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Financial Organisations which are Members of Cambridge Network
Company Member 1-5 staff [c]-lutions
Investor relations and corporate communications specialists for corporate clients
Founder 3i Group plc
3i Group plc is Europe's leading venture capital company. The Group invests in ambitious, growing businesses in all sectors. It provides funding for early stage, growth, management buy-outs and management buy-ins.
Company Member 1-5 staff abdi ltd
abdi ltd has experience unique in the UK in impact measurement and ROI studies to assess investment in human capital. abdi ltd undertakes external evaluations and trains key individuals in private and public sector organisations to measure ROI in HR interventions including learning and development, change programmes and international assignments
Company Member 6-20 staff Acacia Capital Partners
Acacia Capital Partners manages Acacia I LP a tech venture capital fund that was bought out from IDG Ventures Europe with the support of Partners Group and Access Capital
Company Member 1-5 staff Accountibbleity
An independent, experienced and qualified accountant offering a full range of accounting and company secretarial services to help your business grow.
Company Member 1-5 staff Accounting to You
A complete outsourced and cost-effective accounting, reporting & financial admin service, including CFO and Company Secretarial functions.
ASHCROFT ANTHONY ACCOUNTING LLP
Company Member 1-5 staff Accountingwizards.co.uk
Offering a cost effective method for developing the financial expertise within a growing business
Founder Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd
Amadeus Capital Partners is a private equity fund management company. The company's funds Amadeus I (£50m) and Amadeus II (£235m) focus on investing in early stage technology companies with global potential.
Company Member 6-20 staff Andrew Webster Limited
We are a Cambridge based firm which has been offering tax, legal & accountancy advice to clients in the UK and around the world since 1990. We also offer our clients an Online Accounting Service which is accessible 24 hours a day. We have satellite offices in France and Holland.
Company Member 1-5 staff Andromeda Capital Ltd
Venture capital, focusing on technology, particularly application of information technology within Media, Finance and Engineering.
Company Member 1-5 staff Anne St Ives Independent Financial Adviser
Independent Financial Advice
Company Member 1-5 staff Anvil Partners LLP
Corporate finance firm focused on private equity transactions and private company M&A.
Charity Member Association for Project Management - East of England Branch
The leading UK professional association for project and programme management.
Company Member 6-20 staff Atkinson Bolton Consulting Ltd
Atkinson Bolton Consulting Ltd was set up in January 2001, offering bespoke independent financial advice to corporate and private clients.

Regulated by the Financial Services Authority
Company Member 6-20 staff Avlar BioVentures Limited
Venture Capital Fund investing in seed and early stage biotechnology/healthcare, primarily in Europe. Investment range £25K to £7.5 million.

Informal discussion welcome.
Company Member 1-5 staff Axiom-e Limited
axiom-e is an independent strategic financial management consultancy which provides business advice focussed on strategic, financial, accounting, administrative and general management issues.

We work as part-time Finance Director and/or Company Secretary for our growing portfolio of clients in several parts of the country.

Company Member 6-20 staff Bailey Fisher ~ Executive Search
Based in Cambridge, Bailey Fisher ~ Executive Search is an independent search firm with a truly international reach. Established in 1998, Bailey Fisher specialises in executive assignments in five core areas: Board Appointments, Technology, Professional Services, Finance and Human Resources.

Company Member 100+ staff BDO Stoy Hayward
Specialist advisors to growing businesses.
Company Member 1-5 staff Beacon Financial Ltd
Independent Financial Advisors specialising in Wealth Management; encompassing Individual and Corporate Retirement Planning, On and Offshore Investment Solutions and Key Protection for businesses.
Charity Member Beanstalk Management
Beanstalk Management is a leading business brokerage and also specialises in raising investment funds and developing growth strategies for companies throughout Europe.
Company Member 1-5 staff Beremans Limited
Beremans intends to become the premiere EU provider of Life Sciences due diligence, market research and equity analysis.
Company Member 1-5 staff BioCatalyst International
BioCatalyst: Builds UK/US life sciences startups and US sales forces for existing UK/European biotechs
Company Member 1-5 staff Blueprint Specialist Finance Limited
We provide with our partners flexible asset based finance to entrepreneurial growing companies alongside or instead of mainstream clearing bank funding. We have an experienced team based in Stoke Rochford near Grantham serving companies across the East of England. Key areas where we can help include trade/invoice finance, asset and property based finance.
Company Member 1-5 staff BoldOak Ltd
BoldOak specializes in growing the sales of high technology companies in the business to business arena. It also works with companies preparing for major changes such as MBO, merger and acquisition, sale and investment.
Company Member 21-50 staff Brady plc
Brady plc provides the leading trading and risk management software for global commodity markets. On a single platform, Trinity provides a complete integrated solution supporting entire commodities trading operations.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Angels
Group of seasoned entrepreneurs who invest in and mentor technology and bio-technology start-ups.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Capital Group
Private investor angel group investing in early-stage technology companies.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Corporate Consultants Ltd
Independent Corporate Finance Advice

