-investment agreements with the LCIF with an investment period of 18 months. The aims of the LCIF are as follows:- To invest 23m GBP into high-growth early stage Science, Digital and Technology businesses in Londonduring a three year period;- To achieve a target across the fund of 2.9 GBP of private sector investment for every 1 GBP invested byLCIF;- To generate approx. 2 653 jobs as a result of the investments being made; and- To maximise returns from exits to enable further investment in later years.