Fund raising

Negotiating transfer of ownership

Documenting and completing the arrangements
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge University Spinout Cambridge Investment Research Ltd
Cambridge Investment Research (CIR) is an independent technology consultancy based in Cambridge,
England. We offer strategic work, market research, market entry strategy,
financial consulting, technology and engineering help in various tech sectors such as
printing, electronics, nanotechnology, instruments & engineering, software, EGS and biotech.
Further, CIR also works with young tech companies to grow their businesses.
CIR also does data management and offers software solutions
in web 2.0 areas such as marker maps and mashups for intranets and community
sites.

CIR founded and manages the high value, technology manufacturing event series (HVM Series http://www.HighValueManufacturing.com). This is a powerful set of events with discussions, exhibitions and marketplaces for technology suppliers, high value product makers and assemblers, and brand owners.

Please go to our webpages for more about CIR.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Operations Limited
Cambridge Operations Limited specialises in operations, process and project management support for hi-tech and start-up companies. Please see our website for more details.
Charity Member Cambridge SkillsTap
Cambridge SkillsTap is an association of businesses which promotes portfolio working in Cambridge and beyond.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Venture Management Limited
We are a consultancy that aims to add value to any projects brought to us. It may be finance raising that is required, but we will look at all options.
Company Member 1-5 staff Camrow Limited
Innovation Funding, particularly government grants for technology entrepreneurs and innovators, Technology Transfer,Journalism,
Petfood Manufacture Consultant.
Company Member 1-5 staff Captum Capital
Captum Capital is an innovative consulting company, which facilitates the development of emerging life science companies through the formation of corporate and venture capital partnerships, and team building.
Company Member 6-20 staff CGA
CGA is a leading independent provider of finance & business management software solutions. Our ethos is to provide our clients with a one stop business solution.
Company Member 1-5 staff Chatsford Corporate Finance
We invest in and advise small-to-medium growth businesses, quoted and unquoted, and assist management in achieving their goals. Although hands on, our investment philosophy is less controlling than VCs - we allow entrepreneurs to make the decisions.
Company Member 1-5 staff Clean Capital
Founder Conference Cambridge
The Cambridge Colleges offer an extensive portfolio of venues, which can be hired for all kinds of functions. From a traditional room for a family celebration, academic ambience for a board meeting, to a state-of-the-art auditorium, Conference Cambridge, the official, free venue-finding service, can source the right location for you.
Company Member 1-5 staff DBA Group Limited

DBA Group is focussed on the particular needs of start up and early stage technology and biotechnology companies. Our experienced team has a strong commercial focus and in addition to assisting with operational and strategic financial matters, we are able to advise on all aspects of establishing a new business.
Founder Deloitte
The Deloitte Cambridge office comprises 11 Partners and over 200 staff who deliver a full range of professional services to the East Anglian region. As well as focussing on the life sciences and technology sectors for which the region has become so renowned, the office has long standing specialisms in other sectors including the professions and food and agriculture.

Core services constitute Assurance and Advisory, Corporate and Personal Tax and Corporate Finance, Business Consultancy and Business Services, the latter focussed on the requirements of the start-up and SME sectors.

As the largest and only full service practice of the Big 4 in the Cambridge region and the second largest firm in the world, Deloitte offers consistent quality and strength in depth to its clients, wherever they operate. We believe that our experience of advising technology companies from start up through transactions to IPO and beyond is unparalleled in the local market place.

City House
126-130 Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 1RY

Company Member 1-5 staff Deyton Bell Limited
At Deyton Bell, we aim to break the mould by offering a fresh dynamic approach to business services, with an energetic, creative, nimble style designed to generate outstanding results and maximum value for our clients - fast.

Put simply, at Deyton Bell, we combine our expertise with a variety of business and consultancy services to help our clients achieve their objectives.

We are obsessive about exceeding our client's expectations by designing, recommending, implementing or managing relevant solutions, and do this by aligning the very best people, practices, and processes with the assignments we undertake.

We deliver high quality, professional, cost effective, expert support, services, advice and guidance in our key areas of operation, and never stop trying to improve what we do.

Company Member 1-5 staff Emblem Technology Partners Limited
Investor in early-stage high technology companies + provision of strategic guidance and assistance in strategic partnering.
Company Member 100+ staff Ensors Chartered Accountants
Established over a century ago, Ensors is one of East Anglia's largest and most respected firms of independent chartered accountants and business advisors. Our philosophy is simple: to offer the highest level of professionalism in a straightforward, client-focused way.


Company Member 1-5 staff Equity Fingerprint
Equity Fingerprint: free Internet business plan resource for equity
Founder Member Ernst & Young LLP
About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, understands the business issues that are important to senior executives. With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry experience, the global Ernst & Young organisation can implement a broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve financial performance and manage risk - anywhere in the world. Its 130,000 people serve as trusted business advisors in more than 140 countries, offering audit, tax, corporate finance and transaction services across all industries to many of today's leading global corporations as well as emerging growth companies. We are strong supporters of entrepreneurship as evidenced by our Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards programme. Founded and championed by the firm, this annual programme identifies and celebrates the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs who head growing, dynamic business.

A collection of Ernst & Young's views on a variety of business issues can be found at www.ey.com/perspectives.
Company Member 6-20 staff Esprit Capital Managment Services Limited
Specialist investor in seed, start up and early stage technology businesses
Company Member 6-20 staff FirstCapital Limited






Company Member 1-5 staff Great Eastern Investment Forum Ltd
The Great Eastern Investment Forum Limited (GEIF) is a leading UK business angel network located in Cambridge, providing a fundamental link between high-growth companies seeking funding and business angels and other early-stage funders seeking quality investment opportunities.
Company Member 1-5 staff Infinity Partners LLC
Infinity Partners provides Principal Investment, Fund Management and Corporate Advisory Services to domestic clients in Japan as well as international clients with a focus on cross-border transactions. We form a bridge for Japanese firms reaching outside their home market as well as a entry point for overseas firms with plans for investing in (or divesting from) the Japanese market.
Company Member 1-5 staff IQ Capital Partners LLP
IQ Capital Partners (IQCP) is a dynamic venture capital team based in Cambridge which invests in high-tech, biotech and cleantech companies exploiting smart 'IQ'-intensive technologies.

Three funds are unders its management, IQ Capital Fund and two seed funds. IQCP can invest from £100k to £3 million in UK-focused, rapidly developing businesses. Investments are made alongside successful entrepreneurs and renowned sector experts to create exceptional and sustained growth for investee companies.

For further information visit: www.iqcapital.co.uk
Company Member 1-5 staff Key Capital Partners
Key Capital Partners (KCP) is focused on making equity investments of between £1 million and £8 million in profitable, growing companies. We will invest across all sectors and in all types of later-stage transactions. KCP believes in backing the right management teams with the funds and support necessary for success.
Company Member 6-20 staff kpi-insight consulting
kpi-insight consulting provides complete management solutions for project driven organisations. Our solution consists of Management Consultancy Services and proven innovative technology products that best meet each client's requirements.
Company Member 100+ staff KPMG LLP
Audit, Tax, Advisory
Company Member 6-20 staff La Playa
La Playa’s Science & Technology Division provides specialist insurance solutions and risk management services to the Life Science, IT, Communications, Nanotechnology and “Cleantech” sectors.
Company Member 21-50 staff Cambridge University Spinout Library House
Library House is the essential source of comprehensive information on the fastest growing, most innovative ventures around Europe.

We discover, research and profile fast-growth, innovation-led private companies, their people and investors from initial investment to final preparation for IPO or trade sale. This provides a unique insight into the leading enterprises of the future that are the investment and business partnership opportunities of today.
Company Member 1-5 staff Managing Resources Ltd
Management Consultancy serving the Life Sciences and High Technology Sectors.
Company Member 1-5 staff Medical Device Technology Consultants
Medical Device Technology Consultants (MDTc) is an independent consultancy specialising in the Medical Devices field. MDTc provides services to support the complete Product Life Cycle, guidance on Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs to meet EU and US requirements, and a range of Business Services including advice on acquisitions, partnering, recruitment and business development.
Company Member 1-5 staff Money Matters
Independent Financial advice on Pensions / investment and protection for Companies and Individuals.
Company Member 1-5 staff MTvan.com
MTvan.com offers a new way to operate the secondary market for courier work in the UK.

Company Member 100+ staff NatWest Bank
NatWest is a member of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a broadly based financial services group with operations spanning banking, corporate banking, financial services, investment management and insurance, both in the UK and overseas. It is the second largest UK bank, the second largest in Europe and the fifth largest banking group in the world by market capitalisation.
Commercial Banking is part of Corporate Banking and Financial Markets (CBFM), which is the corporate banking, treasury and capital markets business of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. CBFM looks after both the NatWest and RBS brands.

Locally we have a team of 6 relationship managers and 3 business development managers operating from our offices in Carlyle House, Carlyle Road, Cambridge. Whilst some other banks may take a remote stance towards supporting their customers, one of our key strengths is being there for our customers in their own business community delivering local solutions from local relationship management teams.

Our Technology Sector business service is dedicated to helping dynamic organisations bring new products to market or develop their existing business. Every customer has access to a Technology Business Manager, who is a solutions-focused specialist, trained to support technology-based and innovative businesses.

Colin Moulder
Relationship Director, Commercial Banking
Cambridgeshire

Mark Andrews
Regional Managing Director
East Anglia and Northern Home Counties

Company Member 1-5 staff Net-Catalogue Ltd
Goblinfactory, is a new Cambridge based design company offering Creative & Design services, Software development and local Web hosting all under one roof. (Net-Catalogue Ltd, trading as Goblinfactory.)
Company Member 51-100 staff Netbanx Limited
Secure online payment processing
Founder NW Brown Group Limited
NW Brown Group Limited was founded in Cambridge in 1974. We offer a comprehensive range of bespoke financial services to private and corporate clients.
Company Member 1-5 staff Orchard Growth Partners
Orchard Growth Partners provides Finance Directors to start-up and high growth bio-technology and life science companies on a flexible basis. In the early stages businesses cannot afford and do not need senior strategic financial direction on a full time basis. Orchard Growth Partner’s Principals, all with significant financial management experience, can work with the management team of growth companies on a needs basis.
Company Member 1-5 staff P3 Consult Ltd
General management consultancy, business analysis, performance improvement, project and risk management services to the manufacturing & logistics sectors
Company Member 100+ staff PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group transforms the performance of organisations. Clients call on our independent, employee-owned, global firm when they want an innovative solution, a highly responsive approach, and delivery of hard results. Our Global Technology Group, based at our dedicated Cambridge Technology Centre comprises 2 individual Practices: Product & Process Engineering & Wireless Technology.
Company Member 1-5 staff PegasusBridge Fund Management LLP
Homeland Security venture capital fund management
Company Member 100+ staff Peters Elworthy & Moore
Leading Independent Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors Based in Cambridge.
Company Member 1-5 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant PI Consulting
PI Consulting is a management consulting and advisory firm specialising in improving organisation, business and financial performance.
Company Member 100+ staff PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
The world's largest professional services firm working with many of the youngest and brightest technology companies in the eastern region.
Company Member 1-5 staff Prism Corporate Broking
We help people to buy and sell companies. We work with owner managers of businesses with turnover from approx £0.5m to £10m, and work across a number of sectors, with a particular focus on IT businesses.
Company Member 1-5 staff Richmond Management Group
(1)Transportation-Business Development
Traffic Management,Airport Security,
Communication networks.
(2)Restructuring -technology companies
(turnaround in performance)
Company Member 100+ staff Royal Bank of Scotland
• The Royal Bank of Scotland Group ("RBS Group") is one of the world's leading financial services companies providing a range of retail and corporate banking, financial markets, consumer finance, insurance, and wealth management services. RBS Group operates in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific serving more than 36 million personal customers world-wide and employing more than 140,000 people. In addition to the provision of a full range of banking services under The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest brands, RBS Group also includes Citizens Financial Group, Ulster Bank, Coutts Group, Direct Line and Churchill.
Founder Member Sagentia Group
Sagentia Group, formed as Generics Group in 1986, is an integrated technology consulting, development and investment company, with an international reputation for successfully commercialising emerging science and technology.
Company Member 1-5 staff Shirlaws (EA) Ltd
Shirlaws provides Business Coaching services for small and medium sized companies that want to overcome their obstacles to growth and reach the next level of performance.
Company Member 1-5 staff Staffords
Chartered Accountants and business advisors specialising in high-tech and biotechnology start ups and SME's. Full assistance in dealing with outsourced financial functions, business strategy and tax planning. We have extensive experience in dealing with rapid growth companies and providing services suitable to their needs including:
non-exec director function
company secretary function
management accounting
forecasting/budgeting
assistance with business plans
assistance with fund-raising
implementation of financial software
design of employee benefit packages incl uding EMI schemes
R&D tax credit claims
SMART award audits
other business advice
Company Member 6-20 staff Strata Technology Partners
Strata Partners is an independent European investment banking firm that provides buyside, sellside, capital raising and IPO advisory services to technology, applied technology and media companies.
Company Member 100+ staff Taylor Vinters
Taylor Vinters is one of the leading regional law firms in the UK. It operates from its corporate headquarters opposite the Cambridge Science Park where all the firm's 200 lawyers and support staff are based.

Company Member 1-5 staff The Equus Capital Association Limited
Intermediaries between business angels & entrepreneurs seeking capital for start-up, or expansion
Company Member 1-5 staff Vanilla Financial Ltd
Financial recruitment by Accountants






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